El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-29
'THEY SHALL NOT PASS" SAY
IN GREATEST BATTLE

THIS battle is the climax Of the war IN way the climax
~ Of the worlds history. II the Germans lose this greatest
Of all battles they have lost the wa although their sur
render may long delayed. If the allies suffer crushing
defeat, the Is prolonged for years.
Germany has staked everything the outcome Of this
Eupendou combat That evident from the various state
ents unofcaIy made IN Germany but with official sane
ton. That emperor William has for the first time IN the
taken personal command Of his armies indicates It
He the glory Of winning the worlds biggest clash at
That the Germans pouring unhesrd Of masses Of
troops into the battle with absolute disregard for life and
that they have assembled artillery and other materials
which they dumping into the combat unpTece-
deue6 scale proves It. There never anything like It
There never VII be anything like It again earths civil
1ed nations under the guidance OF God can prevent he
battles Of the Marne the Asns and the Somme; the bloody
encounters IN the Flanders mud the awful slaughter
VsTdun, nothing to this IN numbers Of and
bers Of guns and presumably in the sacrifice Of life
The British have stood up under the most awful bonn
baTdment human mind conceived with thousands Of
guns making fearful he'll Of exploding shells. How any
Of them in the battle survived is hard understand
That many thousands did survive and when the rain Of
IRE ended jumped up &c fight the oncoming Of Ger
man lnIanIy IS marvellous tribute 70 the herols and the
ZION Of the British soldier. And the British artillery
almost smohered aHder the downpour Of explosives
through to tear great gaps in the gray-elad ranks
Even when the British army at St Quentin and north
word compelled to give ground before the weight Of
enemy troops which grew from 10000 to 10000 and then
70 10000 1t fell back calmly and without panic fighting
agneently for every foot Of ground And those large
which had orders TO stand their ground
paid the price Though thousands were captured doubtless
they were but handful IN comparison with those who
fought in their tracks and died to from German
slsveTy.
There the allied countries, right here In 81
PaS0 depression amounting almost to panic when the
Btons broke ground and began falling back II made
when Paris announced the city being shelled
although the German line its nearest point was more than
90 miles away The German attack had been delivered with
such amazing power that alarm natural
But the withdrawal Of the British natural No
army could Withstand such shock the German blow
me Germans themselves had It been delivered against
them The British anticipated It. They provided their
army with springs in the form of defences and plenty
Of artillery Their idea that the Germcns would deal
terrible blow and the springs would absorb It and would
then provide reaction which would hurl the enemy back
IN defeat the springs strong enough the world
saved.
Many voicng wonder why the allies evidently antici
patng this effort did launch offensive Of their own
The supreme war council at Versailles, which run
ug the eutentes side Of the has not answered the
question Doubtless the council comprising very
generals, among them strategst Gen Taser h
Bliss knows what It is doing. At this critical period may
have considered strong defensive the best offensive The
assumption nay be justified that these directing generals
CT thought best to make the British front another
Vdun for the killing Of hundreds Of thousands Of Germans
and bringing the end Of the The casualties Of
the Germans said to Be about three Briton thus
far The information IN the hands Of the allied commanders
Is that the kaiser and Hindenburg willing to squau
der 10000 lives IN attempting this grand break At the
present rate Of slaughter that goal should be reached IN
not too long time
Nothing VIII greatly serve to Germanys last