Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-12
WASHINGTON BELIEVES
GERMAN EFFORT VAIN
OBJECT NOT QUITE CLEAR
MlN hc Effort to Take Maln Rnsc
\WaN From british Making
transportation iInrd

NNSulNGIDN. NpI u In 10
HNNH reports lruw France ou the
baltic iu 'Nv NmoutlrIrs rrrlon mil
lWN observers here read with sat.
ni,tnu az tho .uDcc.gfm british
counter uttarhH which oycrcame
much uf tho 'uUul advantage gained
hr tho Hyrmpuv Iu tnolr Otu rush
Tho situation was not sufficiently
rbuflrl. d. wax wti however 10
determine whether tho effort was "A
''uNrIle movement aimed NJ the
channel ports or 1p extension ~ tho
Nmicus uNslautht designed to, widen
the base uf the wedge aimed at that
town
stopped Inrll.
In ou, cas-, the yritish have not
uiloWDl the new thrust 10 gain any
groh momentum. despite the cvnC-
ultion uf ArWouUetca tts,lf The
town hnH been under Punfire con
siWOy and hHi uu strntcEic advau-
hFr. It's evacuation was mndo Ger
tain bv the extent ~ the initial pen
uraiinn ut tho British lines on both
udcs. lcaNlus il NJ the Hucv OF mar
row and dangerous wedge
Spmc uflInpIf hplicNo tho whole
movement iu this region In designed
hN German stratCEiNe 10 offset a
similar danger or far crater scale
to their own main front Of opera
lions tu the south The advanced
German troous Inv tho Amlcus action
arc roughly % tn 10 miles heyons
the general trend uf the line which
'hev assaulted when the drive he
gan three weeks ago. The width a.
the break In that line is from fifty
90 sixty miles
according 10 Prediction.
Tho sliuRtion fulfllls 10 a rcmar-
koblc degree tho forecasts OF the
Versailles military experts that the
German drive might he successful
w penetrating the lines In the rN-
tent ~ COY c.half Of the width of the
sector nsseilcd ana II is assumed
that the allied council confidently
calculated when the prediction waf
made thrt having driven this FAR th'
/ enemy would he compelled 10 seek
tu widen his battle front
Which consideration entered Init
I the formulpuo ~ tho Norsallle
prediction are unknawn. Come ot
| ficers think however. that expert
enco has TAUGHT tha generals wh'
/ formed the attack against u fortified
| liuc can hc safe II the hasc of th'
| triangle the front ~ attack II lesl
than double the length of the dis
| tance penetrated
Threaten british Ba-c
Tho extreme Of the allied lin,
| now assailed from south 10 nortt
are moro than ono hundred mllel
apart II the whole German move
ment Is required as one action. 7
was suggested today that the Ger
mans might plan transfer Of IN,
weight Of their assault northwarC
-u Hs to throw tho apex uf theil
wedge tuWprd a point on the CoaH
wcst OF Holoruc and Cahis, th'
main British bases nt the narrowcS
point in the channel
The only other theory advanced
In explanation Of the Armentirei
thrust was that II might constitute
Ia wholly separate operation aimee
directly ~ those two points.
The success OF an enterprise
against the channel ports obviousll
would have a most disastrous effCc
I upou the allies II iF over the mar
row channel that millions of th'
men and their supplies have beel
/ transported from England withou
/ loss Nets nud other precAutlon
/ have dpficd the submarines ~ the,
could not be defcd on longcI
/ route 60 ether ports