RECENT ALLIED SUCCESSES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 1 August 1918, Page 8

RECENT ALLIED SUCCESSES

GENERAL MAURICE'S VIEWS

TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN DASH

AND ENERGY

(Received Aug. 1, 10.25 a.m.)

LONDON, July 31

General Maurice says: It was never a question of pinching out the Ger- j mans in the Marne salient or of the f Allies making a large capture of pn- j soners. The greatest German difficulty j had been a break-down of communication's and the Allied pressure not allowing relief for the exhausted troops. The dash and energy of the Americans had also been a very great factor. While the other armies were all more or less war-weary and contained a high proportion of lads or middle-aged men, the Americans were composed of the pick of the manhood.of a great nation. It is doubtful whether the enemy h„s yet get a completed defensive line on the Ardre or Vesle. He is still trying to gain time, hence his sacrifices of men in counter-attacks. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.