Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-07-27 | Page 18 | Americans Are Given the Credit

AMSTERDAM, July 26. General von Ardenne, in the Tageblatt, frankly admits that the shortening of the German Ger-man line had become necessary as the result of the French generalassimo's "impetuous counter-offensive." It is noticeable also that all the German newspapers speak of the recent re-cent operations "as a defensive battle" and General von Ardenne credits General Gen-eral Foch with a plan to extend hlsi line northward with the object of attacking at-tacking the crown prince's army in the rear as well as on the flank. This, coupled with the difficult zig-zag formation for-mation of the German line where the fighting is proceeding in the wooded wilderness to-the southwest of Rheims, he says, makes a concentration of the German forces advisable. The commentator com-mentator goes on at great length to explain to his German readers that this means nothing serious and, if any ground is yielded, it is, of course, enemy ene-my ground. In Vorwaerts Colonel Richard Gacd ke pays a handsome tribute to General Gen-eral Foch for profiting by past ox-per'r'ce ox-per'r'ce and gaining his end by launching a flank attack. "He succeeded," suc-ceeded," Colonel Goadke says, and he adds, what for a German is an astounding as-tounding admission, "mainly because the armed assistance of the Americans Ameri-cans proved effective." "Tonnage and measures of safety at I sea seem to have been provided in suf- j flcent measures for the bringing of hundreds of thousands of Americans across the ocean," continues this wrl- ' ter. "They have rapidly assimilated i the art of war, for war is a quick and j thorough trainer." The writer, however, maintains that after the initial success the course of! Foch's onslaught was spent on the i third day and that since that time lie' has made no further progress in his J dash for Soissons. i