The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-11
ARMIES OF HUN EMPIRE 4
ARE OVERWHELMED BY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MARCH DESCRIBES
GREAT OFFENSIVE
ALSO SHOWS BRIEFLY WHAT
RAINBOW DIVISION HAS
ACCOMPLISHED
Might Report)

Might ReporD
Washington, Aug. l0.--"This is
the time foh the greatest efforts;
keep the enemy running"
General March, chief of staff,
summarized thus today to newspa-
per men the situation in France. On
military maps he pointed out that
the great battle front was rapidly be-
ing Strengthened out from Rheims
to the sea.
"They have not yet" he said, got
ten back to the original Hindenburg
line where the German began his
advance this year. We still have
some territory to gain, so when
statements appear that indicate the
war is over at this point, discour-
age it
This is the time for the greatest
effort, keep the enemy running. That
is the reason the United States is
being called upon for increased man
power; that is the reason we want
the age limits for the draft both
lowered and raised to get more men.
at is no time now to talk about
the war being over. 1t is the time
to hit hard.
"The greatest advantage of the
whole thing has been the change of
the allies from the defensive to the
offensive. which is a great military
asset. We have the enemy guessing
now, instead of guessing ourselves"
TOO Many" Prisoners
From confidential report Gener-
al March read the following account
Of the situation or the British
French front south of Albert:
"Allicd troops found little oppo-
sition and have captured more pris-
oners than it is possible for them to
handle including German gen
eral and his staff, showing elements
Of surprise attack. British report
their prison camps back of Amiens
so full that it is impossible to hold
more. Allies have captured all the
artillery in this sector
Describing the effect of the allied
operations, General March said:
Surveying the battle line broad
ly, you see that there have been a
number of places where we have
been nibbling the Nesle river front
acquiring a foothod on the north
ern bank, but have not yet attempt
ed to go up the slopes on the north
side, where German entertainments
are supposed to be. That part of
| the line has remained stationary.
"As the line has become station
airy, Foch has kept up his pressure
on the enemy, working on the per-
fectly sound principle that when
you get an enemy going, you keep
him going; never give him a chance
to recuperate or think it over; keep
on hitting him.
Level Battlefield.
"On August 8 combined British
and French force, commanded by
Field Marshal IIaig, attacked on
front OF twenty miles east OF
Amiens. This terrain is flat, al
most level. and while some time ago
there were small clumps of woods,
all of those undoubtedly have been
levelled long ago by artillery fire,
so We can count that country as
practically level with very little nat
ural impediment to an advance.
There are few valleys perpendicu-
lar to the front of our advancing
armies instead of parallel to it, so
that the advancing troops can go
right through the valleys.
The enemy were apparently
taken by surprise, and made no es-
sential resistance in the center, con-
fining his strong resistance to the
flanks. Hitting the big salient on
lS-mile front we pushed it in an
average of eight miles, and reduced
it from an outer salient to a posi-
ton somewhat corresponding to the
Marne salient, and places the enemy
again in a bad position. The ad-
vance of the British and French at
this point comes up so that they
are getting into control, or threat
ening the enemy line of communi-
cations, which at that point run up
from \ the Montdidier sector to
Chaulnes.
Flanders Salient.
"On the Flanders salient the
enemy on August 9 was withdrawn
on the southern section of the sal
lent, south of Merville and British
occupied that territory. The gen.