Arizona republican., 1918-07-26
TAKES LEAF OF HUNS BOOK 0F
 WAR STRATEGY
Allies Commander Ordains
 Use of Pincer System of Offensive, Which Bids Fairs to Be Successful
By The Associated Press)

General Foch has taken a leaf out of the book of German military strategy and ordained the use by the allied ar mles of the pincer system of offensive in the Soissons- Reims salient.
 Both jaws of the pincer are moving smoothly, with the pivot along the Marne working in unison, and the pro- cess of attempting to capture many of the nearly half a million Germans in the big pocket is well on the way to what at present seems like possible success.
 Counter Attack of Great Violence The Germans, however, evidently .lo not intend to permit themselves to be entrapped without fighting. Having thrown thousands of endorsements into the already congested salient, they have started a counter attack of great violence all along the semi circular front from the Ourcq river'to the re- zion immediately southwest of Reims and their men are said to have orders to stem the allied tide of advance at all costs.
 Nevertheless, at last accounts, the troops, themselves well reinforced to meet the new turn in affairs, were steadily pressing forward at nearly all points on the battle line to Reims while east of the cathedral city Po- 1 fish contingent-the first of the Poles | to enter the combat-is declared to have carried out successfully an enter prise against the enemy in which more than 200 Germans were made prisoner. Knock at Supply Base Gates | The western jaw of the pincer con- tinues to move eastward on both sides of the Ourcq river and the Franco American troops are virtually knock ing at the gates of Fere- en- -Tardenois, the important railway junction and storehouse for Germany's war supplies Further south to the Marne new ad vances, in keeping with those in the north, have been attained.
 At the pivot of the pincer, north Of the Marne mid way between Chateau Thierry and Reims. the French have extended their line northward in the forest of Fere, in the Ris forest and north of Dormans, while the eastern jaw of the pincer, under the pressure of the British has noticeably moved forward in a northwesterly direction for about a mile and a half over a three mile front to Mery y-Premecy and GueuX. the last named village five miles west of Reims and a scant mile land a half from the Reims-Fismcs road. At Mery- Premecy the allied line now stands about ten and a half miles southeast of Fishes, which is the cen tral station on the railway running be-
 tween Soissons and Reims.
 Rain Shells Over Pocket
 For a week and a day the allied ltroops have hammered against the iSoissons- Reims salient until it's widtl
 across between the cities has been nar- jroWed to about 21 miles from an orig
 nal width of 37 miles, while the trian-
 gular salient has been welded into |; semi circular cul de sac. Over tn,
 entire pocket the allied artillery con. tinueS to rain shells from all sides anC airmen are keeping up their intensive
 bombing of troop formations and mili
 tary works.
 As yet. notwithstanding the inroad
 of the allied troops, there has been n'
 sign of a general retreat on the part 0
 the Germans, and, if he elects to stant
 and fight it out and the allied gain continue with the same success a } heretofore, it seems that, with tn daily narrowing of the neck of tn pocket, the enemy necessarily will los
 many of his men when the time come
 to make his way northeastward. Some perturbation is being caused il England through a strike in severa r cities of munitions workers. The work men threaten a further extension 0
 strike unless their demands are met.