Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-08

since August, 1914, including those already with the colors, England alone has raised for the army and navy 6,250,000 men. for the most part vol untarily The dominions contributed 100000 and India l,25O,000.
 If America were to call to the coi- ors, the same number of men as Eng land in proportion to population, It would mean nearly 15,00O,000 men.
 On the western front, after the en- emy had been relieved of all apprC- hension on the eastern front because of the Brest-LitOvsk peace, the Ger mans brought all their best divisions against us and our allies. Therefore, when the German offensive began March q, the allies were confronted by the flower of the German army, who had rested and made preparations especially for the great blow while the French and the British were tired by the prolonged offensive on our part under the most exhausting condi- tions.
 Considerable American forces had been expected to reach the battle front by spring, but as a matter of fact on the 21st of March there was only one American division in the line although there were three or four divisions be- hind the line which were brought up after the attack began.
 "The weather conditions were the most favorable that the enemy could have chosen. Our united command was not yet an accomplished fact in spite of all endeavors to achieve it, and each general was mainly concerned over the perils of his own fronts when the blow came the reserves of the allied armies were not available to meet 1t where it fell.
 These were the conditions under which the long prepared and carefully planned blow of the picked troops of Germany fell upon the British army. The enemy's object was to obtain military decision this year before the American army could come up, first of all by severing the two armies and then attacking the separated French and British forces.
 We must understand the enem5. plan in order to realize what the valor of the British army achieved. If the two objects had been obtained, the American forces could not have ar rived in time to save the French army. That was the German calculation. Let us not forget inTthe light of what hap pened afterward that it was not such an impossible effort.
 How did the German plans pros per? There had been four and half months of such fighting as never be- fore was seen on the face of the globe. What happened? At first the German army achieved considerable success and we had anxious mOments-very anxious moments. Those who knew most about the situation were the most anxious. Our losses were con siderable in men, in material and also in prisoners.
 "The second German blow might very well have overwhelmed the Bri- tish army, but before the battle was over, in a fortnights time, 260,O00 men were thrown across the channel and, in a months time 355,000 Every gun lost had been put back and every machine gun replaced. Not merely had the deficiency been supplied but the number had been increased.
 At that moment, there were more guns and more machine guns with the army in France than ever before. It was the first. German misealculatiOn. They calculated that we could not do it.
 We owe a debt of gratitude to a section of the press for misleading the enemy. They led the Germans to be- lieve that we hadn't even been able to make up the deficiency, and the Ger mans made their plans accordingly.
 They hit here, they hit in 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 were hurled back