The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
BOAST OF VICTORY is FORGOTTEN BY HUNS
United Press
War Summary

ty@f<no ody OF ehS war; Eotn Gay OF
the counter offensive.
Picardy front-The French appar-
emily are concentrating their efforts
oped by General Humbert, northeast
ward along the Disc valley toward
Noyon. This Is designed to compel
retirement OF Germans all along tho
somme-oise front without reverting
to frontal attacks, and at the Same
timo to menace the new line being es.
tabllshed by the enemy along tho
somme and Noyne-Nesle canal before
'it 10 completely prepared. The fight
ina on other portions Of the battle
front evidently 10 limited to artillery
duels.
Flanders front--Activity Is inereas-
Ing all along tho western portion Of
this front.
The British yesterday and last night
advanced their lines slightly near
vieuxlBerquIn and Meteren. A Ger
man attack northwest Of KENNEL was
repuIsed.
AIsne.vosIe front-German attacks
north Of the vesle were broken up last
night.
Champagne front-The French con-
Quoted a successful raid In the region
Of notwithstanding last night.
Russian eastern front-(voisa re-
gion)-A great battle centering about
Sfmbirsk is raging along the Voiga be-
tween tho Czecho-sIovaks and Bolshe-
vIk army Of 10000, according to re-
ports from German sources.
Russian northern front (from the
Murn1an coast southward toward Vol
Iogda)-No reports have been received
today Of allied force pushing south
ward along the kola railway.
United States-The American tank
or Frederick r. Kellogg was torpedoed
and sunk off the New Jersey coast last
night. Seven Of the crew OF forty-two
are missing.
Won Wedel arc duo at German main
theadquarters today, osteneibty 80 dis
cuss tho Polish question.
| Austria-Hungary-T situation In
Bohemia ls critical, according to Aus
trian newspapers. All arms have been
confiscated and meetings forbidden.
| Italian front-The Austro-Swiss bor-
der has been closed. Great numbers
Of Austrian troops are enroute to the
italian front.
| New FIanking Operations.
rBy J. w. T. Mason, United Press
War Expert.]
| NEW YORK, Aug 14.-Marshal
Foch is developing new flanking
| operation along the Disc river to the
| southeast of the present fighting
| front. as his answer to the stabilZa-
! ton of the German line west of the
Somme. This movement is for the
purpose of avoiding the heavy casu.
alttes of direct attacks. Like Marshal
Foch's other tactical operations be-
ginning with the allied advance north.
ward from the Marne, it is also an
effort to substitute operations OF
maneuver above ground for the old
strategy of trench fighting. Both the
Marne and the Picardy campaigns
show that German leadership is in
ferior to that of the allies. This fact
ia destined to have highly important
bearing upon the future conduct of
| the war. In many quarters It had
been believed that the long years OF
| exclusive study of military science by
the Germans had made them the tac-
! tical supertors Of all other COM
manders.
! With the gradual development of
| open fighting the Germans high COM
mand felt confident 1t would have
technical advantage in efficiency that
would insure victory. This belief is
now an exploded myth. In the Marne
and Picardy battles, the forces on
both sides were approximately equal
Furthermore, for the first time since
he became chief of staff Won Hinden-
burg was compelled in both combats
to abandon his policy of ruthlessly
slaughtering his own men for spec
tacular territory gains. The sudden
realization at German headquarters OF
the splendid fighting qualities OF
| Americas fast growing armies In
France compelled Won Hfndenburg to
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