South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-08

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came the reserves of the allied
armies were NOT available 20 meet
1t where il fell
Those were the conditions under
which the long prepared and care
fully planned blow of the picked
troops OF Germany fell upon the
British army The enemys object
was 10 obtain a military decision
this year before the American army
could come up. first of all 10y sever
ing the two armies and then at
lacking the separated British and
French forces
How did the German plans pros
per? There had been four and a
half months of such lighting as
never before was seen on the face
Of the globe What happened % AT
first. the German army achieved
cOnsidera BILE success and we have
had anxious moments anxious
moments Those who knew most
about the situation were the most
anxious Our losses were cons.d-
era BILE i'm men. i'm material and also
I'M prisoners
Second German Blow Powerful.
The second German blow might
very well have overwhelmed the
tie was over, in fortnights time.
100000 men were thrown across
the channel and i'm a months time
355. 900. Every gun lost had been
put back and every machine gun
replaced Not merely had the de
dciency been supplied but the num-
her had been increased
AT that moment there were
more guns and more machine guns
with the army i'm France than ever
before. Tt was the first German
miscalculation. They calculated
that we could not do H.
NIisIed Germans.
We owe debt Of gratitude 20
a section OF the press for mislead-
ing the enemy They led the Ger
mans 10 believe that we had NOT
even been Bile TO make up the de
fciency and the Germans made
their plans accordingly
They hit here. they hit I'm the
south in the center and in the
north where they thought they
were destroying the British army
with nothing behind it, In six
weeks they We're hurled back and
forced to stand still by the British
army
After the enemv's experience i'm
that SIX weeks of fighting The Brit
ish army was not attacked for three
or four months The Germans may
come again. but that will be because
they have failed elsewhere.
Praises French.
II wish TO give warm recognition
10 the assistance that the French
gave i'm these operations After Nav
the Germans turned off and at
tackled the French They won a
preliminary success on a consider
able scale. but not merely have they
been forced 70 a standstill by Mar
shall Foch. but his counter stroke.
the mos, brilliant in the annals Of
the war. has driven the enemy
T back The danger Is not yet over,
I
ON the German general staff who
now would predict that Germany
could obtain a military decision this
year.
81 do not wish 10 go beyond that
Elements OF Allied success.
"ln aualvziug The elements Of
the allied success. stress should be
placed ON the rapidity with which
the British made good their losses
and the rapidIty in which the
American troops were brought
over. These two matters We're es-
senual parts of the German miscal-
culatons
lin July 305.00o American troops
were brought over $4,000 OF mem
in British ships
showed skilled knowledge.
Every body knows how calamity
the Americans fought They fought
with a trained skill which no one
had a right 20 expect Their officers
showed a skilled knowledge In the
management of the men under try
ing conditions which one could hard
lv expect from men who had not
had a years experience in war.
Another element of success was
the united command which was
achieved only after a long struggle
There is no generalissimo ia the
strict sense of The word What has
been achieved was unity of STRAIT
egic command which has answered
every purpose as the Germans know
20 their cost
From the moment Marshal Foch
achieved strategic command the
fortunes OF the allied armies were
restored There have been mishaps
but The mastery handling OF she re-
serves has 1afHed the German ef-
fort and ended in their retreat from
the Marine Do is too early 10 saw
F Jhat general effort l~ exhausted
They still have powerful forces no
/ reserve bur it is not TOO early 10 say
that their chances or March 81 VIII
not come again