ENEMY GIVEN NO RESPITE

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 36, 10 August 1918, Page 5

ENEMY GIVEN NO RESPITE

INITIATIVE RETURNING TO THE ALLIES

(Received August 10, 9.30 a.m.)

LONDON, 9th August. General Maurice, writing in the Daily Chronicle," pays a tribute to the work of the newest tanks souih of.the'Somme, where they recently had a dress rehearsal. The enemy was alert north of the Somme and in the.Jieighbourhood of Moreuil, consequently progress.was less there" than in the centre, but progress in the centre is most important, as the enemy at Montdidier is already in a pronounced salient. The advance,east of Villers Bretonneux will make the position very uncomfortable. Already Amiens is out of range o. all except the longest-range guns. More important still, the enemy has been given no respite. We are keeping him on the defensive while we are getting up the heavy guns on the "Vesle. It is premature to say'definitely that we have won back the initiative, but we should do so if the battle develops as it promises. Sir Douglas Haig's success is due to, the surprise, in which the elements were secret concentration, the short, intense bombardment, and the launch of a formidable tank attack.

(Received August 10, 9.30 a.m.)

. WASHINGTON, 9th August. Army officers rejoice in Sir Douglas Haig's blow, and declare that it has completed the evidence that the Allies control tile initiative, and that General Foch has no intention to allow Ludendorff a respite in which to organise new offensives. • „ . ' . -