Show f i HINDENBURG H E L D DI DI I AT BAY ON OISE i BY Held Back From Amiens by Fear of French Counter tho the north Just a. a as the they tried to break breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough through at Arras as L while L jt hammering the at un wy o d-o o l-o U r pla playing ln battlo signs far lr to the southeast southeast south south- east ast of La JA Fero north of or the The object is to keep tho the allied allied re reserves reserves re- re serves continually on t the e move While this battlo battle of ot the tho flanks is in progress a 11 new massing of ot forces is 18 taking place all along the tho spearhead of the German Gennan wedge wedEe There Thero the final stroke is about to bo Jo c struck aimed at separating the l French rench from the British BritIsh British Brit Brit- Brit Brit- ish armies which Hindenburg hopes hOlH S Sto to accomplish through h or immediately after tho the capture of ot Amiens The fate of tho vital Ital baso is admIttedly admittedly admit admIt- i In the balanceS balance but as long lone as the tho German flanks aro arc pinned down where I the they are even tho the tall fall of Amiens experts experts experts ex ex- ex- ex point out would merel merely be a 11 temporary temporal reverse to be offset when the counteroffensive o Is launched Realizing Real neal izing tills tho the troops of ot the tho German left are thrown Into tho the fray with greater recklessness than ever On the right too sharp local fighting ha has been going on in the tho last Jast twenty four hours The latest word from the Ute front this evening was that the Ute British not only had held their own everywhere but were oven counterattacking and mating inroads into the German lions KAISER WATCHES BATTLE But not for a moment Is the allied high command losing sight of oC the tho menaco menace southeast of Amiens There between Montdidier l and the Luce brook the kaiser is personally watchIng watchIng watching watch watch- Ing the tho progress of the lie battle battlo His IUs favorite son Prince Eitel Fritz Is there personally commanding the third guard which took two years cars ago in the first onrush at Verdun The Tho and other famous guard units are in the front line awaiting tho the word to go So for tor- ward It is near the confluence of the Luce and A Are AVre re that the French and British armies now Join and upon that Junction moro more even than upon Amiens tho the German staff Is facing eager cager eyes ees Near the southern pivot of this front lies the shambles that I once was a village It is still in French hands anti and the German advance nd to the north and south has availed the attackers attackers at- at atI j I I nothing nor will it help them hem I I until this graveyard of oC heroes is re- re taken Nothing definite had come through 1 up ip to a late hour this evening regardIng regarding regarding regard regard- ing the outcome of oC the new onslaughts on the French positions south of the tile Oise Olse between Chauny and The struggle here is watched with the greatest tension At Castel to the northwest of oC Moreuil l the Germans Germanson on the west bank of oC the A Avre vre are making mak mak- ing lag attempt after atter attempt to push forward forward forward for for- ward to the Clermont Amiens-Clermont railway s scarcely two miles away aay FRENCH WELL The struggle on the Oise Is tho the fiercest fiercest est cst that the drive has yet developed because along the rivers river's left bank the French are formidably protected protected protected pro pro- b by a barrage fully as effective as that of oC Krupps Krupp's finest Moreover More More- over oyer there Is no chance for surprise on this front and the French eighteen days in which to mass the necessary forces to meet the tidal wave waye should it try to sweep across Much depends for the moment on the strength or weakness of oC the bridgehead position tho the Germans managed to establish near Amigny yesterday A supporting German drive between Soissons and Rheims is expected m mo in- momentarily with the object of placing the French Chauny l lino line between two pincers At the southern tip of their salient's spearhead Just below Montdidier the Germans have made mado no progress whatever whatever whatever what what- ever in the last forty eight hours de- de pito their furious reckless assaults in inthe inthe inthe the regions of the villages of or Mont Chel and St. Georges |