Show gibis MADE E BY tilles ALLIES confidence IS GROWING THAT COMING OFFENSIVE WILL BE successfully MET allies arenow are arc now deluging delagi njg german po sitione and rear communications with shell shelf fire roar of cannon being heard for miles london the have made substantial lal gains bains of a local joew na jun turn ture it is true but bul of great importance nevertheless because a yard gained in this preparatory tact tactical leal struggle may mean nilles miles when the hattle of ino movement reopens tecc e consistent franco british successes in the jockeying lor for tactical positions that precedes the inevitable iel belval val of the file great western battle tire lire greeted both here and in paris with the greatest gratification TICY leicy strengthen the confidence that hinden burgs blow no matter when or where or how it is struck WR ua be parried and parried effectively all the world Is al aflutter lutter with rumor and gossip and speculation about the next stage of 0 the titanic battle german man newspapers no longer declare flatly that it will be tile the last stage they no longer strive to convince tile the people that the allies will be struck down by one huge blow rather bather they tire are preparing the populace for a series of battles which Is a considerable crawl from the original bombl bombastic boastful noss of the enemy press the paris P aris correspondent of uie international ter national news service sums up reliable advises advices ati vices from the british and ana french front as indicating that the allies are now deluging the german positions and rear communications with an unprecedented shell fire tile the average in tins this tornado of hot lot metal is allies fifteen shells to one german all of the enen lys road and crossroads and villages are smothered with shells day and night the roar of 0 the allied cannon is heard forty miles behind the front german troop concentrations are continually cut up the enemy thus din losing heavily before lie can even throw ills masses into a new aflfe de Y oui as ault the allied aircraft are not losing a moment ii hi hii rasing the foe und and fc catterine aleath ind and destruction behind ills lines french and L british flyers are arc dumping ng tons or of high explosive projectiles every hour of the day and night all 7 this anten intense e and effective work of destruction st ti to give the german troops a punch in the jav jann before tile light starts T |