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OPINIONS ON THE NEXT OFFENSIVE

TWO SMART STROKES BY THE ' BRITISH AND FRENCH , '. SENSATIONAL REPORTS With tho subsidence of tho recent storm on the Italian front interest fe now divided between the tension in tlio West, and tho imminence of eensational devolopments in Eussia. The whole of. the Allied front in Flanders and Franco is keyed up to concert pitch in expectation of tho enemy's next offensive, for which, it is said, he has been making enormous preparations. As ono correspondent—an American—puts it, the next Wow will be a "super-offensive." , Aβ usual, there arc interesting speculations as to the direotioa of tho main Wow—one says Flanders, another that tho ■American front will be called on to withstand the initial shock. In tho meantime tho Allies havo been by no means inactive. The British havo , achieven a brilliant little tioup east of the Forest of Nieppe, capturing 0ver , .400 prisoners and eoriio body, and at the saine time very materially etrengthening , their tactical position at that portion of the front. The Australians also havo carried oif u littlo stroke of their own. At' the same time, the French, by, a powerful thrust in tho region of tho Forest of Villers Cottercts, havo appreciably advanced (heir line on over four ' miles of front, taking over 1000 prisoners and creating a strong (bstaclc to the enemy should ho in his next offensive attempt a thrust in that direction. Various reports, taken with . reserve in diplomatic circles, State that tho Bolshevik regime at Moscow has been overthrown. The rumours of tho cx-Tear'e death aro persistent, but not yet sufficiently established to warrant full credence..

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 242, 1 July 1918, Page 7

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OPINIONS ON THE NEXT OFFENSIVE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 242, 1 July 1918, Page 7

OPINIONS ON THE NEXT OFFENSIVE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 242, 1 July 1918, Page 7

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