STURDY CONFIDENCE OF FRENCH

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 1 April 1918, Page 5

STURDY CONFIDENCE OF FRENCH

(Times Service.) LONDON, March 30. The Times' special correspondent with the French forces says developments on the northern front show that the Germans adhere to the hope of being able to divide the Allies, and then, with a great rolling-up movement, capture the armies and their supplies between Ypres and Boulogne, and make their way towards^Calais. i The sturdy confidence of the French is founded on the knowledge that the question of strategical co-ordination I has been settled between the French: and British high commands, ensuring I the most effective unity of operations throughout. When the Germans deliver, with> their reinforcements, a general attack, they will find the Al- | lies consolidated, strengthened, and ready to take th> initiative by the widest counter-attacking. They will I be able to choose their time and place. I