GERMAN HOPES IN CHAMPAGNE DESTROYED

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 5

GERMAN HOPES IN CHAMPAGNE DESTROYED

WAR COUNCIL

TURCO-GEMAN FORCES DEFEATED

RUSSIAN SUCCESS NEAR EARS

In a statement which appears to-day the Supreme War Council expresses full confidence in tho ability of the Allies to baffle the enemr's purpose and brinjr him in due course to defeat. Tbo arranseir-ents for unity of command, tho Council states, have greatly improved tho position of tho Allied armies, and are •working smoothly and successfully, and.it is added that, thanks to America, tho enemv will ho unable to wnur out tho Allied reserve before fhe exhaustion of his own. Detail news also tends to brighten' tho outlook. Tho enen.y has suffered exceedingly hea>y losses in his latest attacks, and lias ir.ado practically no headway. I'Vther formidable onslaughts are anticipated, but it is anticipated also thiit the enemy will meet a hardening resistance. American troops are giving a splendid account of themselves in tho battle, and tho fact that their strength will bo heavily increased by autumn is mentioned as one of, the enemy's chief incentives to. immediate and unsparing exertion. A highly-important declaration regarding tho creation of an independent Poland and satisfaction of the national aspiiations of the Slav races of Austria-Hungary is made by the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Trance, and Italy. Sir William Robertson has accepted the post of Commander-in-Chief in Great Britain under a temporary arrangement. The output of new tonnage from Britisn shipyards during the raonth of May was tho highest on record.