Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-16

Lys Immediately above Armentierres.
Toward Estaires we did not penetrate
far enough but stuck fast in the Lys
position; towards the Lave also our
progress was but slight.
The enemys machine guns con-
tinued to give our infantry much
trouble; it should have grappled with
them more vigorously .as a general
staff officer told me who had been
sent up. But often it wasted time
looking for food.
The divisions fighting on this front
were not attack divisions" in the
same sense as those that had gone into
action on the 31st of March. But on
other battle-fields the trench divisions
did as good work as the so-called at
tach divisions,
French Divisions Balk Him.
On April II we took Armentieres.
was better; Merville also fell. The day
had started and retaken Messines,
which had been lost on June 7, the
year before.
The objective of the further attack
by the 4th and 9Th armies of Crown
Prince Rupprechts group was the
high ground which bounds. the Lys
valley on the north. Unfortunately
we had been unable to hold on to it
in the autumn of 1914. 1t begins at
Mount KENNEL, which affords a dis
tant view to the east and ends at
Cassel. The possession of these heights
would bring about the evacuation of
the User position to the north.
After April IL the driving force of
the 9Th army began to fall off, while
the 4th gradually captured more and
more ground. The capture of Mount
KENNEL on the 25th marked the CHI
max of the fighting. More and more
French divisions arrived in front of
the 4th army, Further attacks prom
Used no success.
AS the attack on Mount KENNEL
progressed, the English who were
east of Ypres. were gradually drawn
back towards the town. A blow by
the 4th army in the direction of
Langemarck was too late.
South of Mount KENNEL, Bailleul
had also fallen into our hands, but
further south the 9Th army had made
no more progress
just Mention of Foch.
The results of the battle of March
81 had caused General Foch to be
appointed commandment chief of the
entente, In order to hold up the first
great penetration. the English reserves
were concentrated in front Of our 18th
and End armies while French. divisions
from the Aisne-Verdun front opposed
the 18th army. The attacks by the. 4th
and 9Th armies caused General Foch
to move his reserves still further to
the north, His attempts to recapture
Mount KENNEL We're unsuccessful. In
view of the enemys strength CHIC.
checked the attack,
As is the case whenever the front
becomes rigid during the act progress
of fighting. the situation of the 4th
and 9Th armies was difficult. The
same care was bestowed on strength
ening the front lines. completing COM
munica tons with the rear withdrawal
into rest Of all troops that could be
spared, perfecting training and dis
cpline, as had been done at the enu
and La Fere.
BY the end Of April the offensive
begun on March 81 had come to an
end Local attempts at Improving
our positions and counter-atta by
the enemy prolonged the fighting into
May. The main centers were Mount
KENNEL and Bailleul. Albert. and the
country south of the Somme as far
as the Luce.
We had achieved great successes.
that we must not allow later events
to make us forget. We had defeated
the English army. Only few British
divisions were still intact. OF the. 50
English divisions. SO had engaged, IS
of them several times. The French
had been obliged to engage nearly
half their divisions. The enemy had
lost large quantities of stores.
Italian troops appeared in the Ar