The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03

The battle of the Marine salient is
gradually assuming more eq
| terms. and as it does so the progress
of the allied forces is slowed up. and
the rapidity of the German retreat
somewhat abated. 1t is, %neverthe-
less, a great and significant victory,
and the measure of the German loss
es has been great.
1t may not turn out to be a new
battle of Sedan, as two enthusiastic
headline writer's have eagerly pre-
dicted. 1t is quite possible that the
greater number of the 1000 600 Ger
mans described as being "penned up
in the salient, may yet escape. But
it has been nevertheless a notable
victory, valuable for the material re-
suits, and even more so for it's effect.
If it shall now be filtered away in
sending reinforcements to the Marine
front it's opportunity for greater SER
vice will be lost.
Germans Weaker on West Salient
In the last two days fighting it has
become apparent that the western
side of the German salient, extend
ing originally from the neighbour
hood of Scissors to Chateau-Thierry,
has proved the more vulnerable. 1t
has been forced back more than IL
miles, while the opposite front. be-
tween Rheims and Reully, has been
merely denied to the extent of about
three miles on a front Of ten miles.
1t is possible that this is due to
Foch's putting forth supreme exer-
tons on the western angle. There
was every reason to do so, for the
main railroad north of Chateau
Thierry, upon which the Germans
had mainly to rely for the withdrawal
of their troops and material, was
within twelve miles of the allied front
as it was constituted before the allied
advance began. That twelve miles
has since been spanned. The railroad
is in the hands of the allies.
While the German army remains
in the Soissons-Rheims pocket all
supplies for the troops at it's lower
end must be forwarded by motor
cars over rapidly deteriorating high
ways, or by a very short stretch of
railroad. extending from Bligny to
Verneuil, still in German hands, but
at many points under allied gunfire.
No Railroads to Aid Retreat
The same conditions that govern
the supply of the troops control their
retirement. There are no railroads
by which to expedite their retreat.
1t must be by laborious marches along
the highway.
The guns, great and small, that
they brought up to force the passage
Of the Marine we're advanced by rail
road. They must be withdrawn, if
at all, by being laboriously dragged
over the roads by motor, horse OF
man power.
The great cannon which bombarded
Paris are somewhere in that crowded
pocket. What power will be ade.
quate for their withdrawal?
To the professional military mind
a well conducted and successful re.
treat confers the highest professional
credit upon the general who conduc.
ted it, however little glory it may
suggest to the civilian mind. If
therefore, Ludendorff is able to ex.
tricate his 400. 900 men now caught
in the Marine pocket he will have
justified the high place he holds ir
the estimation of the German military
authorities.
Crowding Into a Bottles Neck
The neck of the bottle" through
which he must pass is a scant twenty
miles wide. On either side are press
ing the enthusiastic and triumphant
forces of his foes. Thursday the,