Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-12
FocH AWAITS BLOW.

} FOCH AWAITS BLOW.
1t this was the case, they must
have been disappointed by the waiting
attitude Of General Foch, which It Is
felt now will compel the enemy to re-
veal his further purpose with little de-
lay, as time Is one of the things he
cannot afford to squander, with the
American forces now rapidly assum-
ing formidable numbers.
If, as considered certain, the Ger.
mans have employed such time as
they have felt impelled to spend in
building up the machinery for i new
attack on probably an even greater
scale than before, it is equally sure
that the allied armies under their
unified command have not neglected
to employ the interval in making
every preparation possible to meet the
German blow. Every day gives evi-
dence of the altertncss of the allied
forces NJ VII 4 4 II . x..& II
Allies Superior in Air. 81
Numerous minor operations have
been undertaken to improve their
positions on the various fronts and
their artillery fire has been directed
to equally good purpose in breaking
up the organizing efforts of the enemy.
Airplane raids without number, in
which the superiority of the entente
air forces has been clearly shown,
have served the same end, besides
being notably productive of valuable
information, while innumerable in
fantry raids have been almost uni-
formly fruitful in an informative sense.
Betterments of the allied position
reported yesterday included an adj
vance by the French on the Flanders
front, in the neighborhood Of Locrc,
where the approaches to. Mont Rouge.
one of the bulwarks of the allied line.
have thereby been made more secure.
French Gain Ground.
Far to the south of the Somrne, on
the southerly side of the great Mont
didier salient, French troops likewise
carved slice out of German-held ter
rtory, near Orvillers-Sorel, seven
miles southeast of Montdidier.
AS complement to both these op-
erations there we're numerous success
full raids, notably one by the French
in the region north of Grivenes, north
east of Amiens, near the point where
General Petain's troops made not
able advance as the result of local
attack Thursday, and another along
the line southeast of Montdidier. The
British carried out profitable raiding
operations near the westerly end of
the Lys salient i'll Flanders.
The German official statement yes.
terday claims heavy losses were in
ficted on the American troops south
west of Apremount and north OF
Pairvy by strong bombardment.
Huns Fear Russian Resistance.
indications are multiplying that
Germanys positions in the east is
causing it uneasiness. 1t is reported
to have made additiona4 demands on
Russia, which are said to have ,af-
fected sensibly the sentiment of the
bolsheviki whose attempts to weld
all army into shape the Germans are
attempting to thwart.
In the Ukraine the situation is even
more disturbing to the Germans, ac-
cording to current dispatches, which
announce a growing anti-German
sentiment because of the repressive
measures OF the Teutons. To meet
this additional German troops are
being sent to the disturbed region, tho
western front even being drawn upon
for cavalry, dispatches from Dutch
sources announce. These report
Bavarian horsemen arriving al liege,
Belgium. on their way to the Ukl line.
Troops of the new national ksmy
Of the United States paraded thpaigh
London Saturday. three battalions of
them to the plss~ss Of large crowds
and the c. slents of King Georges
Prepe lloyd George and other not.