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Show I f'HOCIU-iSS OF Tllli WAR. ! .Iii-I whm the li'-rinam :.'. ii'i-ted to rro'.ni Irieir in paign v.itli a vi'-tory ' .. : j i . - i 1 niiiild glee tliein (ii-rinaiii'ii, I u'--11. In rn-v o'er the allii", tl.ey w-ri! i dot'.-at- I and driven nU'-k. Aff-r in aril,- ; vi-ars they thought lin-y had j r.--toi--! liii-ni-.-l'.es to that slate of o-. "i-ivli'-liniiig pov. 'T v. liieh ai tliuirj Hi. -n tiny Hr-t burst into li.-lgi'itn. Tin -y In li.--. ..-.I t heiiiiel'. n-ady, a'i in Ihosi- day-, to si.-i- forward in an ir-r ir-r .ii-1 ible tido, carrying all before them, .lui-t a month ago General i'm'h de.-Ilivered de.-Ilivered the blow which wre'-ked all jtli.'ir pian-, il:i'-f-d 1 hem on 1 he del'en-I del'en-I si v.: and ki-pt them there. Thus he re-I re-I p.-med v. I. at lie had il'inn v. In n, an ((mi-inander ((mi-inander of I lie center on the Marne in lllll, he won the oattle in Ihe murshc-s of SI. Guild. J-'oc'h is a fatal name for the Huns, its bearer had become their N eui'-si s. As wo look back after a month of fighting, We are impressed with the fact that the outstanding feature of the campaign is the almost complete reversal uf the relative positions of the two sides. In the first half of duly the Germans had the initiative. I'or more than three months they had been victorious, and expected to win by a new offensive tho greatest triumph of all. Suddenly they met with a check, were thrown off their feet and wore nnable to regain their balance. Sinco then they have been pijished back steadily, their own redorve power melting melt-ing away, while the reesrve power of the allies has been constantly augmenting. augment-ing. For an entire month General Foch has continued the offensive. The armies under his command have recovered recov-ered about 50 per cent of tho territory captured by the Germans this season, and havo takeu more than 1501) guns and 70,000 prisoners. Tho loss in rither materials w-as tremendous, but has not yet been officially estimated. The loss of tho Germans cannot be reckoned accurately unless we tako into consideration the extont to which the allies arc increasing their reserve power whilo diminishing that of the enemy. In Juno 275,000 American soldiers were transported to France; in July 300,000. In tho first two weeks of August 150,-000 150,-000 have been sent, and tho month's record probably will equal that of July. Thus tho United States has furnished fur-nished a soldier for every soldier put out of action on the allied side in the last month. During the same period tho Gormans have suffered a loss at least equal to that of tho allies. One estimate fixes thoir loss in men at 3(10,000 sinco they began their offensive offen-sive on July 15. In the midst of their reverses, the. Germans still boasted that tho U-boats could restore the balance of power by sinking ships in such numbers that the transportation of troops would be stopped or greatly decreased. An attempt at-tempt hasbeen made to interfere with our convoys by sending U-boats to this side of the ocean. For several weeks submarines have beon operating in Canadian Ca-nadian ori American waters, and have found some victims, but in all that time not a single troop transport or supply ship has been sunk, unless we count as a supply ship tho tanker1 sunk near Fire island. A number of small fishing fish-ing vessels, a Norwegian and a few British steamers have been sent to the bottom, but there has been no diminution diminu-tion in tho numbors of troops being sent to France. In this way the allies have been winning a double victory. They have dcfoated the enemy in battle and they have continued to pile. up their reserve strength in the meantime. The fighting of the week has not been of the mighty and spectacular nature that marked the fighting of the previous week, during which the allies carried their offensive to its climax. cli-max. After driving in a wedge north of Montdidier, the allies attacked both north and south of the town. They created a pocket from which the onemy emerged in swift flight, losing guns, materials and prisoners. Thus was the Montdidier salient . quickly wiped out. All this occurred before the beginning of last week. Since then the French, British and Americans have kept up a steady and terrific pressure against the stiffening resistance of the foe. Notable No-table gains have been made by the French along the line between Montdidier Mont-didier and Soissons. Fast of -Montdidier the Germans have been driven back more than ten miles. The Thies-court Thies-court and Lassiguy heights have been occupied, Kibccourt has been taken and gains have been made between Hibe-court Hibe-court and Soissons. North of Albert, the Germans, n.s a result of the operations to the south, were forced to withdraw from their front line positions. At the same time thev again drew back in the Lys salient, sa-lient, -near Ypres. giving up positions difficult to hold in case of a British offensive. On the Vesle the Americans and French have kept tip a constant pounding pound-ing with their artillery and have fought a uumber ot severe actions, but neither side has made substantial gains. American Amer-ican airmen have been bombing the Aisno "bridges, over which the enemy bas been bringing up ammunition. I Approximately, the Germans are back on their line of lOlti. Whether thev will retreat to flic Hindonburg line should be determined -ithin a few days. American troop? have landed at both Vladivostok and Archangel, the Kus-siun Kus-siun gateways. British troops have j ! jn i iir-l i lu- if Lo-fc-iuva k anil havo 't-u raj-tij run -i) y -xt: lcom" L 11 ri ; -h r'ori'-- hav: pus-dl through l'-r-m1 hat-;!!;:; hat-;!!;:; b'Tr- anl t.!hto vith native triht-- ; rjM'ij l.iun.jit-, ao J have arrivM at th' ':i--pian p-rt uf ilaku, ta h-.'!p ! -lain - the Turks. J a pan1.-: t roo.; lu .-o;i ; jj ?rn M an- ii u ria arc moving y-r: h w nrJ to t !: . i MTian bonier, to Loin n tlirir opera-tiuns opera-tiuns in v,ip;.on of the (.'.f-hu-Sluvak? ' mi Si ! Marians. The -"rf-nch iTiii-cr On Potit Ti'.o'.iar .';is si; n k I y a ji'rinuii s ah marine in the Ac Ian tn-. Kvi'icnt I v it was pro- ! teer i ji coir, 'j ys ('it hf-r (if Aniprican , troops or supplit--. Twi Jiriti.-h de- Mtroyors weni sunk v miae.. |
