The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-08
THE TIDE IS TURNING

THE TIDE IS TURNING
 The tide of battle on the western front is taking a turn for the better Every day reports come in that are most encouraging to the close student of the situation. A little over week ago there was every indication that another German offensive might be ex- pected at any moment. The allied leaders had a pretty good idea where the offensive would fall from the fact that the German artillery had been feeling out the allied front with. an intense cannonading. It had finally narrowed down to two points, indicating that at or near these points the Germans would deliver their attack. So here it was, on the same night, that both the British and the French made an attack, thus nipping the German plans in the bud. They were both successful, the British penetrating about a mile on a front four miles long, and the French advancing about a mile and half on front two miles and a half long Then again, the first of this week, they expected another huge German offensive, and they eNployed the same tactics with equally encour- aging results On the Fourth the British won territory four miles wide and mile and d half deep, in an hour and half The Ger man counter attack against this position met with fierce resistance and resulted in failure, and the British captured over thirteen hun dred prisoners
 In the meantime the French and the Am ericans were not idle The French have made several minor attacks, as well as helping the American troops with their artillery. But they are uniformly successful, showing that the tide has turned in. their favor
 The Americans made successful at tack few days ago, driving nearly mile deep on two and a half mile front. They accounted for whole German regiment, an initiating it completely. This means some where in the neighborhood of twenty-five hundred men, for a German regiment usually numbers between twentyfour hundred and three thousand. The French assisted little in defending this position by firing their ar tillery from the side, but they gave all the credit for the successful attack to the Am erlCanS
 The allied forces have been gradually gaining control of the air, downing German planes at approximately the rate of four to one. The absolute control of the air has been in doubt, first one side supreme and then the other. But now there is no doubt that the allies are gaining complete control This means that the German is bound to lose sooner or later because without its "eyes" an army is helpless and at the mercy of the enemy.
 All these facts give us encouragement as to the final outcome of the struggle The Germans did launch huge offensive that was more or less successful But before they could repeat it the allies hit them first and so crippled them that they could not deliver another blow of any consequence. In the future the German army may be able to make other advances forcing the allies back, but after this demonstration of how the armies ot the entente can recover themselves and repulse the enemy, we should not get dis couraged at whatever may happen. They have shown power that will never be beaten, and as the American forces get larger and more powerful, there can be no doubt of the final outcome