WEST FRONT.
AWAITING THE SPRING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and .Jieuter. LONDON, January 7. Sir D. Haig reports: We repulsed raids south-east of Ypres. Hostile artillery is active at Passchendaele. We brought down eight enemy machines. One of ours is missing. LONDON, January 7. Mr Philip Gibbs writes: The frost is breaking, and there are signs thai a great thaw has now begun, which will soon transfer Flanders into a quagmire. There are indications that Januarv may pass without big battles, and,- with luck, February also. Probably in March we may look for the opening of the enemy's threatened offensive. Their preparations behind the lines include hospital accommodation for scores of thousands of men. By the Ides of March (the 15th and seven following days) other counsels may prevail, for it is only on the last hazard that tho enemy will order this new sacrifice of German manhood, and the German nation may refuse to countersign the order for that blood. Our defensive lines are strong, and if they are subjected to massed attacks similar to those at Verdun we will exact a fearful price.
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Evening Star, Issue 16627, 9 January 1918, Page 3
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186WEST FRONT. Evening Star, Issue 16627, 9 January 1918, Page 3
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