GERMANS READY

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 155, 1 July 1918, Page 4

GERMANS READY

The following appeared In bur Eight o'Clock Edition, on Saturday: —

FOR THE NEXT BLOW. ENORMOUS PREPARATIONS. LONDON, June 28. Military writers state that it is impossible to disguise Germany's enormous preparations. Correspondents on the British front call attention to the imminence of big events. There is almost uninterrupted cannonading, exceptional aerial activity, and numerous raids on ■both sides with the object of disturbing the enemy and gathering information. Everywhere there is an air of expectancy. Everyone ie on the gui vive. The " Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam, correspondent reports that the German preparations appear complete. Heavy transport of troops from German barracks and camps is going on. The general indications are that the main attack will be in Flanders, though the enemy is able to throw in troops simultaneously at other points. Apparently Ludendorff intends to make a desperate effort to gain the I ridge westward of llount Kemmel, in Flanders, where the recent reinforcements include formations specially trained in hill fighting.— (A. and N.Z.)