Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-04-02 | Page 2 | Shatter German Reserve While Extra Resources of Allies Are Held Back

Shatter German Reserve While Extra Resources of Allies Alies Are Held Back BackBy By International News Service WASHINGTON April 1 l. GeneraL General Halg Hals has bas destroyed tho the German Geran re ro ro- ro sere serve No other oilier offensive at Verdun or in Italy Ialy can bo ho hI for tor months Germany German has lens e 5 than thirty divisions available behind the lines I American staff officers who have closely followed the operations thus um sum up the first phase of oC the battle ot of f Tonight when the Germans Germans Ger Ocr mans are brought up against an apparent apparent ap- ap parent arent stone wall waH of or French and British Brit ish sh resistance American officers believe be be- lieve that General Halg Haig may be credited cred credo lied with one of ot tho the great strategic I successes of ot the war The air of oC tension has notably slackened slackened slackened slack slack- ened in Washington among the mill mill- mi tary tar and diplomatic officials of or Franco Franco and England Patience is the word ord they use uso when asked for tor an opinion as to tho the next phase of or the contest contest No one will wi venture an opinion as to the tho ne next l phase of the contest contest No one ono will wi ven yen venture venture ture a prediction tonight us as to tho the immediate possibility of or an an allied aWed offensive of or It is admitted that there still sUl remains enough punch in the German machine to keep koep the allied aled armies fairly fairly fair fair- ly y busy holdin holding them on tho line lino lne as it stands Amiens tonight within ten miles mies of or I A renewal of or trench warfare in this sector Bector is expected to follow A smashing smash smash- ing offensive counter e by by- bythe the allied all army Iny under General Foch striking up the Oise valley valey luto into the tho German f flank may pull pul the Germans from their advanced advanced ad ad- positions where they are Bre battling bat bat- tUng t- t i Ung tonight about and in the I valley of or the Luce Such a move is not 1 expected at the present time however how how- everA ever e A review of tho the existing strength of oC the two sides tonight reveals that WillIe while the tile Germans have havo been forced to call caU upon their Austrian and Bulgarian But Bul garlan garian allies ales the great strategic mo mobile mo- mo bile army of the tho allies bie any thc numbering tho the Americans amon among it ft has bas not yet been heen thrown into the tra fray