The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-31
F0CH, WHO TURNED TIDE IN 1914, IS RELIED
upon To HAND[E RESERVES IN WAY To BRING
VICTORY AND SMASH GERMAN POWER
French Communique Admits Loss of Two Vii
lages-Rhems is Sill Firmly Held by Franco
British Forces-Ths Week May See Supreme
Clash of the Entire War and Of All History.


The second battle of the boiling up It's initial
phase already being fought below nmle front between
the of Tardenois and the east of Vezy dis
lance ranging from six to eight miles north of the immortal
river
There the princes center plungng southwark
gain the Marne their immediate goals being Dormans and
Chateau Therry the latter rail key to Paris ftyeght miles
northeast of the French capital.
From the Berlin Office came Thursday night
ment:
South of Fere -Tardenois fighting way
wards the Marne'
both Fere Tardenois and Vezy But every word from the
front and from Paris official and unofficial is calm and conf
dent.
For the allies it is has heartening thrill
this dash of the German towards the river that the
gnominou defeat And still greater thrill the knowledge
that the who turned the tide in that immortal battle
the commander of all allied forces this possible last
round of Armageddon
Foch is tacturn generalissimo- uncannily So
He brag neither does he predict For him it enough
tell the world in clear concise terms that the al
line nowhere pierced the withdrawal where
stated by sheer weight Of the numbers orderly
But behind the Marne and the allied left below sos
sons there is significant hustle and hustle Foch getting
signs e may the supreme clash of the and Of history
Meanwhile Berlin reveng in bombastic pronunoia-
of the victorious program Of the princes
egons and enough the situation continues precarous
and will continue until Foch plays his trump card
Thirty thousand prisoners had been taken to Wed
nesday night Office announced The booty in
guns and material is described as enormous
The German center which made another five miles the
fourth day Of the drive exertng ounce O
its driving gain the Marine and Herewith the Chaons
Paris railway Dormans Chateau Thierry and Eben2ny
the position of the French Champagne Agonn
verdun Lorraine armies would become seriously
But such arise only after Fochs
beaten and France and Britain supremey conde
such disaster is beyond the realm of possibility
The allied TANKS continued throughout the fourth day t
hold well and vaantly Rheims is still in France D14tN
hands, though the forts the northwest have fallen to
and the laers have penetrated two towns within
radius Of mile from the cathedral cyBetheny and -
Neuvillette
On their left the French clngng to the western
nd
to spread out to the south.
Next the Marine 'front.' the sector facing scissors from
the southwest is bound become the most important In the
few days fighting and to that front great part Of the
French is believed under For break
through by the Germans between scissors and Harennes
the souh where furious attempts were made vany all d
Thursday would this swift spreading Of the attack to
southern end Of the Pcardy front Ultimate junction Of A
Scissors with the German threatens
ing Aens from the southeast clearly essential part
Ludendorf's program. Nj
Strengthening this theory the fact that the kaissr
heir employing the celebrated of Prussan
Brandenburgeron the scissors front It divisions
these picked fighters that finally wrestad scissors from t
French. s@HaN
Even the Berlin official bulletins concede indirectly Tint
the drive longer walk Such phases after h4
the high command desires to prepare the people for ~
casualty lists and slackening Of the advance. Nh
Nor is Ludendor this time taking any chances with f
optimism Of his countymen Unlike the bosterous press
ment Of the March and April days. the German newspa
to be pursuing watchfu waiting policy There
hints that Foch may presently halt the drive and
elsewhere become necessary Manfestly the press has
told take risks in arousng hopes that may b
r,r,,,r :. Nm unrcrr aent. For