Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-30
TEUTON THRUST
HALTED At ALL
POINTS BUT:ONE
Berlin Claims 10000 Prison
ers and Allies Admit Figure
Accurate, Yet Assert AS
ssuIt Checked.
- Review 80 VIC


I The entente forces opposing Ger
many in France are. for the first time
during tbe war. fighting under the
/ control of single commander Cen
eral Foch the great French strategist.
to whom has been accorded much Of
the credit for the~victory. of tho
Marne in September. 1914. is gener-
slissme o. the entire allied armies in
France. This report was received on
Friday morning in the form of an un-
official dispatch from London. but in
IaPe evening it was officially conform
/ cd by adyices TO Washington from
Paris.
l. Fairly in the dav President Wilson
sent a personal cable message of con-
graduation to General FOch and Cen
I eraI Pershins. placing at the disposal
of the French conTan'7r the Ameri-
car fo-res now on French soil.
4 General FOch is given supreme
/ command over all the men on the
( battle linss and in addition had
I strategic reserve force the size and
| location of which is not known, but
which. Judging from reports. is very
large
/ After eight days during which It has
swaut forward over the rolling hills
: IF Picardy. at times like a tidal wav,-.
/ the Germs3 offensive has slowed
I down Instead of a sweeping advance.
7 its progress has been checked at all
: hut ona sector Of the front. and there
/ IT has been merely creeping for the
/ last two days-this fact even ad-
mitted by the German war office.
which usually comedies nothing.
French Keen Un Drive
From Arleux. north of Arras. TO Al
bert. on the Somme. the British lines
have been bolding stubbOrnly and
have thrust hack the Germans at a
number of points. From Albert south
I to Mcntdidier there has been a slow
movement to the west. hut the hills
west o. Montdider are still being held
by the French No ground has been
made against the French along the
/ southern sira of the salient driven into
the allied lines while ii is asserted
that the French counter attack from
I 7 assienv TO Novon is still going on.
The extreme depth of the German
0 wadRe is now about 81 miles.
Meanwhile the allied world is await
ing for the entente forces to strike
bact at the Germans.
When this blow. If II comes. will
fall. or where, is as vet seated in the
minds of the men directing the pro
gress of the military affairs for the
allies. but seemingly IL must come
. l. To, hn of
man advance now is converging on
Amiens. the railroad center o. north
ern France. which is known to the
sanglicn from, which run the main
ccmmunicaticnS, Of the British army
in northern Frsnce. The railroad from
Paris 70 A-'i0ns was cut bv the Ger
r-ars AZ MOrt1idier but this would
re- 10 vital If Amiens itself is held
by the allies
7n00n Prisoners Taken
The German thrust in front Of A.
ras while. acco-dine 20 Berlin. il
re+tr5 thonsonfs Of rris~nors. has an
rarentlv c~mn IN ston before Oranoe
hin. Talaoranh h'll a1d the labvrinth.
strongbolds bold bv tha British in this
sector ReDeated mass attacks by the
Germans ~ these prints have result
81 in terrible losses ~ them. without.
however. hreaking the line and cans
in~ moro than = Strengthening of the
, front hespre Arras.
A German official statement de-
clares that since the offensive began
10000 prisoners and 100 guns have
been taken II IS INTERESTING tn more
that after seven 'davs of fighting at
Verdun. the Germans claimed thev
had cartured 10000 men. Taking into
consideration tie comparative mag
nitude of the two struggles. the Ger
man claims for captures may be cen
sidered accurate.
Tho French reports are sI-ent a.
IN the progress mado on the dine
from Lassignv to Novon. exceDt to
cav that the attack is still continuing
anI that fresh French troOns are ar
irving in this reeiOn Nothing has
developed ~ show that this is more
than purely locnl enga cement fought
for the purpose ~ preventing the Ger
mans from reaching the Disc river
and havin~ this stream as an addi-
tional protection 70 their left flank
plan Attack on italy
While II has beer officially ranortei
from Rome that Austrian divisions
fror, Russia anS Calicia. numbering
anprOximatelv Aen0O0 men. havo ar
rived on the Italien front. there have
heen no developments there indicat-
inc where the exr,ected blow from
! the Teutons will fall