The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-06-20
ia BADLY NEEDE0

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war department correspondent. chief
Of Staff March revealed thia cheerine
figure fodav Has alsn dacIars ~
III $500 $780, - s,. 49, M ISsx1S@f
az 1our drives ~ tnesseaes-
mans nav been STOPPED
Thai more than 900. 900 AsnotaGano
will have been sent to i nv Juiy
1sswas the atatap,enf nf HAnatnr RSrhv3
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= sIohoWlnG e Weekiy MeeI-
Slng today etween me senate mititarya
SolaHllstee andsthe WAT cOnncai.EsA.@
Ine COMMITTEES also Wa told D.
General March h a American forces
are being put into h krontSNnes IN
every eekSAnd h
mileage held by American units, in-
dependently OF the French and British
- being gradually extended.
Line StretchSdx6n Mic.
The German GanaraI
March eclared hava sfrafnhad I
allied line an extra Sc miles. Because
az ffis s.tha tx nnrt.yrnS ~ rattins
Americans oyer Is nrsemfnenf. w
now nassed ina en0 mo ma II II
troop shinnnent oversaaas The 800 sO0os
troops Include combntantas medicaIs
service. service IN he rear-aii the
ANY announcement from fhe war de-
partnent viii Include All necea-
& FOR the army =.
The number of troops being sent
across now ha addad IL 1tn,ftad onfw
by capacity Of the boats to carry them.
and W intend to keep that up.
He declined TO predict when the all
numerical superiority. This question.
ne suggested, involved a considerations
&of now many Q the Germans had
at Inc outset, n how many potential
divisions might be stripped from the
eastern front.
Gerrany's Obiectives.
Reviewing the military situation
from March 81 onward March 8
clared that Hthe Scfivitv nowSis tnwara
Paris but that enc channel norts
first, and Paris second, constitutes the
Obvious detectives az the hoche
..The four drives. starting March 81.
April o. Nav az and .Ji1ne a. ara
parts Of a common schem of an Of
fensive." he said.
"You see q succession Of attacks.
the first being "a miles q, Pfcardv IN.
NEXT IA miles IN mi tha fhirf
38 miles to the Marnes ana tba nresant
five and one-half and six miles.
one OF the many striking features
OF this whole advance lis the extent OF
the front which the allies have had to
cover as a result OF the German pro-
gress. The total stretching OF the line
from Rheims to the sea is % niles.
In order to hold that extra line the al
lies had to have more troops than at
the start,
All Drives Stopped.
.In these two drives there u,a,.a 10
ohvio,,s ohtsctI,,as tha srst wv
reach the channel norris th,,s cnmnaIi.
ing the EnpIish IN shinnfre +roans -
90 further To sea. mating 5ha io,,rney
longer and more danearo,1s
sThe second was Do ris wh..aaS ~.
cause of the sentimeniaI ttacnmen
Of the French for a. was IF stra taoin
Impotence.
aAiI these drives bava haan stonrad
stThe last advance il moro a straight-
eninp oft AZ tha Gernoan una than .
military movement with = das;nt tta ~ 8
iectiye such as PARIS A1ono this us
was q re-entrant angle from wbich
could he mada danpaross attacLs ~
the Disc flanks. For this reaaon Is
was most ava nto gan,,. fnr $3.50
to get the line o,,t .nany
"According To the last informant
we had. the Germans were stiII attanI1
ing west Of scissors vorin@ "a
straighten out along the eeneral front
I;-;..a n.,s. -. 60
In s,,ch . oasa 49, 49,
longer line and such strong ai+acLs
the imnorfanca ~ patfing emarican ~
over il pre-eminent
.sThe matter az tha numbers ~ anam~
trnons an tha uvost fro,,+ a. a,saatsas
that must he cnnsiderad WITH rasararca
to the divisions which have haan1 Ernasn
to be there ali along and also nyith -.
ference Ia the nntantiai div;s;an.
which might he brought from tho cost
| front.
When q ma sterinu s. ~ p ns;t. ) ~, Uaa g
in the hands of the allies M tpo5
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