SPIRITED COUNTER-ATTACKS BY THE BRITISH.
NO SIGN OF BIG OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT ..'.'
GENERAL MAURICE'S ■ LETTER -.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S REPLY
PRIME MINISTER ENDORSED BY ■■-" LARGE MAJORITY VOTE ;' 9 • ■' ' , k o By vigorous counter-attacks, tho Allies \have recovered the ground which was lost in the recent German attack in tho West. The larger offensive which was expected to develop!'from the first attack has not yet arrived, although it is still expected. The French front is comparatively calm. The main item of interest is Mr. Lloyd George's reply .to the charges preferred by Major-General Maurice in his recent letter to the Press. Ths Prime Minister, gave a detailed explanation of tho extension of the British line, and vindicated the accuracy of tho statement which had been impugned by General Maurice.- Incidentally the Prime Minister revealed the fact that there has been somo difference of "opinion- between the French and the Britsh on.the question of tho respective lengths of line held'. Comment on -the German-Rumanian Treaty goes to show that our unfortunate Ally has been practically enslaved by tho German terms. Lively fighting is reported from the British front iu Italy, and also in the , Balkans.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 199, 11 May 1918, Page 7
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191SPIRITED COUNTER-ATTACKS BY THE BRITISH. Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 199, 11 May 1918, Page 7
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