The Sentinel=record., 1918-04-02
The Point to Which He Has
Been Assigned BY General
FoCh Is Not Made Known.
While the Advance of German Armies
in Picardy Has Almost Come to a
Halt There Has Been Savage Fight
ing on the Extreme Western Edge of
the Battle Zone.

New York, April While the adj
vance OF the German armies III
Picardy has come almost to a halt
there has been savage fighting on the
extreme western edge of the battle
zone. Encounters i'm which large
forces have been engaged have oc-
CURED north OF Moreuil but there
seems to be no decided ADVANTAGE
gained by the Teutonic invaders. They
claim to have taken heights and 10
have carried q wood in advance OF
their line near Noreuil but the British
say they have driven back the enemy
from positions they have occupied
elsewhere in this sector
The French lines further south have
stood firm against savage assaults ex-
pecially in the region OF Mont Didier
and eastward of that place along
part OF the line which was subjected
to a terrific strain for two days late
last week
IN a number OF sectors the French
have taken ground from the Germans
and have established their line solid
along the Oise river. The expected
allied counter offensive has not yet
come but the Germans who are re-
ported 10 be entrenc hing along tire
French front evidently eXpct it there.
The elements have been az work il
delaying the German advance Rains
are reported along the French and
Britiss fronts Wet weather if con
tinued. would handicap further ad-
vance OF the Germans and be OF inf
mite value 20 the allies who are moving
their forces and supplies over solid
earth instead Of ground which has
been churned into a condit'o on where
every step is beset by difficulties
The chief German efforts apparently
have been in the region OF Moreuil
and Albert Around these places
here has been stern fighting with the
Germans hulling their fighting men o,
the allied lines in serried ranks which
have been moved down hy artillerv.
machine gun ana rifle fire The ef-
fort in the Moreuil region Is consid-
cred as being an attempt to- reach tho.
Paris-Amiens railroad which is four
or five miles distant The railway
which was cut at Mont Didier was a
branch of this Paris-Amiens road hut
its possession means little to the
Germans.
The beginning of April, a month
whose dates are written largely on
the games of American history, finds
the soldiers of the United States
Fastening to take their place in the
zone OF the fiercest fighting.
There have been American troops
involved in the struggles in Picardv
since the morning OF March %, but
General Pershing now is leading more
than 100000 of his men, but just how
many is as yet not known, to a point
assigned to them by General Foch, the
leader OF the allied forces in France
These men may even now he in the
battle line and America awaits news
from them with confidence that they
will compare wei! with the veterans OF
France and Great Britain.
A report from General Pershing 70
the war depaunent states that the
situation along the battle line is inn
proved lie did not give any informa-
ton regarding the movement of hls
troops.
1t is not probable that the German
general staff will be content with the
situation as il stands today Manv
believe that there is in preparation
another giant blow against Italy o.
fetal reports from Rome say tna3
there has been considerable activit:
on the Asiago plateau and along the
Piave river and that in Albania on the
eastern shore of the Adriatic the Aus
trians have heen repulsed after an al
tack on a position held by the Ital
ians.
British troops in Mesopotamia have
added a new success 10 their record
They have progressed to a point mid
way between Bagdad and Aleppo. lf
the British can reach Aleppo and
there join forces with General Allen
ly's army. which has been fighting its
way northward through Palestine,
they would be able to cut off the
whole Arabian peninsula from the