Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
BOCHE TALLY HIT:
RESERVES DW|NDLE
Officers Captured Declared They
Believed u. S. Would Not
Come in, Tardieu Says.

Washington, Aug. 30.--M Andre
Tardeu the high Commissioner OF
Franco-American War Cooperation, has
cabled TO Washington a long summary OF
the military events during the last hve
months, showing their bearing on the
present situation. NJ Tardieus state
ment indicates the belief of high military
authorities in close touch with Marshal
Foch that the tide has now turned
definitely against Germany and will
result in definite, ultimate victory for the
Entente Powers
In beginning his review NJ. Iardicu
says
The events Of Russia, by giving Ger
many n crushing numerical superiority
over the Entente forces allowed the
enemy from the month OF March on 10
undertake against us offensive operations
on large scale Paris was directly
threatened 10y the two principal highways
the valleys of tho OIse and the Marnc
Amicns. pivot of the Iranco-BrtiSh troops
was under the Erc of the German cannon
Direct railway communications with tho
east and north had become unavailable
Such was ON July Is the result of their
operations
''On August 3 the enemy was brought
back on the \esc. thanks Ia a series of
attacks IN which the American Army
played an important part The road
from Paris to Nancy was completely
freed; the access 10 Paris by tho Maruc
was barred to the Germans Tho latter
began To understand that tho and of the
| ultcd States was not merely moral
financial, political and. but also q military
aid OF q formidable nature
The High Commissioner then records
H.,
operations of the Allies which have result
cd in the present plight OF the German
Army, and concludes.
Though II Is too soon, as vet, 20 sum
up as a whole, the military operations,
extending from August ; to August 25.
since the battle is in progress, the follow
ing results have been obtained.
Paris IS no longer threatened.
Our direct communications hv raii
between Paris and CALAIS have been re-
established, as had been those between
Paris and Nancy on July %
Our third aim, Ia wrcst the initiative
from the Germans, has likewise been
attained
Tho instructions gwen by tho German
high command to the German troops
arc now of a decidedly defensive nature.
They confess that the situation is danger
Gus for Germany Judging from reliable
documents, 1t seems that only twenty
four fresh divisions, that is 20 say, twenty
four divisions having been withdrawn
from the firing line for AT least a month,
arc now the actual German reserves.
TwCnty-thrce others are beng re-
formed
"Furtv-sccond divisions, whose morale
was considerably shaken, constitute the
battle a German division Is under
stood to be made up of approximately
1900 men, So that the total reserve
would be only 81 ,OO0)
The answers of prisoners. secret
documents, and letters addressed to
German soldiers, reveal a great dis
among them They no
longer believe IN victory. and with them,
Is only a question Of holding on to save
Germany from disaster
Germany knows now that the French
and English reserves are not exhausted,
and at last she begins to learn the value
of the help that America brings to the
Allies She realized the American dIvi-
sions reformed after the operations along
the Ncslc, and strengthened by constant
flow of new divisions, are IN themselves
a menace every day moro imminent
The German officers taken prisoners /
before July Is asserted that they did not
believe IN the possibility OF the partlclpa- |
ton of the Americans IN the battle. Those !
made prisoners IN the last operations /
that the fighting qualities |
Of the Americans We're exceedingly great T
and their tcnacity extraordinary.
II the whole American Army, they |
added, showed the same spirit, the Ger |
man cause was lost.