Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 24 | Germans Now Fighting with "Huns' Last Hope"

Germans Now Fighting With Huns last Hope HopeY Last Offensive of Boche Roche Was Fifth and Most Des Desperate cite Drive of 0 l' l Years Year's ears cars Warf arc lIEN tho the Germans started their W WHEN vy assault July 15 It was not only t their heir fifth big offensive e of or tho year butIn but butin i in n the time opinion of military experts the tho mo most t desperate one of ot the five Having been the tho de defensive do- do f since June Juno 11 save e for their hearted half-hearted assault on on July 1 tho the concerted effort starting on o on n the proves conclusively that t tho he interim that is li tho the time lime between June 11 and Jul July 15 was spent In r recovering reco from former engagements and reorganization for tor what military experts term tho the Huns Huns' last hope During tho the three thirty days das of ot b by the enem enemy tho the allies conducted local offensives from Ypres down to Chateau Thierry harassed the enemy with air raids on lines of ot communication and bases of or supply broke up formations Injured his lines of communication and won man many valuable val ml- strategic positions Not tho time least of ot these theo positions was northwest of Chateau Thierry where from Juno June C G to June 12 and again on JUl July 3 the Americans gained valuable ground Including tho the strategic position position tion ion at Vaux Vau winch served servet to strengthen the French positions a as asfar asfar 11 far north as the Soissons sector ector and also as a protection at the Marne from froman an enemy cross crossing Ins Ins- west of ot Chateau Chateau Chateau Cha Cha- Thierry Further positions won from the tho enemy during luring that time include cast of ot tho the forest of or In the Lye Lys salient north and south of or the Somme before Amicus northwest a and tl southeast southeast south south- east of ot Montdidier and northwest and southeast of at Soissons A year ear a ago o tIme the imperial crown prince from tram April until nearly the end of ot Ju July attempted to break the tho French lines between and tho the Argonne tore forest t alternating his attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks here with others on the Mane these last principally to recover time the ChemIn des Dames He lie failed using up seventy ent e division In three months with a a. total casualty list which is li said to have ha half halt a n mil mU- lion Then the tho front became comparatively comparatively static until on tho the first of oC the present month th tho the Germans attempted attempt attempt- ed a n rush from the tho semicircle on with three divisions dl supported sup stir ported by two others and and- were either cither held or made mado to relinquish new newly ac acquired RC- RC positions by bJ barrage barraso and infantry in infantry In- In fantry counterattacks Tho offensive offensive- bc begun un on March 21 called tho the Battle of or Picard was launched from a n. sixty mile base balle and attained a n forty mile perpendicular with Its vortex on tho the S Somme mme six miles cast enst of or Amiens Its objects were twofold 1 To reach Abbeville Abbe and tho the sea with tho the corollary of IsolatIng Isolating Isolating ing the armies north of oC the river and investing Inventing tho the channel ports and 2 to annihilate the French arm army or force It back bacle on the defenses of ot Paris with whatever corollary that situation might produce on tho the French body politic But Dul the flanks of ot tho the Picard salient held held In In tho ho north from the ridges protecting Ypres and Arras on tho tIme south b by the French positions on the tho Chemin des Dames and the watersheds watersheds water water- sheds of or the Ol Olse e and Aisne A series of ot attempts to force the southern barriers having f failed tho the Germans on April f D attempted to force the northern ones The Th They thus developed eloped between n Ypres and Arras from a a. base of ot twenty miles with a perpendicular of fifteen what Is known as the tho Lys Ls salient This was nearer Ypres than It was to Arras and for twenty miles north of or Arras Arms theline the tho theline tholine line Including the Lens se sector or has remained static 1 to this da day Tho The Lys Lye salient being held on Its flanks Just a as the tho Picard salient was held tho the Germans' Germans next move muO was as to return to their failure allure at this salient's southern barriers On May 27 the they launched their third from from Noyon oon over a it front of or fort forty miles to Thc They crossed the Mane on an nn el ratio eighteen front and reach reached d the Marne larne on a a. mlle front between Chate Chateau u Thierry and D Dormans They mana managed re to deploy to some extent on the cast east of oC the Marne front but hut were held on tho the north bank of or the river This third offensive e was isas stopped and neutralized on May Ia 31 On June 9 tho the enem enemy on an extension Tt of its Ita base westward between No Noyon on and twenty twenty miles mlles launched launched the fourth offensive c with as its Ils obvious objective e His Ills maximum penetration was seven and a half hal miles which immediate counterattacks reduced to 10 less than five e It was held almost from the first and amid died away on June 11 Both tho lie third and fourth offensives offen often were rendered abortive e b by the allied troops instead of ot tin lIn before the enemy's advance ance deploying deploying deploy ing Ins right and left thus strengthening tho tIme flanks making flanks making them In these In Instances instances In- In I st stances invulnerable ant and and depending o cj prepared preparE positions to stop the enemy's center