Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-14 | Page 8 | 2,300,000 Germans Ready for Drive

mm gebms , READYFOH DB1VE Allies Profess to Know All About Enemy Numbers and Preparations. C.llAXD HEADQUARTERS OF TH 13 KRKNCII ARM V IN" FRANCE, Feb. 13. (.By the Associated Press.) German preparations for their announced offensive offen-sive on the allied front have not brought with them any relaxation of German vigilance vigi-lance or efforts to meet any possible attack from the allies. New concentrations concentra-tions of German force are gathering In the rear of I heir lines simultaneously with the hard work which continues on the front line positions, where a most formidable system of defenses has been erected during the winter months. Various authorities make widely different differ-ent estimates of the number of German divisions which may eventually be brought into the line on this front, should the Germans decide to engage In battle on a large and decisive scale. The exact total of the German forces in the front line and in the immediate reserve is known to a unit. One hundred and twelve divisions oo-cupv oo-cupv the German front line facing the French, British. American and Belgian troops, while their immediate reserves total sixty-three divisions. (On the basis of 12.000 men in a German division, this would he 2,100,000 troops.) Possibly several additional divisions have reached various points behind the lines, but the fact has not been established estab-lished with certainty. At any rate, it is agreed by authorities here, that the greatest great-est possible number the Germans could add to their forces on this side does not exceed twentv division. which would bring the total to 195 divisions (2,340,000 men).