The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-17
HUN "|NOFFENS|VE
OFFENSIVE LATEST
ATTACK BY ENEMY
ALL ADVICES FROM FRONT
SEEM TO JUSTIFY THIS
PARADOX.
LONDON AND PARIS VIEW
Present Drive by Foe is Effort to
Force a German Dictated Peace
on Allies and is His Supreme At
tempt, Belief in Entente Capitals.

Paris, July 1.-THE German "in-
offensive" is how Gustave Thierry
describes the latest effort of Cen
eral Ludendorff, and the advices
from the front seem to Justify this
paradox. If the fighting has not re-
suited in a French victorW it is held
here, it has at least been serious
failure for the Germans.
The objective of the enemy was
Chalons, against which he directed
converging attack from the north
by way of Souain, and from the
northwest by way of the Prunay
sector. The action on his right was
more or less secondary in character,
while the center marked time, await
ing the success on the two wings.
1t was the right wing of the Ger
mans which achieved the only gain
which was a tactical one merely and
was won more by luck than by good
management.
Smashed by Gen. Jouraud.
The converging attack of the
Germans was smashed by the bril-
liant leadership of General II. J.. +.
Gouraud, who. according to Henri
Bidou, military critic of the Jour
nal des Debats, leaving his first lines
lightly held, and putting the line of
resistance well to the rear, allowed
the German bow to expend itself
on empty space.
After this false stroke the enemy
was obliged to cross a deadly zone,
where he was shot to pieces before
reaching the real French line. The
French losses were insignificant.
General H. J. f. Gouraud is be-
lieved to be the unnamed general
who has been mentioned for his
magnificent generalship in the OPP
erations in the Champagne region.
In 1915 he was in command of the
French expeditionary forces to the
Gallipoli peninsula, where he lost
an arm and was seriously wounded
in the right thigh. He was succeed
ed by General Sarrail, and returned
to France where an official state
ment said that he had been assigned
to the command of one of the ar
mics at the front.
London, July 1.-THE end of the
second day of the German offensive
in view OF all circumstances found
the situation distinctly good for the
allies, according to opinion here.
The extreme depth of the enemy ad-
vance since the attack began Mon
day morning does not this morning
exceed five miles at any point,
which compares poorly with the in
tention TO move forward 20 kilo
metres OBS miles) on the first day,
as revealed in captured German or
ders. Compared with the results
attained in the offensive in March
and May, the present gain is insig-
nitlcant.
The view here is that the allies
position thus far this morning has
been endangered at no point, and
that the future be awaited with con-
siderable confidence.
The tendency was TO discard the
that the enemy's pres
ent attack was possibly prelude to
a more serious assault elsewhere or
a feint for the purpose of drawing
off the allied reserves from other
areas. The view is widely taken
that what the world is watching is
Germanys' main offensive, which,
according to statements of prison
ers, had been dubbed beforehand
the "friedensturm," or peace attack,
It's object being to force German
peace upon the allies.