Show EUROPE'S D DECISIVE I STRUGGLE EXPECTED IN 10 DAYS Furious French Attack on St. St Michiel Believed to toBe toBe toBe Be Forerunner of Final Effort to Drive Germans Germana Out of France Kaiser Brings Up Reserve Troops By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS lri United Press Pres Staff Correspondent PARIS April 1 11 Sunday 1 Sunday Slight Slight gains h have ve b been en made by the French in their theli furious at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks against the southern side of the St. St wedge in the thelast thelast thelast last 24 t hours houis according to the thA official offic offic- ial iiii from Crom the W war office at t midnight Ih lii woods charges les have e driven th the Germans Germani- oui otil of another line of trenches North of ot llIe west wel of lr Pont A Mousson Lh the French have ma mad ome some in their advance on the railway held heid b by the enemy The Germans Gemans are maintaining a stubborn resistance tnt ml I yard ard of ot French advance Is te is h being in dearly bought it te Is admitted here but th the ne neval War val office has er c every r reason son to Re Relieve e- e lieve lle the campaign is moving mo to suc sue cess At e and amI along alo the mo most t tot of ot the northern side of oC the German wedge there has no change Inthe in inthe inthe the last 24 hours of or fighting Appended to th the c comm com com- m tonight was an nn official st statement t estimating the tho German losses in the Iho last lat two months of fighting between the Mouse Meuse and Moselle Moselle Mo Mo- Io- Io selle at t about Troops Shifted German prisoners recording tn to th the war office have hn r reported that the German Jerman re reserve divisions employed in defending the r.- r. from front In February Feb Ieh were er replaced lat late in March farch b by crack troops from the rl Tenth nth division of the lie Tenth German m Hr-m army corps The great rEat spring campaign that 1 Isto Jill Is to sweep sweep the Germans back hack out ont of ut France and Belgium Be or bring the tho admission ad- ad ml mission lon that the allies fC cannot shake loose the Kal Kaisers Kaiser's ers er's grip Pip Is about to tole le begin in Already it may be said to b bin be beIn beIn in It its early sta stages Make IRke no mistake by considering the French offensive around St. St an Isolated attack said h ha a French government official tonight The I vigor or with which our troops troop are pressing the onslaught Is evidence evi evi- dence that something a of importance is II at stake Within 1 ten da days 8 the tha Germans and allies will vill be locked out In th the tho beginnings Innings of the great struggle struggle gle gin from Nieuport to n- n Military experts here hold th the same ame view They The point out tonight that the French t took ok a a. violent offensive around St St. Mihiel one week a ago o fighting has haa occurred at nearly ever every section of ot the Franco France Flanders Flanders battle front Both sides Ides apparently ha have hae e been feeling out the enemy enemy enemy's position |