LEAP-FROGGED THROUGH UNTIL EXHAUSTED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 74, 27 March 1918, Page 5

LEAP-FROGGED THROUGH UNTIL EXHAUSTED.

BRITISH WITHDRAW FIGHTING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 3ATTLE ONIY LINK IN CHAIN OP GB.EATEK OFFENSIVE, (Received 11.55 a.m.) / .LONDON, March 26. ." The United Press Association correspondent states that yon Hindenburg is playing the ""leap frog" game with has horde, driving forward perhaps thirty divisions or more in thick masses until exhausted, then he thrusts another similar force through the iirst uutil these are spent, whereupon the first troops, .Somewhat refreshed, pass through the second divisions. These are too badly; mauled to continue fighting, and fresh reserve divisions are then substituted. •The methods have Jittie changed from the tactics of the Marne. The Tommies are sticking to their jjositiona frequently to the last man, then the lines fall lack in good order, fighting every step of the way. The German prisoners include reserves from Flanders, Laon, Kheiins, and Verdun. The Kaiser is not fiparing lives, putting all into the melting pot. The Kaiser ordered that flags be hoisted and joy guns fired in Germany to-day in celebration of the so-called victory. A holiday was given to the schools. Hindenburg was awarded the Iron Cross with gold rays, iitherto only awarded to Blucher after Waterloo. The Kaiser and Hindenburg visited Peronne on Sunday. The Austrian general, yon Auffenburg, interviewed, said that the attack fegainst the British was only a link in a greater offensive. A long time must elapse before the final result. Victory depended on the use of reserves, supplies iof which on both Bides were colossal. The. most violent fighting would ultt-. J toaiery occur in -the rear. Italy -srould -also be importantly engaged.—(A. and [ XZ. Cable.)