The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-30
ALLIED RESERVES
MASS|NG RAPIDLY
AND WITH EASE
NO CONFUSION AS ATTEND
ED SIMILAR MOVEMENTS
DURING MARCH.
ENEMY'S' PLAN ANAL YzED
Is Two-Fold, the Most Important
Being Effort of Crown Prince to
Force His Army to Paris-Allied
Armies Resistance Increases.

Paris, May 30.-Increasing vio-
lence marks the progress of the
fighting south of the Aisne. The
Germans are fighting against time
and are throwing every ounce of
weight of man power into the
struggle.
On the center, the enemy has
again pushed forward, but his ef-
forts to broaden his advancing front
have met with les ssuccess. The al
lied wings have been obliged to give
some ground. This action was car
ried out slowly and the full price
was exacted from the enemy.
Soissons has gone and the Brit
ish have fallen backward toward
Rheims, but in either case the en-
emy has only won couple of miles
of territory.
In competent circles there is
quiet confidence in the outcome and
signs are not lacking that the ad-
vancing waves soon will be checked.
Unity of command puts the allies
in better position than they were
in the March offensive. On that oc-
caSion French reinforcementS came
into action on the third day, and
on the eighth the Germans were
stopped definitely. Today, things
will go more quickly. The Ger
mans have been obliged to leave
their guns on the northern side of
the original line, which can be
crossed only at a certain number
of places which are highly vulner-
able to allied airplanes.
The enemy is thus prevented from
reapingthe full benefit of his rapid
advance.
Reserves Are Massing.
Meanwhile the allied reserves are
at certain points without
any of the confusion that attended
the similar movement in March.
SO well perfected are the arrange
ments that an entire division can be
moved by motor truck from the
Somme to Rheims in 4S hours and
arrive without button missing.
AS the battle proceeds. the en-
emy's plan becomes plain. t is
two fold.
First of all, l8 miles south of the
Vesle flows the Marne, which forms
with the Disc, one of the great ave
nues of approach to Paris. Along
its course runs the Chalons rail
road, the main eastern artery. To
gain a footing in the Marnc valley,
or even to approach within artil-
Iery range of it, would be an appre-
ciable result. That is sufficient to
show why the Germans continue
10 push southwark so vigorously.
Their advance there yesterday, !
however, amounted to only 3 IL
miles, as against l-2 on the first
lay of the attack, and 7 on tho
second, This indicates the growing
Iorce OF the opposition which the
Enemy is encountering.
Second Objective.
The second objective, which the
German staff considers even more
important, judging by the efforts
made at Soissons, is to broaden the
salient to the westward. By en-
arging the action there the Ger
nan crown prince intends to ap-
,roach near TO Paris on the direct
cute.
The French command is fully
WARE of the Importance of this
Although Scissors was
,vacuated to prevent needless sac
'ihce of men, the French hold all
he roads leading out of the town.
Heavy fighting still lies ahead for
he allies, but those most compe-
ent to express an opinion are now
atished that the German drive will
,e stopped in the near future.