The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-04-26
The Fresh Onslaught.

There rs reason 10 0eileve that the Germans nave
brought up their guns and win begin if they have not
already begun another assault in great force for the pur
pose Of taking Amiens While the enemy halted for a
time after his failure to break the connection between
the British and French armies and later transferred his
attention the northern part Of the line it well to bear
acity plan once begun even occasionally diverted
elsewhere by the nature Of the fighting The war has
shown and again that point attacked is
subject to subsequent attacks apparently without rhyme
reason far hope Of goes, but mery in
pursuance of orders from 'higher up" which leave no
discretion to generals on the ground.
The enemy or council decided on March goth that
it would strike at Amiens The order to attack out
that night From that to this it has been made
plain that the Germans win persist indefinitely in the at
tempt to take Amens No one sees this more clearly
than Gen. Foch who expert analyst Of enemy char
acter and psychology as well as strategy.
Some reports say that the enemy Outnumbers and out
guns the allies That may be true since sufficient time
has elapsed to enbe Ludendor to transfer additional d.
visions from the Russian front The weather has some
what favored the Germans in bringing up their guns No
doubt Amiens will be under bombardment( along with
Aras But there is not the slightest reason for
bending such weakness such breakdown of allied
strategy to result in the loss Of vital territory If
Amens should be taken, may be sure that it will be
taken with Gen. Fochs consent and not without his CON
sent He may have made such dispositions as to render
Amens no longer vital point he may have laid down
plan which will sacrifice Amens for the sake of winning
IA decisive victory elsewhere. He cannot take any one
into his confidence He rely upon the unfailing sup
port of all the allied governments and peoples Thus
while the crisis it behooves every individual in allied
countries to put his trust in Foch and the other command
ers and their gallant armies, at moments when the
fortunes Of war to be adverse The fall Of Aens
might occur and in the absence of knowledge concerning
allied plans it might be regarded by individuals as ter
rbe disasters and yet in fact might be the
Of brilliant campaign resulting in the smashing Of the
German armies
In good report and bad in prosperity and adversely
it is the duty Of the public to give it's whoehearted
sympathy confidence and support to the constituted au
thortes. The civil taught Americans to hasty tenn
per that they had grossly misjudged Abraham Lincoln
and greatly increased his burdens The history Of the
present war gives no warrant for fearing that the allied
armies will be beaten by the Germans no matter how
great the disparity Of numbers The Marine Verdun the
somme, Ypres, Messines Ridge, Montdidier, Lassgny
MISUNDERSTANDING Givenchy, and a score Of other
struggles show that the massed armed force Of the Ger
man empire cannot ovepower France and Great Britain
Now the United States is giving respectable support
to the two invncble defenders of civilization American
troops admitted by the Germans to number over $50
OOO are in position to asst the allies Some Of these
troops are on the Somme where they are apt to be en-
gagged soon They are eager for the fray Every man
can be depended upon fight to the last cartridge The
Americans, Brtons and Frencmen are all under the COM
mand OF master strategst whose skill in handling large
forces and taking advantage of the turns Of battle il not
equaled by any German commander
With intrepid hearts plenty Of arms and ammunition.
and capably led the allied armies await the onslaught
They may be depended upon to deal staggering blows
the enemy and cause him to bleed heavily The German
EMPIRES fate depends upon victory; therefore the at
tack will be ferocious But the allies have put 100000
Germans out Of commission in the last month and thew
know the German Empire is fighting its last fight They
will give it the death-blOw if opportunity offers