Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-22
ON WEST FRONT
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 crush the next German offensive the allies are finding satisfaction in the 1 fact that the Germans have been un- able to launch a new blow in the struggle whicn Berlin claimed was to be the decisive battle of the war. For the most part, the Germans have sbown but little of their habitual fight | ing spirit along the line in France. i They have been thrust back in four sectors and the allies have succeed d in winning ground which will be of great importance in the future. Tine Germans have counter attackted in cnly one instance and this movement was carried out so slowly and with such lack of dash that it was easily | broken up before the teutons reached the new allied positions
 French Are Active
 The attacks by the French near Locre, on the northern side of the Lys salient and of the Australians before Amiens appear to have been more successful than was at first expected. Near Locre the French have not only taken strongly fortified positions but they have made secure their lines on
  recaptured from the Germans recent Y. The Australians, too, have won ground which is of tacticalimportance along the Amiens sector. They have cained higher ground which lends it. sel- wei Ito defensive tactics and will Dc "aluable when the time comes.
 The French still seem to be the most active of the forces of the en- tente nations. They have again on- gagged in raiding operations near Las signy. on the flank of the German line as it stands since the advance toward Amiens.
 Raids On Inerease
 With tho increase in raiding parties has come a marked decline in the severity of the artillery fire of the enemy. The Hun evidently has the sage set for his next effort and is only awaiting fair weather. Indica- tions point to renewal of the offensive some time this week. The moon will be in the same place at the end of this week that it was at the beginning O. the March 21 push.
 Evidently this is what Ludendorff is waiting for. He will then be prac- tiCally assured of favorable weather for 8 fortnight on the scale planned by the German general stan requires most favorable weather conditions.
 On the American front there has been lively exchanges of artillery fire | but no infantry fighting.
 The questions now facing the AL | Ted commanders are: Where will the | fury of the next drive fall? What 1 aan mil fha
 Military experts seem inclined to ! try for Ypres It is asserted that l the Hun has massed 140 divisions | Q,900,000 mem between the Belgian | coast and the Oise. the greater part | of which are in the Ypres sector. Lu- dendorff will probably attempt to take | Ypres in the first day of fighting be- cause of the moral effect of victory. |
 The allies are prepared to defend | the city, now heap of ruins, to the | last ditch and not an inch of ground | will b. surrendered that is not bought | for dearly in men and ammunition.
 The allies have spent weeks pre- | Daring for the next drive and it is | very doubtful if the Germans will be | able to gain any ground. The strength | of the Hun has not been underesti- | meted and Foch, the master strategist, | has placed his reserves so that the | Germans will have to face solid wall | of men from the front lines to the | coast.
 Conserves Man Power
 It is said that Ludendorff has | scrapped the idea of gaining ground by ! massed attacks and he has been l quoted as saying that it is fire effect | which is decisive and not numbers" This strong statement, if made of Lu- dendorff, warrants the belief that the allies may look for a change in tao tics. It also shows that for the first | time that the Germans are beginning | to think of conserving their man power.
 The Germans chances of success depend entirely on their fire superior ity. as Ludendorff says, and, with the allies masters of the air on the west ern front, the effectiveness of the German gunfire is greatly weakened.