Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-03-29
LINE STILL HOLDING AGAINST
assault IS Of MILLION HUNS

ttHNFi'i'Nf
I'VE have yielded ground and ma
feffal, Of course But there IS no sigI
Of break through. The Germans to
day, after the sacrifice Of hundreds o
thousands Of lives face the same or
iganized defense { ~ faced last Friday
when their artillery first opened
II * admitted Ia both Italian and
British circles that England Ia.
brought men from Italy 10 work IA the
reyerses In Flanders II Is denied thai
these forces have been used.
From Italian sources It IS learned
TINT this has not weakened the Italian
front
Roman Drive Likely.
On the contrary, formidable Italian
offensive, IL Is learned on high author
/ 10y. - now In the making. II viii,
according to reports here, be more than
u diversion TO prevent the withdrawal
OF Teuton forces from this point. The
Italian high command Is convinced that
the time IL ripe for an advance against
the line whence heavy artillery has al
ready been shifted 10 the west front.
The price In lives which the Ger
mans have paid for their advance on
the west front Is thus described by an
American official who had read every
line OF official dispatches received In
the United States concerning this bat
tie. He says;
German men are being killed at a
rate that no dreamer of slaughter ever
dreamed possible. II II keeps up for
another twenty-four hours II will be u
great British victory
~ regard the British losses as
strlklngly small They have lost heav-
lily In material But that can be made
up quickly. The British army Is prac-
tlcally intact. IL has made the Ger
mans pay over and over again for any
LOSSES the British have incurred"
Whole German Army Engaged.
The correspondent Of the Daily Mail
al British headquarters In France says
that nearly two-thirds Of the entire
strategic reserve of the German army
now has been thrown into the fierce
and vigorously continued attack.
"This German reserve" he adds,
consisted of elghty-fiye divisions, to-
falling l,275,000 men, out OF total
number now reaching far short of 200
divisions. or possibly 100000 men,
which they have upon the western
front. After the first day thlrty-three
OF these divisions were put into bat
tie On the third day another twenty
one are known TO have taken part.
Since then they must have drawn upon
the reserve for few more divisions.
ut Is, therefore. clear that we have
been struggling with the whole avail
able strength OF the German army, and
the marvel Is that our soldiers have
held out so obstinately and steadily
against odds so heavily against Them
Prepare Huns for Setback.
The Berlin Tagllsche Runsdchnu of
date attempts to lower the
high expectations Of the German peo-
pie on the great offensive. The paper
points out that Il will be necessary TO
crush the British army before II Is
possible TO break down resistance. and
adds:
III Il is impossible after "A short, |
,ut severe. artillery preparation, to
break through all the Inns with cur
then we must not count on
In immediate break through along the
whole front"
Turning Point Near at Hand.
An air of expectancy Is apparent
m0ng Americans and other military
,fflcials who are following most close
y the developments of the battle in
rance. They appear 10 feel that
urning point In the terrific struggle
vas close at hand. Press reports from
he British front limited at the same
ceiling there.
For the people Of the United States.
he announcement by the British
uthoritlcs that American troops are
ghting side by side with French and
British defenders brings the battle
loser home. War department Off
lals have had no word from General
'ershing on the subject, bur were ex-
ectlug nt amy moment reports showing
he extent of American participation.
Attention centers here now on the
rcuch front. rather than ON the prog
pas made by the Germans against the
riilsl, lines. As the battle proceeds,
fficlals here are becoming more GER
I'm that the defenders are carrying
ut definite plan, Of which the Brit
N Withdrawal Is a part. but which
in prove soon to be coupled with a
owerful counter-thruss. The most
place for the launching OF
lch movement, IL Was thought, was
'om the Thanking position the French
cid lenaciously along the left bank OF
~ Disc
SAYS Germans Growing Restless.