GERMAN ATTACKS HELD EVERYWHERE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 257, 18 July 1918, Page 5

GERMAN ATTACKS HELD EVERYWHERE

"WHOLE SITUATION DISTINCTLY GOOD" FEROCIOUS CHARGE BY. I AMERICANS "Tho whole situation is distinctly good," runs a sentence in one of tho war dispatches from tho Western front 10-<lay, and in dift'orent words this is the message conveyed in tho other reports. Tho Gorman attacks everywhere aro being held with splendid tenacity, and even at somo points counter-attacks have resulted in slight gains. As yet tho enemy's main objective is not eloar, though thoro aro various theories. The Americans aro fighting witli magnificent dash, and their counter-attack was so ferocious that the Germans were driven back across tho Marne, sonic of them being drowned in the rush. So far, the British have not yet been i called on to delen'd their lines, but there is every prospect, according fo the reports, that an attack will be msdft, particularly if the Germans' present effort talis flat. As is pointed out by General Maurice, the Germans advantage of position interior lines—not only give them a choice of front, but also of a quick change of offensive plan in the event of the first attempt failing. Tho news from Albania is encouraging. The Allies' offensive has assumed tho nature of a pursuit and a considerable stretch of country has been covered 6ince the initial operations were launched. Iji Russia tho situation has not altered very much.' Horvat, the new political leader in Siberia, has been by the Allies to ' abandon his present movement. Ho has agreed to facilitate the transfer of Czecho-Slovaks to the Balkans via China.