Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-03

) their numerical strength diminished
exhaustion increased The situation
grew steadily worse but the line helt
with the exception of a few veal
places on the End army sector.
Blows Rain on His Army.
The army groups Of the Crown
Prince Rupprecht Won Boehn and OF
the German crown prince had carriec
out the Withdrawals from Kemme
and the Lys plain behind the ArleuX-
Moeuvres canal, into the Siegfried
system (the Hindenhurg line) and on
the Vesle. The movement went with
out hitch and was completed by the
18th army, which had furthest to so,
by about September 7.
The armies had not fallen back
everywhere TO the German trenches;
they manned In some places parts of
| the old enemy line Everywhere the
enemy followed close on our heels.
They soon resumed their offensive,
which developed particularly keenly
! between Moeuvres and Holnon Gin
front of Arras) against the left wing
of the nth. the whole of the End
| (west of Cambrai) and the right wing
OF the 1SSth army (west of St Quen-
tln), and between the Ailette and the
Alsne against the left wing of the 9th
| and the extreme right of the 7th
army tHere Americans were heavily
engaged, battling for the hills north
of the Vesle and west Of Rheims.)
Fighting was very keen, but our
line recovered itself, except that in the
End army some weakness still re-
manned. On September IS and 10,
particularly severe attacks were
launched on the Moeuvres- Holnon
sector; the left wing of the End amy
was pressed back several kilometers
on to the Scheldt-Oise canal, north of
ST Quentin, the 18th army being
forced to withdraw its extreme right
10 conform with this retirement.
Heavy Toll Was Taken,
Otherwise, the line was held. severe
local fightlng continuing up to Sep
tember % and 26. The French ex-
tended their offensive further towards
s. Quentin 1t goes without saying
that these days, too. took heavy toll
of our entire army
The German crown princes army
group had taken over command Of
the 9th army from Won Boehn about
the middle of the month. This army
and the right flank of the 18th were
constantly in action. The army group
had to find its own achievements,
Tension was particularly high on
both sides of Rheims and. after the
22nd, also on both sides of the Ar
come, where on the 26th another
great battle was to break out. (This |
refers TO the American French often |
siveo The completion of the Her
mann line behind the two northern
army groups had begun, and similar |
work was actively proceeding in the |
rear of the crown princes group.
Behind the line between the coast /
and the Meuse, the work OF evacua- |
ton was often INTERRUPTED by success
full enemy air raids. Huge supplies of /
had to be moved, which were
essential for the further prosecution
or the war Many sectors had work
ed on bad supply systems and the re-
suit was now felt
The Anstro- Hungarian line held in
Italy, There We're no indications of
an Italian offensive.
Buisars Did Not Resist.
Thus matters stood when events in
Bulgaria forced us to grave decisions.
ON September s the armies of tho
entente attacked in Macedonia, east of
The Vardar, in the mountains between
Vardar and the Cerna. ana also with
weaker forces near Monastir On both Il
'lankE the attacks broke down
In heeenter. where the attack was
aced with the greatest obstacles
here the French and Serbs had to