The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-22
TEUTON PRESS TRIES
TO QUELL FEARS


through our flank with a surprise attack.
trated, but the struggle is in full prog
ress now. Foch finally proceeded to
bring his long spared reserves under FIRE.
THE supreme army command found
itself confronted by new decisive prob
lens. the Issue whereof we contemplate
with confidence. We know that our SUI
preme army command adopts as its
first principle that human life must be
spared as much as possible. They have
shown often enough. both In defence and
or attack, that they will not allow
themselves to be diverted from this prln-
c!ple."
Admits Attack Was surprise.
The Roeinischc Volksseitung says
"Foch's attack. which again was exc
cuted by the employment of the strong
est possible squadron Of tanks, had the
preliminary success which strong
massed offensive thrust usually obtains.
Even II It had been expected by the
German command the momentary sur
prise would have necessarily succeeded
locally to certain extent. so that at
some places penetration should occur.
But the penetration never amounted
| to a break through this being prevented
| by the tough resistance by the Ger
man position troops and also to the in
| tervention OF reserves, which. not as
Foch perhaps believed, were employed
on the Marine. but remained in the hands
of the command on this front"
The paper concludes that the next few
Ia W W n,h
tinue his counter offensive or whether
It remains passing episode, leaving no
great traces.
Betrayed by Deserter..
The Koelnische Volks-eifunO also says
| the Germans have been betrayed by
| their own troops. The correspondent
says: Germans at home perhaps at
| tached false hopes to the new offensive.
1t cannot be the task OF every military
| operation in all circumstances 20 obtain
definite ends. The military operations
Of the third week OF July aroused
various presumptions on the part of the
population which were at variance with
actual conditions, not to speak of those
who on July is were absolutely certain
that Field Marshal Won Hindenberg
would carry out an attack against Paris.
| We have, now that we know it posi-
| lively. no ground for cnocealing the IA ct
that in the ranks Of the German troops
were deserters to the enemy who utilized
| their knowledge OF the operations
planned for base treachery to the father
land and their comrades in arms. They
| informed the enemy OF the German
plans. the French thereby naturally
having certain advantages"
Dutch Papers Tell of Failure.
Dutch papers fully recognize the great
ness OF the German failure. the Nieuce
Rofterddmsche Couunt saying that the
German offensive east and west of
Rheims failed through the Franco Amer
| lean thrust.
! Won Boehm's army narrowly escaped
the fate OF the Austrians on the Piave. -
the paper Gays. THE danger to Rheims
and Epernay seems averted at single
blow In less than n week the Germans
| who began the offensive. were forced to
the defensive. and on the Champagne
terrain not only lost all ground won
but we're obliged TO surrender the whole
stretch of what they had formerly &C.
cupied."
The papers also point out the differ
| ence between the French and the Ger.
man booty, the Germans having taken
only a few guns. while the French and
Americans took 10000 prisoners and 400
guns including a battery Of 81 ems.