The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-06

court. Chipilly. Rosters and Lassienv
Next day the Germans pushed
salient through along the south can
trail sector and captured the imuort-
ant railway town of Montdid;s,
Meantime the French had begun
local offensive and had pushed Ina
foe back slightly toward Lassienv
and Noyon. On Thursday the Ger.
mans made a mighty effort to break
through near Arras, using 15O.OM
men, but almost everywhere thew
were driven back. Whatever gains
they made were not highly import.
ant from a strategic point of view.
On Friday they made new gains west
of Albert and Rosters in the direction
of Amiens and succeeded in hating
the French offensive.
BY Saturday night the Germans
had pressed forward toward Amiens
two or three miles in the sector be-
tween Montdidier on the south and
Albert on the north. Meantime the
French reserves had come up along
the line between Montdidier and Las
signy to the southeast. On this sec
tor the Germans attacked with great
fury. They pressed forward on a
front of 25 miles only to come in con-
tact with a stone wall. The French
had repulsed all the attacks.
The German Kaiser. in bombastic
language. boosted of what had been
achieved, but showed his own doubts
and fears when he again called upon
his people to stand firm. His armies
had lost 400. 900 men in ten days and,
by implication. he was urging his
people to face %intrepidly an equal or
greater loss within the next ten days
or two weeks. He was able to point
out that 1900 guns and 5000 prison.
ers had been captured. but he could
not tell his people what they most
longed to hear-that the allied line
had been definitely broken in twain.
That would have done more tohearten
them than the boasts about prisoners,
guns and materials.
The situation continues grave be-
cause the German pressure has not
lightened. but the Allies seem to
have plenty of reserves. The Ameri-
can army of several hundred thous-
and has been offered by General
Pershing to General Foch and has
not yet been used. The only Ameri.
cans who appear to have been en-
gagged are ammunition carriers, hos
pital men. engineers and observers.
The engineers probably assisted in
destroying the railroads. vehicle
roads and bridges.
In the retreat the British carried
off most of their big guns. which
have not yet been re-emplaced.
Their artillery men performed prod.
igies in serving the field guns and
howitzers. Frequently German at
tacks were broken up before they
had been organized sufficiently to ap-
preach machine gun and rifle fire.
Only twice did the British react
with success against the German
drive. Once, when the Huns had
crossed the Somme, the British
threw them back to the east bank.
Again the enemy were driven back
at Morlancourt and Chipilly. which
we're recaptured.
The French entered the battle Sat-
urday a week ago. or just two days
after the enemy had begun the drive.
1t was necessary for them to hold the
line near LaFere. Theyfellback some
what from that fortress and swept
out in a curve to the southwestern
as the Germans pushed forward.
Soon their line was at right angles
with La Fere and ran past Noyon to
the west. For some days the French
held the line of the Disc and even
now have not been forced back far
from the river. Gradually they were
able to mass their reserves so as to
keep the enemy from making q