The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-07-05
RRiTisH AND FRENCH LAUNCH
SURPRISE ATTACKS AT sA-
LENT POINTS.
GERMANS READY FOR DRIVE
Both Armies Attacked simultaneously
at Points 100 Miles Apart and at
Both Places the German
Lines Are Penetrated.

The British troops IN Flanders aud
the French forces further south nppar-
entity has anticipated the proposed
German drive toward the English chau.
mel ports OF rSris, and struck first
Although slight details Of the man.
euvers thus far have been revealed,
the allied rfoops caught lie enemy un.
nwares al salient points. and driving
swiftly forward. took terrnln which
would have hcen of considerable value
ns the starting points Of enemy at
incks. In addition, comparatively
large number of prisoners aud ma.
chine guns were left in the hands Of
the allied troops.
The attack of the British was de
Ilyered about midway between Haze
brouck aud Bethnne on front of
nearly three and u half miles over
territory which the Germans recently
have been deluglng with shells, Alto
gether, the attack was productive OF
an average gain Of ground 10 u depth
of nearly mile. and included the tax.
ing of several small hnmlets. II IL
not improbable that the Germans In a
proposed offensive IN this region had
set their hearts on the capture Of ~.
Omer aud the railway line running
thence Ia Calais and Bunkirk.
The stroke of the French troops
wax over a stlli greater front four
and half miles~and they III points
also penetrated enemy positions 10 II
guodly depth. at some points II mile
and u quarter. The evident intention
was further To block the gateway to
Paris through the tiilers-c ottcrets
region.
From Ambley To the east of Mont.
colbert, the French carried out their
offensive and overwhelmed strongly
fortified positions of the enemy along
the entire front. Resides the heating
back of the enemy. more than 1860
Germans fell uto tllc hands of the at.
lacking force.
Although the points Of attack We're
separated by about 100 miles, the
mnneuvers seemingly had been well
considered by General foch, the allied
commander In chief. rs they were ear
ried onl spontaneously. The strategy
Of the double stroke Is apparent when
II Is realized that successful German
stroke where the British struck would
hive menaced the channel ports or
similar move in the south would have
placed the French capital In jeopardy
The Berlin official communication
issued Friday evening made note of
the allied thrusts by declaring that
the Germans were busly engaged In
attempts 10 repulse them.
That the allie0 forces are not 10 be
caught mapping by the Germans is In
,iicated by the intensive aerial opera
tlnns that are In progress over and
behind the battle line. A British Of
fetal communication says that In air
fighting Thursday - enemy alrplnneS
were accounted for. ~ of them having
been destroyed and the others forced
In descend ont Of control Of their III
lots. Fourteen machines OF the British
failed Ia return Ia their bases.
There IN considerable fighting he.
tween the Austrlans and the Italians
In the mountain region OF the Italian
thenter, but comparative quiet pre-.
walls along the Pave river. across
which the enemy was driven by the
Italians early In the week.
Coy Peace Offer.
Simultaneously with the defeat of the
Aus'rians In Italy and the spirit of
unrest prevalent In the dual monarchy
GENES another acknowledgment from
Germany that the country Is DESTROYS
Of peace
Through its foreign secretary, Dr.
Richard Won kushlmann. the govern
mept has made the admission that the
end of the war could hardly he ex-
pected through purely military deci.
sion alone aud without recourse To
diplomatic negotiations. and that it was
hoped Gernany's enemies would r,-
aiixe that In view of the resources Of