Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-11
ALLIES CONFIDENT
OF THEIR SUCCESS
Victory at Arras and at Mes
sines Demonstrates Big
Blows VIII Win War.
ARTILLERY IS THE FACTOR
Great Fe;:h Placed in Amer
ica's Men and Her NUM-
tions Now Badly Needed.
By Associated Press


Ru 1eo,c;oIa<y Draee
~ H''"'" 1000
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
/ FRANCE, June l0.-(Nia London,
/ lO:35 y. m. While still further Ger
man counterattacks may be expected
from time to time, the battle of Mes
sines ridge may be said TO be ended
! II stood out as definite operation
designed for certain purposes and It
remains TO be seen whether other Of
fcnsive battles have been planned H.
this sector of the western front,
The taking Of Mcssines ridge has
/ robbed the Germans Of the last com
/ handing natural position they occu-
/ pied for so long opposite the British
/ lines. Bapaumc and Nimy and Mes
mines ridges, as well as Monchy
| ! lateau, five miles east of Arras. nave
ali been captured by the British dur
| irG the last three months and this has
materially changed the military situa-
ton on this front.
l. Imnor,,nt yic,o,y
yvbo,, tto cn,.,,,1... ,,,l.'a ~, -. ..o,
,o ,,ioasod -, -, 49,
80 a. 20 t,tI' periIialeilI iIiles
H,antoga noirts ,,.itt ,o,.o L,,,,,.o,,e
az tbeir stroto,,ic ,A,icaI a,,d 90
/ servntinn vaIuos n. l,aon os IA, noe
sessed by any French military student.
The Germans had detailed maps of
every square rod OF French territory
/ o<er which they proposed to fight and
when flung back from the Marine, mad
already selected the limos upon which
thelf trench fortifications were to be
! built.
| IL Is natural that the German com
! munities and wireless press reports at
tempt to bellittle the loss OF these
positions but The British VINO nave
had TO endure the hanuicap of lying
under their direct observation for so
long time make no attempt to dis
sNlse the satisfaction with which they
now look TO the future and what 1t
holds In store for the Garmans who
at last are virtually the under dog.
VI course there remains the much
talked-ol Siegirled aVd Notan lines
! with thelr various support system OF
trench defense. The Siegfried line
represents that portion of the linden
burg line between Queant and st
| quentin. Ihe Hlndenburg hnc be-
tween Queant ana Arras has virtually
! been all taken by the British; so the
/ Germans now call their principal line
or defense north or Queant the Wotan
/ n',s I,ie' 10 , ilaJ,lN hi.o"h as 'he Drocour''
~, So,
"' '"'''''"'
North or Drocourt this line runs ia
Montlgny, thence west to Annay and
connects with the trench system there
All these lines however, lack the
natural advantages whlch the Ger
mans possessed when in command OF
the ridges
me enemy mas endeaNored TO oflset
! tnls with artlclclal strength IN the
elaborate use OF steer asl concrete Tor
uuEouts' machine gun Smpiacements
ana supports Tor the covered com,
munlcatlon trenches The victory of
McssiheS rage, however SHOWS that
conc 'ete ana steel strong points must
yleld 10 the concentration OF artillery
ilre Whlch the aliles nAV are able to
| ollng 10 Dear upon any gwen point.
The allies feel that they have shown
that the German military power can
De crushed, the only question remain
ing nelng the speed with which this
can ne accomplished. rms Is where
thoy say America can help with her
| tremendous WelSht OF men and ma
tGrlai ana Nhey are looking forward Il
tr''S Il''p uuIl"E thG iI'e autumn ana
confidently on
~. e
w" ny '''''s'
III would seem that a victory must
be gained by a series of powerful
blows such as that delivered at Arras
ON Easter Monday and Mt Messines
last Thursday. There Is little hope
that modern warfare can ever get
I wholly into the open, and no one is
deluded by such thots, for the simple
! reason that retreaung army can dig
/ faster than its opponents can advance.
| This Is true certainly of armies of
nearly equal numerical strength and
where such vast bodies of men and
guns have TO he moved forward as in
battles or present day magnitude.
Germany made her great sweep
INTO France when her opponents had
little with which to stop her. Those
conditions are changed now and each
battle is fought to gain certain defi-
nlte positions. When these are taken
II remains matter for military coun-
sci as TO whether the fighting shsll
/ proceed on that front or whether new
| blows shail be struck elsewhere. Mi
nor ana subsidiary operations, OF
! course, may be in progress at sew