WESTERN OPERATIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 2 August 1918, Page 8

WESTERN OPERATIONS.

GERMANS "PRETTY SICK." I TROOPS LEARNING THE TRUTH. ] i NO CHANCE OF PROMISED VICTORY. | AMERICA'S WEIGHT TELLING. I (Received Aug. 2, 10.30 a.m.) I LONDON, Aug. 1. The United Press correspondent i states that German prisoners admit! that supplies are low, ammunition; scarce, and it is difficult to obtain recruits for worn-down divisions. Instead of the smashing victory and immediate peace Hindenburg promised in the early spring the Allies are weekly growing stronger, and this truth is | slowly percolating to the front line. ] The Germans are beginning to hear that the Americans are not only well ; represented on the West front, but | are beating the best Prussian troops. They also hear that the Crown Prince \ is retiring instead of advancing, and : that Prince Rupprecht's offensive I against the British has been postponed "because of this disaster. Some prisoners obviously fear that the British may assume the offensive. In short, the Germans are very unhappy. The front has seldom been so quiet. There are only British shelling ! and spasmodic German shell bursts, and everything shows the Germans are pretty sick. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.