THE YPRES SALIENT.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 97, 26 April 1916, Page 2

THE YPRES SALIENT.

OBJECT OF THE GERMAN

ATTACKS

BRITISH PUSH CONSIDERED

IMMINENT

LONDON, April 23. Correspondents at British headquarters point out that the four German attar-ks on the Ypres salient are indicative that the growing' fierceness of the fighting during March and April was not necessarily preliminary to i\ big German offensive, but proof that the enemy feel compelled to confiont the British line with a strong force, regarding a British push as imminent.

Though the enemy do not dare to detach from'the oilier fronts the forces necessary for a big German'offensive, they keep the British active in a district whonv the ground is most difficult.

The purpose of the British fighting at Ypres is to kill Germans" at a definite objective, apart from the killing incidental.to" the general plan..