Show STORM MAY BE BEGERMAN BEI GERMAN ALIBI I I Is Advanced as Reason for Surprise Stiff Fi Fight t M Expected Today r jt f London Jul July IS Reuters Reuter's correi corre corn correspondent i at French headquarters In InFranco inFranco Franco neo suggests that the complete sur cur surprise surprise prise of ot tho enemy b by th the Franco Franco- American 11 attack was due ue partly to lack of ot otI I vigilance owing owing- to violent thunderstorms thun- thun and tho the rain and anti wind jl which swept the whole country be between between between be- be tween the and Marno rno during during- tho the I nl night ht The German German first first lines the tho I I correspondent says says' made weak weal resist resist- resistance anco ance and wd man many prisoners were taken In the first hour of tho the attack The correspondent pre predicts lct fighting Friday Frida when he believes the masses of ot unused German troops pc- pc be beyond beyond be- be yond ond th the will twill be brought up Tho The operation may y bo be rc regarded as asa asa asa a big diversion of the en enemy em salient 8 between the Aisne and the Marne with witha a Ic view to arresting his advance to toward toward to- to ward w y and Rheims says sas th the e correspondent en t It It was the first time since the thc German Germ German Ger Ger- m man n offensive o began bes-an March 21 n of or the development of or an Independent ent maneuver maneu- maneu er ver which obliged the Germans to give e battle b on grounds of or General Foch's Fochs s choosing choosing- The changed situation Is largely largel due to the progressive c diminution diminution tion lion of or the tho enemy's s superiority since March and the a arrival al o of a powerful American contingent ent on tho the allied front r |