The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
HUN BATTLE PLAN
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the Don4jec River forms one side
of the angle, and the Carpathisn
Mountains again the other.
II was on the DOna Joe, Just to the
north of the apex Of this angle that
the Teutons made the initial attack
which resulted in their breaking
through the Russian lines at this
point and moving north rolling up the
Russian position along the Donajoc,
while a little movement to the east
rolled up the line along the Carpa-
thians. simultaneously the third Tell
tonic army struck northeast through
the breach in the direction Of the
sea. The first result of all of which
movements was the driving Of the
Russians out OF Galicia and uIti-
mately overrunning Poland, etc
On the italian front the similar angle
was formed by. the meeting of the
lsonzo battle line with the battle line
running along the Southern Austria
frontier from such a point to the
west. Here too, the Teutonic blow
was delivered but a short distance
f1om the apex of the angle in the
region of Tolmino and breach made.
Then the italian north line was rolled
up by the east to west movement,
second movement pushed southwest
Through the breach and the Italian
north and south line was partly rolled
up by a movement from the north
and partly beaten back by a frontal
attacking east. and as a final result
the Italian army was driven back to
the precarious position it today holds
along the line Of the Piave.
II ia admitted fhof he
fensiye on the southern wing of the
British army has broken through the
British line south of St. Quentin and
forced its way forward nine miles
either to, or very near. the town of
Ham.
Now the capture of Ham has cut
the north and south line of the
great angle" of the Western front
about eighteen to twenty miles north
of its apex, and thus the first step Of
the maneuver of the offensive on
the other two fronts has been almost
exactly reproduced.
To Roll Back British.
IL the Germans continue to dupli-
cate this maneuver we shall now see
them attempt to roll up the British
line toward Arras, the French who
join the British in this neighborhood,
east toward Scissors, while a third
force strikes almost directly west
toward that important railway center
Amiens in order to paralyze COM
munications between Paris and the
northwest of France including Calais,
Dunkirk and the position of the front
held by the Belgians on the extreme
end of the battle line towards the
sea, the two rolling up movements
planned, Of course, being supported
by frontal attacks of great magnitude
and determination.
The German objective is not this or
that piece Of territory, or this or that
town, that tangible, visible result so
dear to most minds. In this battle
the Germans have a broader and far
more important objective, the same
that they had in the battle of Verdun
and the British had in the battle of
the Somme, and which may be ex-
pressed as precisely as it can be ex-
pressed as the weakening of the num-
bers, material and morale" of the
enemy. If the Germans can gain that
objective at a reasonable cost in lives
to themselves they will have accom-
plished all they set out to do and the
territorial gains and the other physical
gains will follow as a matter of course,
since the greater invariably includes
the less.
The success of the Germans in
achieving their detectives depends to
considerable degree in their power
Of continually throwing in fresh troops
so as to keep their offensive moving
and also in being able to move their
artillery up fast enough to adequately
support their troops.