Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-01
Allied Efforts Confined to
Minor Operations to
Straighten Lines.
BATTLE SOON TO
ENTER NEW PHASE
plans Of Either Side Not Apparent to
observers-Gsrman Counter of Past
Few Days Probably Designed to
Cover Important Troop Movements
Huns Hesitate TO Attack sseter Held
BY Americans and French.
.IBy the Associated Press.l

a new phass in the fighting in
the Aisns- Marne salient 10 sm.
rninsnt. On both sides the infantry
rests while the respective com.
mands prepare for further move
ments in the great struggle, in
which thsrs shas bssn- no ietup since
July Is.
Allied sunnsrs are hurting sheiis
o. all ealibsrs into the German posi-.
tions and the eemmunioation csn-
tsrs on the Vssie 70 blast thS adj
vance sf the infantry when they
move a0ain. The enemy 10 .rstaliat-
ina with high sxplosivs and gas.
shells,
What The lull portsnds 10 not
selsay.. The possibilities are mani
itpad but the facts stand out that
the 0brmans ars not anxious 70
nseet the hard netting alliss oftsnsr
than 10 nsesesary, for they have
nst taken Ne opportunity to coun-
ter attack and attempt 20 ,estaks
'impsetsNt pesitisus On the. esntsr
leid ~ the Americans and on the
Nseet Nanks IN The hands Of the
FroMek md 01itish. S.ls: s; 3s..
lsis nsay bsar cut that The oer-t
tass sfsAlsss isted 70 retire 70 tho
vesls Or bsYonds a. seon as their
lanB had bsen psrfseted and that
the snsmy efforts Of the past three
~ four days have been for ths>pur-
spess q esvsrins important n,evs-
n,snts, Il: 6
AZ long .as they remain south iof
= line running generally between
Rheims and Soissons the Germans
ars subject 10. violent bombard-
nnents from ths allied guns which
can dsmoraIizs their communica-
tion systsn, ntors Or less.
hoWsvsry the bulge in the salient
has bssn lssssned and the Ger.
mans are on higher ground than
formerly. But At two vital points
Sertnses and north Of Grand
Roxoy-there are deep indsntstions
IN the German lina. These points
offer good .Jumpins places for the.
(. Americans and French whom they
are again ready TO move forward.
There are no indications, however,
that any such plan is n.r~ under
way.
a brief calm In Tho lnfan.ry 40.
tion last week was broken BY Gen.
eral Foeh launching an attack east
Of Dor.nans and this had qood
effect on the situation in Tho west,
who're the Germans were forced
from Fers-en- I Tardenois.
On the whole tho most significant
straw seems to bs The. failure Of the
Germans to attack the Allies whom
they relaxed momentarily.
Berlin, while reporting the re-
PULSE Of the allies and especially the
Americans, admits the loss Of Mer.
re to the British. The German war
ofsiee claims that The prisoners
captured since July Is now aoore.
gate 1900. The official f;uures of
prisoners taken by the allies was
10000.
The opening of the, fsfth year Of
the war finds other battle area. 70 =
IatIvely quiet. There have been
artillery actions here and there
hut except for the repuise OF
German raid In the Montdidier
area the, infantry is inactive.
An official report received in
Fari.Sis to the effect that the Ger.
ran command has attempted to
Withdraw more troops from tho
.sstern front. The German COM
n1ander In Russia 10 declared to
have said Il would bs sunsafev to
move more troops from that arsa.
7ritish airmAn again have
hor,bed the cities Of Stuttgart and
coblenx. A hrs was started at
Stuttgart. Important military OBJ
iects in che Saar region, west Of
the Rhine. also have been attacked
with good results.