The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-04

TT WO event, Of Importance occurred on The western frmt. in France yester-
Peains polu,
The extension norhward Of the French line leave, the British with only a
ten-miIe stretch south OF the Somme permitting HMg much greater ooncentta-
lion ion. ma IN I e ,n ~ while i. apparently apparently indicating msn the , 'nga,lns g OF !. tie E,. counter
Al Ilemoni between Nondtder and Lasigny on the south front OF the
to forecast an effort to pierce the Hun line a deeply $ Roye, which Would dis
locate the Germans from Mohdidier and force the removal Of t5 threat to the
Paris. Amiens railway and the Awe river line
There being a marked lml before the next storm in the battle area, oppor-
rniy is afforded to speculate as to Hun ability to stand losses equal to his
Before going further, reread Lonnghoyen, rule of battle procedure in the
box above. Why have no. the Germans used those means up to a point which
means success on The western irontt Because the general staff knew It couldn't
Why could an operation Of the magnitude Of The battle Of Picardy only be
undertaken II there Is a certainty Of a decisive success"
Because the drain to German man power OF the absolutely necessary cas-
uaIhe' would be such that Germany could not hope to last through two years
In February Iindenburs wi, quoted as saying he could afford 10000 cas-
On March 90 according to careful French official estimates, Hndeuburg al
ready mad acquired his &OOO casualties and bIleted the majority of the
nerve at home
The question naturally arise, has tn, kaiser the ability to scrape up the
reserves necessary to stand 4OO0O more casualties which six weeks more OF
offensive n the west will cost him?
German losses have averaged a million a year.
figure is not conceivable, for the class OF 1919 is with the Black Eage-boys
OF seventeen years compose the next available class in the Central Empires.
Figures indicate the enemy cannot break the front again in such an effort as
that of March a. Indications point to aggression o narrow fronts. such as
0'' In been ."I p1o ,T,6 ute go ,a..Fei Is at p sfTsup F, a, dp['s s, sd \ The, Re CGh. .aT,sH h,d
altogether at her disposal in August 1914 l0SOOOO men Figuring losses at
other million for the percentage Of temporary disabled that is always at rest
IS well as the necessary forces OF organization IN the Interior the kaiser has
Hhaire BeIocs figures are a, competent a, any one car make figures of
enemy man-power, so let us use his maximum, 24lsmO troops in France and
Belgium TO date Hun losses, have been 100000 1t is five days since the
French estimates were gathered
Every commentator has assumed that Germany has sieved her interior
buttessed the line in Italy with indifferent Austrian divisions and put the
Balkan Job up to Bulgaria and Turkey, to concentrate her present force in
Vcntnrng that the German general staff is forced to continue to assault in
the west in a enlargement of the Verdn situation, assume the campaigning
of the next three months costs as heavily IS the spring fighting &c date TIE
result would be a reduction of the German forces in France to 100000 men
an ireducble minimum on which to hold the long line from the North Sea to
Switzerland and the utter destruction Of any reserve or army of maneuver-W.