The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-21
FIFTH
GERMAN DIVE
DURING NINTH

DURING NINTH.
rARis, June AIT ksiser
has made another se with
Yes Ittsd~rhurs Co ~ disser
In Parts 90 June -
Letters takea freursptar~a
German soldiers In ie battle
81 the disc shcw sss they
were told ~ their eeers that
Paris was Co he esur~d By
that aate.
This was taken hy,ii'tsry crit
les hero TO Indicate at the Ger
man general staff y iaid plans
fer NTH great bio at the allied
armiea immediateiy.o follow the
offensive between hntdidier and
Nsyon which ends In complete
fai:srN
That there wo, be NTH
phase Of the rres 1918 offensive
has never been dostd. II Is well
understood by thAllies that the
German strateEyis to launch
eeaseiess attacks various points
on the from, unthe allies are so
exhausted that hreak-thru 20
Paris snd the <nnei ports will
be possible.
Next nievrAis Mssth
Observers no, believe that the
next blow wiihe launched this
month. The fest question Is.
where will ~ me-
Reviewing q offensive since its
beginning on arch 81. Il will be
noted tina, th.ermans have struck
each time at different spot iHrst
Il was at Amos and ArraS where
the Huns Iached their haydnue
attacks sus ned their hsgvssst
losses and made their greatest
territorial "a
Tho sccor drive was at rpres
early In AL Here the French
and Brstisheid the enemy back
at Kemm with comparatively
small gair
and on n Marne. after a iuii OF
more thaA month. during which
Hindenbu reformed his shattered
armies ais limo had been weak
ened by allies to reinforce tho
Amsens ont. and the result was
that II Germans reached the
Marne. gain. however. tn. French
and African reserves filled the
gap anstopped the foe
r.Csn strike Anywhere
The ,ursh offensive came Just
where enerai Foeh had reason to
beiievit would be struck-on tho
Disc .nt between MontdIdler and
Noyo. This time he was ready.
and Germans were held to a
nve-ie advance at terrific losses
Htenburg Is now concentrating
his rees for a nth attack some
WIZ along the front from Ypres
70 srdun- II will not be long in
eoog. II Ia possible that even
he, not yet certain where 10 will
"a
~ Germans have the advantage
sths allies in occupying the in
- of . scmi-csrcle. where they
q mass . vast number OF troops
a throw them At - hours notice
;ninst any point In the long line
AT seams most vulnerable
II the strategy Of the last three
,onths 10 followed. the foe win
lr5ks at . point which has not
nc the shock OF battle this yeAs,
, this event the front betwcea
helms and verdun Is tho most
key.
On this front. near Chaions-sur-
Iarne. American troops are In the
Re. uniess they have been re-
Owed By General Foeh 20 rein
'rce some other part Of the front
May Attack II Lsspsise
The possibility also exists of an
tack on the American line to the
asst Of this 'front.' anywhere be-
ween st. Mihiei and Luneviile
erman troops have been eoncen-
rated behind this line. and Gen.
raj PershinT has been preparing
, meet an offensive there An at
lek here would not seriously az
Get the battle for Paris. but IL
tight force retirement Of the
lies from the verdun salient II
he Germans were successful
The majority OF the military OBJ
ervers. however. are agreed that
be Germans must renew their bat
10 somewhere between Ypres and
.heims II they are to gain their
separation OF the Brit
h and French armies and the
spture OF Paris and the channel
orts.
We may expect the next blow 20
ONE at one OF three points:
4. Befween Rheims and yepdun.
= Betwees MontdidIer md Cha
tesu Thierry.
3 Between Aaiens and Arms
The NTH phase will be no moro
ecisive than were the first four.
! will be followed by a series Of
nensives for the rest OF the sum-
her. for the kaiser has staked
verything on the result OF the
ext four months fighting
big 4. 8. Drive Next Year
He must concentrate ali his re-
ources on the effort To gain q
nal decision this summer.
Why?
Because next year 1000. 900
merican soldiers - the hardest
ghters the Germans have ever
sced--are going to start their
rive across the Rhine to Berlin.
We need look for no strong al
"a offensive this year. As long
= the allies remain numerically
,ferior 10 the reinforced German
rrnies. they will devote all their
trength to holding the Germans
ack from Paris and the coast
Y...~fc. xLo tho x,xftI