THE SPEAR-HEAD THRUST
,) BRITISH RETIRE FROM NEUVE EGLISE BUTGEWAL SITUATION STILL ','■ UNCHANGED
ENEMY'S NEXT MOVE
The British have retired from Neuve Eglise. but the general situation is unchanged. One correspondent states that the best and the worst have yet to come. The German pressuro is still very severe, and according to Mr. Bobineon, "The Times" correspondent, it may yet bo advisable to withdraw from the Bailleul line, but the general feeling is that the ' German advance, practically speaking, has been stemmed. There is yet no denfiite reference to the possibility of r. counter-offensive, but a hint of a return match is contained in some comment apropos of General Foch's new appointment as Allied Generalissimo in the West. The German invasion in the Baltic has been carried as far as Helsingfors, which has been captured aftor lively fighting with armed bands. The Japanese Minister at Washington declares tht action by his country's Government in the Far East is necessary in order to prevent the enemy from establishing a U-boat base at Vladivostok.ck.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 178, 17 April 1918, Page 5
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171THE SPEAR-HEAD THRUST Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 178, 17 April 1918, Page 5
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