The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
reasonably hope for a breathing sp

REASONABLY hope for breathing space
and. 4 chance to rcDrCstniZc and 70 pre-
.purc u me-: lin" upon which 10 lail baci'
in his own umr.
Attack had been Developed all at one"
anil naI been rcckicSSly pressed the cn"-
my would have seen the danger IN INC
situation and he would have been &c
feaInd but with time 10 recover alter
ward. For if ihcrc had been any or
those grandiosc theatrical ideas in hn
mind Of the Allied Higher COMMAND
which the enemy gratuitouSiy lnaelneu
TO be- there our losses would nave poem
50 heavy s1fi the fatigue of our forces
would have been such that there would
have had 10 ba some cessation or move
mcnt. But, on tn" contrary these care
fully limited actions. each exactly dc,
fined for the fruits rcape11 from IL ana
mo- more ard Sn pport I'd hy the PERFECT ually
increasing stream of American cont!n-
gents, had left IN ample margin or pow
CT.
With tho dawn of August - inc
gun. This blow Was delivered north nt
Albert, between that town and ArraS'
By tho British. and is stu proceeding.
1t has gone on from step 10 step. Just
rs the others have. and the front has
been widcncd both IN the north and the
south This was not one great attack.
exercising IN immense nr"sSur" NJ Er"A'
cxpcnsc---and in case Of flilUre-at me
price of exhaustion. But ii was like
all the rcst--delfhcratcly restricted as
sault$ increasing racn day.
On the first day. August Il. INC ;Il'hCh
| was upon n front Of no more than lrh
miles beginning in the carly morning
with q Front of seven and adding All
! hour or two aftrrward. further rom
Of three miles. 1t advanced toward Ia
| paumr hut with limited oEJcctlreS'
| which II reached At noon Of IN" iirSi DAY
taking only some three Thousand prison
! "r>. md suffering itself nniH extremely
! light casualties Indeed the total casu-
: aiiirs are little NOR. than tho number
! OF prisoners captured. go
| On the second DAY. August -. tn" de-
| vclopmcntS wcr" "%arI!F hS lhS! n"i
been in the other battles There was "a
| further extension Of the 'front.' ana con-
! Scuucnlly tIcr" WAS further dlSorEani-
Xatiuu IL lh">,nrmy's nfitnScs. ami tur-
| lh,r interference with any attempt on
! hiS part 1T Il runrani rat ion. Tho l'rll-
! jSiI cSt,iltlrd thrlr front right down past
Aih.rt wmCh town they recovered. ana
! they "NcrciS'-l pressure right up 10 IN"
| S"m,nc. 50 that Ivy Thursday nigh; III"
! whol" Ii;u WIS in action and there was
NJ quo; sector within tlIr"" miles Of
! ArraS right AWAY down Ia Rheims.
All day Friday. August -. the move
/ mint continued. and ny Saturday the
/ ErcIish on thr north wrr" 1T tr"tsrll"S.
| thor limo. passing through 81. l.cr"r and
they were ou;S:d" I!arnumc; they had
! taken Brny on thr Snmn1". hey had COL
! lrrtrJ ;. hnG prisoners since III" begin
| ming rr he operation un! IN" total Inc
| now Engaged had been Increased to not
! far shnri nf l&n miles.
! That is III" plan III" ST"ccSsiV" iu!-
! nlm"nt of which is proceeding hei"re
! our eyes 1t isn't even an attempt ~
decision: it is rr"parati"r and rrepaT-
alton not one step or which has Eon"
wrrmS during all III" six w""kS through
, which il has continued virtually without
interrupt ion.
In 1917. during I'll" lull or Truce no
tween Sapnl"on's defeat YIN RUSSIA and
the great concentrated attack upon HIM
which ruined him nj l.cipSIr. tho rus
sian general staff spent It's Tim" study
INK ihc methods Of lhr great Emperor.
and they gathered from them certain
rules Of war These they reduced to
prccrs--.a sort of litil" summary for the
us" 81 Their Command"?S. Among
thns, rnics "f war ind. at the end
q. the first clause General Toch him
$rif quoted the passage in his famous
lectures m III" art Of war. when: DC
fore this campaign. were the chlei cS-
ample:< nf his genius and of when m
rrfirjal translation IL about 10 appear
III ENGLAND and the United StatrS). the
. fullnWinc:
w. establish then. this principle.
which seems IN he thai Of thr French.
, - "rrnnuIxr forces: but to nouriSh the
action right uT to III" moment when one
ran puSs to the principal attack.
That is exactly what is taking place
,ndny. The initiative having been re.
covered. tho action is being extended
nd rouri shed and never Abandoned. but
always with preparation for some main
attack which. rs l said. may not be de-
hvered for a long time