Progress of the War.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16205, 7 May 1918, Page 6

Progress of the War.

The present lull in the operations on the TV est front is not only the longest, but the most general since the enemy began his great offensive. To-dav's messages ! record only minor activities in Flanders, and, apart from mutual artillery bombardments, no operations are recorded from tho French front. Perhaps it is the calm before the storm, but judging irojn to-day's despatch from Renter's correspondent at British Headquarters, the weather conditions arc not favourable for operations on a large scale, and until there is au improve-1 mont in this rospcct it is not likely that' the Germans will resume their efforts to take the chain of hills behind Mont Kemmel. From the German official report it is clear that the initiative in Flanders at present rests with the Allies, who are apparently improving their new front by taking a position here and another there, at the same time maintaining a devastating bombardment of the German forward areas. At the

time of writing there are no reports to hand relating to actual military operations in-any of the other theatres of war, and the remainder of the cabled messages deal for the most part with the. politico-military activities of the cnemv.