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Show THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF 1918 The Ld oi'iYn.-ive of the (h-i 1 1 1 -: i i army, carei'u'iy planned plan-ned at l'.erlin, was intend. -d to overtone the Allies betoiv A-nieriea A-nieriea cou'! bring evr any effective number of h'T f ro'p The successive (icrni.m drive w hich began ?Jarch 2 ' .si , hiiw-now hiiw-now become history. "We cannot can-not think of them without sic ing the German divisions sent forward, ch.se-packed, wav succeeding wave, upon the allied alli-ed positions. In these drives, we know, the Germans were utterly regardless of life, and as their men fell others Avere advanced to take their places. To meet these various drives the Allies under General Foeh adopfed the tactics of a slow and cautious retreat, giving up one position after another t the German assults, .Avith as much conservation of men and supplies as possible. The period per-iod has been one of intense anxiety for all the allied countries. coun-tries. From day to day there Avas no certainty that the allied line would hold. General Foch avus playing a waiting game, realizing that every day that passed Avithout absolute defeat tended to strengthen the allied cause. America was enlarging her transportation facilities ami increasing the troops she poured pour-ed across the Atlantic. 244,-000 244,-000 men crossed in May, 250,-000 250,-000 in June, each unite bolstering bolster-ing up the allied reserves. At last in the July drive Gen. Foch felt himself strong e-nough e-nough to inaugurate a policy of counter-attack. The German Ger-man croAvn prince threw his forces fonvard in a salient a-cross a-cross the Marne. Successive French-American attacks imperiled im-periled the position of the German Ger-man army and brought about its retreat. "We noAv have the picture of the tables turned-the Germans in full retreat with tremendous losses of men and artillery, the French and Americans in pursuit. pur-suit. The French though warworn war-worn have not lost an iota of their spirit, and their courage is buoyed up by our fine American Amer-ican troops pouring in. - The balance is again SAving-ing SAving-ing toward. the allies. On the ' one side is a great army advancing, ad-vancing, full of hope, with thp certainty of a constant addition addi-tion -of fresh . enthusiastic troops. The harvests of A-merica A-merica guarantee an ahund- : ant food supply. On the one ; side is retreat, discouragement ; in the field, a hungry and dis- ; satisfied population at home. ; Our hopes are rightfully high. ; We look upon the present situ- ', ation as the beginning of the ', end, and trust that this for- ; Avard movement of the Allies I will be halted only Avhcn it has ! SAvept through the last line of German defense. ' J |