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Show GERMAN FRESH SUPPLY OF TROOPS IS NEARING BOTTOM 0FTHE BUCKET I-irsl American Army Attack Wears Out Fifteen 1 iodic Divisions; Military Men Approve WilsoiiS Reply. By EDWIN L. JAMES. iN'.-'a York T.meN-r jC .,-,, Trihune G.itde, op i-ijM. t - ITU THK A M F 1 1 b "A N AK.MV, lA 1 11 " f'r,'"1,Kllt i;.,o:i reply I l 1 I'l t he . eri" r.il pov. i r - pe.t'C ! I hole, in whici; i ;f- ((... i:iu H a military armistice and adics I I n: Gi-:-u,.tl,f to -et out of Fr.iU'e and j l'.-1'.Muni if they mcin bu-iiutss," meeis I l ie approval of all American f:lit;t! j m- n. Ii may now b.- s.iid t:iat Auicrp-;in i fuht:m; nun w i.e. Id : ae n;;,i :loJ it as a : mc.si unfor: uua'.c 'Ui..btion if the German, Ger-man, had be., ii m ccn any re.'p'ic from j m: .i ta i y o ions h t this lime. while ; rh--:r it mam- tie- it si cianc of the con t uiu.t : ."n of mililary activities. Tiie i t caon i fat si ice ,bil- 1 vt w.'a: n the i ; :de of w .( i tiii iu I, ( bmf-r.i 1 Fo . h ha : be 'i urtrin down the Gi-rman ar'Tny I ut.ri! t point was tern J.cd w:u-Te the j Grr;i.an h:'-:n cc.mm.irid nas a small and j i I a p ; d I v d w ;i,d. l.'U ror. e of re.- rves w :tii ' whir h io meet new ana- ks. Tiie First j Amcr.. .in army m the ii::i k ceiwi-en tiicj ! Ai.-.if and l.K b u.-i- has worn out cornel !fir:.-cu bo-ne d.vi-:on-;. ar.d it is believed j I :ne loei:c w.W have ita: u.ffijuity in, j .Vi'tiin tiie nev: f-f'.ten lie wi.l need in . ' th.s se tor. All aiunq fi front the allbs ; ,itta. k.s hae hoti iis.i- up t:ie GTir.dii j for- ev rap:d: . J T.ie situation may he r: -tared hy say-I say-I in- rtt ttn.- l.rr.e ihe Ge'ii.ans hae a:n-at ! ten d'v,.-iois w.;:c" ha--e had 'ojr wt-rk-j' ! r.-.-t. Uh:'n; w .en they starte ! the serifs o: at:., ks on M.u-eh :i ti:ey had ei-ilcy-t two drvis.iir.s whi.h i.:id resied tour weeks or more. Tneretore. the lienuan ires'n J rro.'p supply is ne.-'r.nu '.he bottom of t e b;u kct. j Hold Glorious Prospects. There '-ma::i pr.u:ps five weeks of filitm wtatlier. Those fi'e weeks hold glorious prosiMT' ts for ihe allied arms and dire prosper ts for the Germans. We have man-power superiority, ar.d the Germans, driven back to tne old established lines i at most points, must tipht in the open, j where man-power peneraliy is ihe decid-I decid-I in factor. What would the ces.-auon of ' hostilities now mean for the Germans'.' !I: would mean not only that the German command would have .time to rest perhaps per-haps .-ov enty-fi e decisions in the next t four wedts; but, inasuiU'.li as it will then pro.'a hly be i a f her rate for bip opera -lintn, tiiey cotdd htart npht away on tiie I work of reorpani.inp thf dansaged military ma iiin.- a. id do'.np repair work wlibh I wo;il he intlnitely more diffi'. ult after ftv c weeds' more- drain upon iie dw in-diinp in-diinp man-pow-r supfdy. The ' Americans, therefore, believe they have the boche where they ianthim. no'.v that they lav e a bout reached tiie point toward whe h they have been f;p':it-it.p f;p':it-it.p siiae July and thai tiie boehe sh-.uld be piven no respite unless certain In; is to ','ui;. As for the uouphboy. his attitude is simple since news of the German--' offer came to the front. This attitude at-titude is "To hell with tie armistice; we are pettinp the bene cornered. U'on't let iiim wriLr-'ie t'Ut now." ! Advances Continue. j The Americans today continued to at-I at-I :.o k the German position in trie Arponne I fort st. "e a re ad anc inp upward from J t.ne north end ot the Bo:s Aprcmont and j westward from tiie line before Germany, i M.i. hi no pin i iphtinp was very heavy. ! ui;r troops were weli forward this morn- inp in a i:eay fop. which proved a bip i beip. As ttiis is written it is too early j in cive any exact limits to today's pain:?, j hut day by day reports show bow we I are chewinp bit by bit into the German ; positions in tne northern end of the Aril Ar-il ponne forest. The ficntinp is as b'.oody j and dc'iicui: -as any the Mar has seen. H j should put an end to all the present talk I a out German morale. Their machine gunners f :gii: peneraliy until killed and j tuey effect a formidable barrier to any ! advance. The tuiture of the terrain gives e'.e'icnt positions for machine gun de-J de-J fenses. Fesrjitc the protection of ravines, j hills and woods benip to their advantage. ; the German losses have in two days in the Argonne been terrific. Tiie losses in dead are particularly high and the situation situa-tion makes it difficult for the Germans to get out their wounded. Three of four German divisions in the vicinity of the Aire valley when our attack started on the '2ith have had to be withdrawn, and j two of the other divisions put in have Ibeen chewed up- There are now about seven German di isions holding: the front between th.e Arponne and the Meuse. |
