Show FROM Two NS 3 German erman II Sunk Says a s Amsterdam ms er am I six ar T A T f 01 f Ia 1 HAIC P T ti 1 mt t HUN V mo I I st Germans i Germans ft Must Fight r i iWay IWay H Way Out or Go o F For Forward or 01 rIE I war ward British Retreat Explained by y Expert L By ByH H. H H. H Stansbury News Service Staff Staffe e Correspondent ASHINGTON April 13 i ft British embassy reports J I ay revealed that the tho battle Flanders ha has resulted in the tho ticketing 0 of the German m tees ces in a narrow salient The Thee e te o of the situation is declared lt b Safford afford Field Marshal Sir Douglas r aig and the English troops man many T lages The conditions closely r those which ha have hae e developed coped 1 I PIcard from the continued h rusts lusts at nt Amiens 1 desperate fighting predicted by hy general enera Haig Haig's s 's appeal to his troops I lin jin n this way explained The lans ans must renew the battle either l i J extricate themselves or go o for- for ard The fighting to date has not suited in a victory victor for the Hinden- Hinden rg rg armies aImle at an any point official analysis of the ire reo re- re o was made by b- Brigadier Genal GenI Gen- Gen I al t J. J D D. McLachlan military athe athe at- at he of ot the embassy I Summaries of tho the fighting received Ij i French official quarters revealed js gratifying series of oC local successes b r the French It is believed the ther jj r erman line has been considerably in PIcard and along the Misne It Is shown that Hangard i 1 ln with its strategic 1 ry hill to the south of or the Somme o Ld snow inow completely in French hands sCORES OF PRISONERS o Raids in the Montdidier cHer and Las Laa- rV guy section s and in the Miette actor r along th the Aisne Aime a alto also o are said saidO O have netted scores of German Germana a lJ J The Tho positions occupied b by the thc thein tish in ht Flanders are arc on hi high h around The Germans have ha been beena a into territory which is det de- de 11 t T as us a shallow basin ten miles l pep a cp The front extends over O fifteen s between wood and md Bassee The effort to force the from rom the hills stretching west bm oin m and at the south d of the attack have been slut ther flier strong points held by bO the Ush tish include Hulluch The failure to capture ridge and has Aped the German advance between powerfully held flank flan positions fish Ush and French reinforcements by V light will probably have reached t J geographically keo strong British lino line i ugh Kemmel Mont d kerce St. St Sylvestra S fl Cassel Casse according to the state state- frt nt Behind these positions lies aa a aling II a 6 ling HnS country affording splendid opp op- op p for defenso defense all the way Avay tol to toJ toj J l En English lish channel I ir PLOY LOY TWENTY DIVISIONS t McLachlan says the Gerns Ger- Ger if ns employed over twenty divisions Ithe the initial attack To compensate r these losses it is asserted the thet t m my will undoubtedly undoubted endeavor or to tok 61 1 k through h and tal take e the ad adan an tb c positions from which they m Id 1 press on he ie British reports and General Generala a hans han's s statement gave I I f. f ment nent at the White House and the ther r department where whre there were I 1 fences deuces that the day was regarded t I. I the most critical of or the war t both military and civil lY Iy in the da day eagerly sou sought ht from correspondents all tion which became available ugh news associations Reports Major t General March larch chief chiE of of t were declared to lack details wh which ch a satisfactory estimate of or situation could be ho obtained WO 0 views were taken by congressi congress congress- i rind and executives of Meld Field Marshal Continued on page pasc 9 2 STRATEGY OF HAIG Continued from pa page o 1 Sir Dou Douglas la Halg's appeal to tho the British armies against further r re re- re The Tho optimists construed it as assurance to tho the tired English troops oops that the Germans were known to have reached the limit of or endurance endur endur- ance and could be checked or thrown back hack b by another firm stand NOT DISCOURAGING Those who considered recent de developments de- de in a n less favorable lI light ht I I were inclined to accept the British I military leaders leader's statement ment as an anS anS anS S O. O S S. call can for COl help Even conservative conservative con con- c military officers said If It the information given the war de department department de- de concerning th relative strength of ot the opposing forces and the estimated losses loses by both sides have c been accurate the app al with its discouraging message e to tho the outside outside out out- side world would appear to be un un- un justifiable In French diplomatic circles the opinion wa was expressed that General Genera probably understands tho the British TInt Brit ish soldiers soldiers' mind b better th than n his critics a and anil ul chose both hotl lan language and time for the statement with an idea of ot getting cUlm the most beneficial psychological psychological result These frank views of the situation all alt served el however ho to stimulate the resolve 0 with which government de departments departments de- de I are arc exerting the tho maximum of at energy mer y to rush assistance in men menI and supplies across the Atlantic General Halg's Announcement that thata I a French army is moving rapidly l and in great groat force to our support I Is thought to have b been en based upon a n new w movement Worked out by hy General Foch Foeh It is officially stated the details of tIt this Is plan have not been communicated to Wash Wash- ington Ing on The sen general ral staff start officers did not interpret the tho Hal Haig statement to mean that actual reinforcements were be being being beins be- be ing ins sent to the tho northern end of or the theline line lino held b by tho the British It is thou thought ht General Foch will strike althe at al the lie German line further south Such Sucha I a movement would weaken cn tho the enemy resistance in lil the north and overcome transportation difficulties If It difficult It would also take tho the Initiative from tho the Germans who ho have lia I kept c t up UI the attack for the greater part of ot three weeks According to the tho strategists hero here it Is Js still believed at the tho war de department department department de- de General Fochs Foch's first definite definite Jerl- Jerl nite move mo will be to break the the- German German German Ger Ger- man line and then attack from Cram the thereal rear real Such tactics will however only be he possible if It the army of or maneuver Is Intact But here lucre again the lack of or Inform information infer infer- m mation is Js embarrassing It Is not known in iii Washington whether It has been possible to l keep cep this force Corce to together together to- to gether and complete its necessary or organization on account of or the tho great demand for reserves The possibility that the German Cerman admiralty ml might ht undertake to transpOrt transport trans trans- port and land a new military force orce on French or ot Bel Belgian lan soil by use of ot naval vessels vessel was not taken seriously at the navy department The Tho re reports reports reports re- re ports of or unusual activity at Kiel Kid Kieland and other German bases which prompted the su suggestion have not been heen verified b by the American naval Intelligence authorities Such a plan would be almost impossible of or ac accomplishment nc- nc it was said |