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Show TURNING THE TABLES ON GERMANS. At an early hour today, the British troops, in their attack on the Somme, were reported to be within one milo of the Chaulnes-Royc railroad, at a point east of Lihons. When that railroad Is 'dominated by tho allies, all the district south of Chaulncs -which depends on this road for transportation, will bo placed In a pocket. German troops, from Montdidier to the Oise river, must be in danger, and much of their equipment, including guns and ammunition will be lost If the allies continue to force the enemy to retreat another five miles. There arc greater possibilities of cutting off 100,000 Germans in tho pocket now being formed, than there was in the SoIssonsRhcIras salient while the flanks of tho German army : of the Crown Prince firmly held. Wo expect to hear of a hasty re- , treajt in this district in an effort of i the Germans to escape heavy losses. ' Also in the Lys valley, which is j south of Yprcs, the enemy is disclos- not made evident. A month ago, the Germans apparently were stronger than they ever had been on the west front since tho- days of tho Marne. Now there is a drawing in all along the line and a failure to strike back with the same dash and strength 'of March 21 and the period following tho heavy blows which made General Halg cry for help. Have the Germans been punished so severely in their offensives, and now in their retreats, that they have been reduced permanently to the defensive, de-fensive, and arc they finally planning to renounce tho offensive and gor back Into their holes? Tho transformation has been so swift as to leave much to be explained. ex-plained. There Is no sign of a German concentration con-centration capable of resisting the allies al-lies to the extent of striking a heavy counter blow. In the fighting on the Soissons-Rhelms salient, the Crown Princo used up a large part of his reserves re-serves and called on Prince Rup-precht Rup-precht for more, and, as a result, the shock elements of the German army are disorganized and there must be considerable uneasrn33s at Gern.nn genrial headquartj-3. |