Show AMERICANS LOOK FOR ALLIED oie EXPECT GEN FOCH TO BEGIN OFFENSIVE SOON WITH TROOPS OF SEVEN NATIONS strenuous efforts being made to get american troops overseas in time to share fully in battles this summer Wits hington H gerits almit on oil the western estern Nv battle battlo front lare air thein selves officers here bellev hellev not only for ille de tent icat lit if III attic crimin lait out rot it counteroffensive counter offensive by endrai apochn armies that inny open tile ho road to jill 1111 allied military victory A wave of olith optimism nisin has swept over not only american officials hut but illse the lie military men inen or of the he allied missions in hi if fig toll sonic soine or of them thell lilek it will bo be sonio lays days yet ill before forn C general wit eral foch cap dibi cum completo pleto ills troop dispositions for it great nn at thrust at the lie laciny but others look for word nord that hut lo lie 10 alnis ills struck fifty bitne alino hun drive Is defeated the ilic 1 s ft om tile lie tilt front was distinct distinctly 1 y cli clavering vering the lines lit in the hard stricken Flitt iders front wro were holding firmly french rein load arrived there untiring eing practically et ertain that the 1 I leri natt drive toward the channel ports front from that direction lius ills bran veil at the sume little official 11 ent nine caine from rome that italian troops were wt ro already liou ring into france to lit in ilie crucial struggle there tills this added to the for it that ill alio fighting moil licit of 1 france italy or onist eat america toot find tile units lire anre being Ill assed under otie lender for at mighty blow when the time cl onles americans do their part here uro tire nov ito indications of or Increase I pressure toward getting Aul eriven troops overseas lit in time to s hare fully lit in tile battles tills this nier upon which nnie rest lite final issue it Is rumored that henry lord ford l ord may to selected to handle air production it in I 1 the way that charles 31 schwab lins has been placed lit in charge of ad 1 building fochs plans well hidden from reports of the battle progress officers pointed to the appearance of arouch reinforcements lit hi tie northern sector of the liv flanders Ilin lors line us its indicating moro inore man it 11 defensive measure tilt alio troops must have faced hard days of marching to reach their post but it was gilld that lind had the inov finont been only to buck back up all the lIrI tIsh lines it would have been nion more logical logli nl find and quicker quick er for thein to have rone gone into the smith relieving british divisions to support their comrades lit in flat I 1 ann ders I 1 many observers tire more inclined to view the french front from to the lie south tind ind enst cast its HH till lie logical position front from which to counter bloes no one liere prof profser ses however to ID have lieen evil able to ill fa fathom general fochs |