The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-08

OF Ypres he pushed forward Is mile
tOWarN n channel ports, won back Ill
lost ground OF the Passches,daele
Of tho previous yer. took
1Aelnrnel which looks down upon the
rear { Ypres, Inc threatened to
d0ce this restored salient which hpA
fos the British empire the same six-
niflcance Verdun carried for tho French
i nation. This greater success net
aSttaaned sa1dA;sA sharp fepllse ON Aprfl
e closed the Flanders battls, bpt this
strats anew the efficacy Of Gse1nan
taettcs and the advantage OF Gernan
Numbers and jnteEiOr position. II ~
iopened question OF the arrival of
fthe kaiser q Calais ana esnpNaexed
again the greatness OF allied perm.
Inc third German blew was IN the
larger sense even more terrifying than
tho first Although tvo months had
passed and the allies had been allowed
time to study the German method and
f-epare an answer, Ludendorff was
able In late May to duplicate his March
successes, and, sweeping across tbs
German troops reached tho hank ef
the Marine I once more, after nearly
sthree years Of absence Nor was thia
all; the British positions in Picardy
q lacked any dominating military
strength. but the Trench positisas At
lSADC AA9AkO r6lAOkA6 VI ll4S IxACOJE III
the western front. And, 40 at the
Sommpe. Ludendorff had in a week re-
gained all the ground lost In the
months Of h British offensive Of 1915
and the German retreat In the spring
.of 1877, he now in three days retook
his il-starred extensive of 1917, and
in addition drove south between
Rheims and retook Scissors, Preach
since September II. 1914. vs.
the greatest in British military history
the French reverse on the Ahsne sur
passed the disaster OF the nrst days
Of the Verdun campaign. AZ q result
OF the two successes the German was
once more within striking distance OF
Paris and had thrust wedges forward
toward the french capital down the
cise and the Marnes valleys. June was
only Just come ands Anfer1ca.s forces
decisive influence. Ihere eInaine the
relatively restricted TASKS OF eliminate
Ing the Conpiegne n Rheims salient,
the one a menace to the community
OF his 'front.' between a OiSe
and the Marine, the other a threat 70
could undertake the 1lnal vsxfeufe. a
drive straight south upon Paris, which,
even II 1t failed 70 take the cry, might
bring his heavy. artl.ery WITHIN BON
harding enable hm 70
destroy the city II IT refused TO sur
frencn nerves ana fTeMen SPIRIT
would at last break and the army. after
the civil populatteIf apdnuou = stiuggi
whtch4had cost france 80 much and
Still! held OUT the 3threat OF even Wonse
suffering without any promise OF ultt-
mate vlctory.
Tho Tide Turns.
o+h.t .h,a n.-.,
- pe N
wnfch LOOK the KAISER 70 the Marne
will prove the last high water mark
Of the war. Before June was over the
the French out OF h Compiesne re-
gion, open up he lower valley OF thu
Aisne, insure the continuity Of the
right wing Of his operative front be-
tween SCISSORS and Montdidfer by
clearing the French out Of strong
ground n carrying their line into
the open GROUND south OK Senlia, Luz
tween Montdidier and Noyon, between
the 4Avre and the Disc. n time there
was mo surprise, no collapse the Ger.
man machine ground Its way forward
for q short distance, cleared the Las.
siN1v heights and some aluable groun6
along the Disc. BUT by the third day
It was checked, and Mangin, the de-
nyerer OF Verdun. was striking 8
counter blow on the German flank
which paralyzed the offensive. CON
ptegne was not taken; at q staggering
cost the German had gained a little
ground. but his fourth venture hat
been a failure.
While ~Iudendorff prepared for tn
fifth stroke his Austrian colleague, Dor
evic, struck on the Piave and sough'
by a supreme strope, with the larges
and fines Austrian army which hat
vet appeared In Italy under his com
mand, to crush the troops who had beer
; beaten SO terribly at the Isonzo 81,
months before. But the Austrian Of
fepsive failed dismally,la brief advance
Italian counter attacks hell up the ad
; vance. then floods and new Italian at
I tacks. and the AuStrians were driver
in disorder across the.Ptavs, losing 25o.
600 men, innumerable guns, and havin,
, suffered in a lew brief days a defeat a
destructive to their plans for this yea
as Verdun had proven for the German