| Show ENEMY TO BE DRIVEN BACK z ON OWN LINE t. t i 4 i Valleys 1 of Moselle Mosele and I v Meuse l Will Win Mark lark Hun HUll Retreat fc B Service r Washington W sh Ston I is gt omm A Aug u g 3 31 Ui Ultimately t I ma t ely the Ue Americans and their European al allies allies allies al- al lies are to follow tho the Germans Germans' homo home via Ia the valleys alle s 's Qt tho time Moselle and tho Meuse rOuse Tho The seemingly l irresistible thrusts of oe the Americans and the French cast- cast war ward of ot tho the Juvigny front are aro to be he continued on the hl high h ground the they have ha won And t probably will be bethe the timo first Chat operation to turn the left leet of oC oCI I the tImo German Gorman arm army In this major operation op operation op- op the Americans have ha time the predominating pre pro dominating power In mn men guns Juni and n munitions u ii I t lo n S. S The G German Carman arm army Is not nol able to con- con at an any point on the mile fifty front on which the they are Incessantly attacked attacked at- at I tacked so that thal It I la is the whole German Germ army that that Is being driven back followed tolI fol tol- I lowed WAd close closely by 11 s several veral field armies which are aro urged on b by tho the Imp Impetus and spirit of or unchecked success Official Intimation came from General Gen eral March toda today that t timers there will be he soon somewhere on tho the great rent battle I line lino all American field armies and gro groups ps of ot armies These are arc tho the salient points of or view of nt the time continuous bat battle lie which is raging rag rac ing from the tho north of or the time line to tho tIme German troops which are fighting tl today r read ul guard actions against tho the all advance of ot tho the Americans 4 from om Chavigny Cha py and Juvigny With the exception of ot the first proposition which Is from a strategic source the statements made toda today are ju Justified b by an n examination of the mIll military tar maps at nt the war d department En Enemy mT Wings Wing In Dnn Danger er General 9 March because because- o of pressure of or work was not able to see the newspapermen news news- tolla today but bul the lines linea and J masses of ot BUcl stickers ers on the time charts of oC noI nc- nc I tion show clearl clearly the tho retrograde of ot the Germans from day to day lay and the swift pursuit of ot the time allies alles The deliberate judgment of ot staff of officers ot- ot I toda today is that nothing nothing- can now S I prevent ent the rolling roiling up imp of ot tho the German arm army wings It II Is thought neither the crown prince nor Prince Rupprecht I now has the ability to throw ant an r c-r eat it mass of or troops at any ammy n point p against in t time the general i advance toward tho the bur burg line That point which seems to throw a L flood of or light on tho the depres- depres sInS sInS' s- s ing InS situation from tho the German point r view has not nol been mado made before be because because be- be cause It Is on only I within the time past few lays iras that It has become apparent oven I to military observers here Tho The fact i is 1 of oC tremendous ou present and future consequence and bears directly on on the time proposition that the Germans will wiil be followed to the Rhine Rhino at least over over the two tivo great gleat roads on which the they burst into Belgium and moved toward Verdun fl According to the experts who wi-to went wenter orVer er the Immediate present In tnt the tho ab- ab fienco renco of ot General March MarcI the movement that is attracting attracting- most attention is I that of ot tho the Americans east of ot n ny fly and Juvigny The conditions j Ig of ot a a. forward thrust ha have been radically changed here hare in favor of ot the tho Amerl- Amerl rans ians The They now are enabled to follow the Germans on the plateau running approximately approximate e east from their farther farther- cst est salient because of or the brilliant steady advance of or other American units Unita operating in the region of ot rind It Is predicted that tho time I Germans having failed to move th the s from the Flames Fismes sector now will pi be obliged to yield I dall dally daily to the American thrust along the plateau and I Valley alley e extending eastward from Crom Chau- Chau Isn I I chau-I German Germau Center enfer May Break With th tho French storming away at the German cent center r near Noyon Noon and tho the I Ith British doggedly o pushing on O over Or r the lf In hiI line and t now r. r deflecting I 5 oi UIL I IS toda today that an any Important gain b by the time Americans j now northwest of or Hh I anti and It Is hourly expected will endanger en- en endanger danger anger the tho German c center That cent cenit cen- cen t ter r. r it Is out has haa become a thin line fighting rear guard actions which arc uro Intended to dela delay while tho the rules armies that are left leCt to the G staff are arc S digging in iii somewhere r on the Meuse or somewhere re else ehle back of oC tho the vaunted line According According- to General March I who h hid conferences toda today with Ith senat senators at fit tho the capital capital- the time Is IH near at hand when hen all of ot the American forces will vill h he A consolidated The fhe brigades and i other oher units which have ha been op operatIng rat rat- ln Ing for tor training with j the British h. h are b being withdrawn to fill up the time all all- American corps which are aro to form the I future fl field field- ld armies and groups of or armies s' s to be eventually under time the Imme immediate Im Im- Im I me mediate but not Independent enl command of or General Pershing General Foch Foeh It Il seems will bo the lea leader el avid com com coin mander S until peace has been won Army Armr officers took pains to point out today foda that tho advancing armies still i j I I I are are are- long along way a from time the Rhine Pro ress resa In that lint direction however Is de described described do- do scribed as eminently satisfactory 1 For the present the they sa say the interest interest inter Inter- est sl must be he concentrated on the battle battlefront battlefront front which stretches In Its Ita most acute neute I form Corm from the British wedge southeast south- south southeast ea east l of Arras Arms to the American battle battle- j t front all the tIme way from froni the Flames i section to th the Ju Juvigny Juvigny-Chavigny n sa Sn- Sn I with the French plunging ahead 3 against tho the center of oC the German re re- re trea treat tm t |
