Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-11
Chief of Staff States "Thi8
is the Time for the Greatest
Effort" in His Review Of
Allied Offensive,
NEVER GIVE THE FOE A
CHANCE TO RECUPERATE
Keep on Hitting Him; Do Not
Allow Him Time to Think it
Over" Rainbow Division
Has Done Brilliant Work,

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRs1
Washington, Aug. 10.-"This Is the
time for the greatest efforts; keep the
enemy running"
General March. chief of staff. sum
married thus today to newspaper men
the situation in France. Standing be.
fore the great military maps at the
war department. that show clearly
just where the German is being
beaten back. he pointed out that the
great battle front was rapidly being
Strengthened out from Rheims TO the
sea
They have not yet" he said,
"gotten back to the original Hinden-
burg line. where the German began
his advances this year. We still have
some territory to gain, so when state
ments appear that indicats the wa~
is over at this point. discourage 1t.
This Is the Time TO Hit Hard.
'This is the time for the greatest
effort, keep the enemy running. That
IS the reason the United states Is be-
M. called 1gVii foi insgeaaed nian
power; that is the reason we want the
age limits for the draft both lowered
and raised to get more men.
ut !s no time now to talk about
the war being over. 1t is the time to
hit hard
THE greatest advantage of the
whole thing has been the change of
offensive, which is a great military
asset. We have the enemy guessing
now instead of guessing ourselves"
From a confidential report General
March read the following account of
the situation on the British French
front south of Albert:
"Allied troops found little opposi-
tion and have captured more prison
ers than 1t is possible for them to
handle, including a German general
and his staff. showing elements of
surprise attack British report their
prison camps back of Amiens so full
that 1t is impossible to hold more. AL
lies have captured all the artillery in
the sector"
Effect of Allied Drive.
Describing the effect of the allied
operations. General March said:
I surveying the battle line broadly,
you see that there has been a num-
ber of places where we have been nib
bling along the Vesle river front ac-
duiring foothold on the northern
bank. but have not yet attempted to
go up the slopes on the north side
where German intrenchments are
supposed TO be. That part of the line
has remained stationary.
AS the line has become stationary
Foch has kept Nup his pressure on
the enemy, working on the perfectly
sound principle that when you get an
enemy going, you keep him going;
never give him a chance to recuper-
ate or think 1t over; keep. on hitting
him.
"On August s combined British
and French force, commanded by
Field Marshal Haig, attacked on
front of twenty miles east of Amiens.
This terrain is flat. almost level, and
while some time ago there were small
clumps Of woods, all of those un-
doubtedIy had been levelled long ago
by artillery fire, so we can count that
country as practically level with very
little natural impediment to an ad-
vance. There are n few valleys per-
pendicular to the front of our advanc-
ing armies instead of parallel to it,
so that the advancing troops can go
right through the valleys.
Enemy Taken by Surprise.
"The enemy were apparently taken
by surprise and made no essential re-
sistance in the center. confining their
strong resistance TO the flanks. Hit
ting the big salient on thirteen mile
front, we pushed It in an average of
eight miles. and reduced it from an |
outer salient to an inner salient, That |
gives us a salient somewhat cores |
ponding to the Marine salient and |
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