El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-29

Losses Counter balanced
But the German army was still
powerful and its losses were counter
I balanced by the gains Of the preced-
I ing offensive. n Tardieu says Then
the British army assumed the often
slve- Amieus was liberated, Mont
7 Didier fell, the armies Of Cen De
Beney and Cen Humbert started a
war OF position. and. on August 10,
the French reached the Disc, south OF
Novon with AIangin's army The
events up TO the 25rd. when the main
British attack began, are described,
and n. Tardieu continues.
Although IL IS too soon as yet TO
sum up, as a whole, the military ope-
r1tiOns extending from August 70
August %, since the battle is still in
progress. the following results have
already been obtained
Results Are Summarized.
l. Paris is no longer threatened.
.. "Our direct communications by
mail between Paris and Calais have
been reestablished. as had been those
between Paris and Nancy. on July %
3. "Our third aim. 10 Wrest the int-
tiative from the Germans. has Ike
wise been attained.
The instructions given by the Ger
man high command 70 the German
troops are now Of a decidedly deten-
slve nature. They confess that the
situation is Serious for Germany.
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seems that only % fresh divisions,
that is u say "a divisions having been
Withdrawn from the firing line for
at least a month. are now all the acs
tual German reserves
- Divisions Reformed.
Twenty three others are being re.
formed
Forty seven divisions whose mo-
rale was considerably shaken. con-
sutute the Germans last reserve in
the present battle.
The answers OF prisoners. Sc
cret documents and letters nd
dressed to German soldiers reveal
great discournEeme among
them- They no longer believe In
victory and with them Il Is only
n question OF holding on to save
Germany from disaster.
Germany knows now French and
English reserves are not exhausted,
and at last she begins TO learn the
value Of the help that America brings
the allies She realizes the Ameri-
can divisions. reformed after the op-
eratiOns along the Nesle. and
strengthened by a constant flow OF
new divisions, are in themselves
menace every day more imminent
The German officers taken prison
ers before July IS asserted they did
not believe in the possibility OF the
participation OF the Americans IN the
battle.
Know Americans Can Fight.
Those made prisoners in the last
operations recognize that the fight
ing qualities OF the Americans are
exceedingly great and their teuacity
extraordinary.
If the whole American army. they
added, shows the same dash, the Ger
man cause is lost"
Gen PershinE's communique for
Wednesday says the retirement of
American troops from Brooches
and Flsmette was n result OF local
hostile attacks. which forced back
outlying detachments. II also an
nOunced the capture Of zoo prison.
ers in the American advance to
the railroad northwest Of Ju-
ViEny. II fOIIoWss
Headquarters American expedition
airy forces. Aug. IS. 1918;
Section A-North OF the Aisne our
troops in cooperation with the French
advanced to the railroad west OF Ju-
vigny and captured 200 prisoners
Along the Vesle. local hostile attacks
forced our outlying detachments IN
and Fismette 10 retire"