GERMANY'S ONLY HOPE
A STUNNING BLOW IN THE WEST
PERHAPS AT THE ANGLO-FRENCH JUNCTION
LONDON, 29fch January. THe Exchange Telegraph Agency publishes an article by Lieutenant Rene Puaux, .formerly editor of the Paris Temps, and now attached to General Foch's staff. He points out that the old tradition of winter quarters "no longer exists. "Germany's internal condition will not permit her to await the exhaustion of the Entente Powers. She certainly is feverishly preparing for a great effort. Her only hope of victory is a stunning blow. It will be useless for her to keep back her troops for the autumn, owing to the spectre of famine. We must expect either a victory or a confession of defeat. Germany, must lose the game if she fails to obtain a satisfactory decision before June." Lieutenant Puaux rejects the idea of a German offensive on Salonika, against Italy, or towards Petrograd. Only the Western front is left. The difficulty is to say ]nst where the offensive will start. Certain indications suggest that Germany will immediately and simultaneously employ all her available troops for a decisive objective and a supreme effort. She may attempt to break through at the Anglo-French junction. The one thing. certain is that, though Verdun wae a surprise, this will not be. " ■
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 27, 31 January 1917, Page 7
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