ALLIED MAN POWER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 114, 18 May 1918, Page 1

ALLIED MAN POWER.

BRITAIN'S NEW EFFORT. . INVASION. NOT FFARED., v ""•LONDON, May 3. The Matin, discussing the. eventuality of the withdrawal from Ypres, points out that Germany is already preparing to hail what would merely consist of the occupation of a sector voluntarily CV The a petit Journal, referring to the recent conference, in France of Mr Woy» George, Generals Focli. Haig, and shine says that Britain and America,-, recognising the. necessity for • in- military action were placing man-power resource.? at .Genera l ,'.rp£n « disposal. The newspaper, after itie on "the almost insuperable . difficulty" of the invasion of kii gland .dcclar'es that Britain now relies on tlu-s and! is acting accordingly.- .... Mr Hamilton ]«yfe say« that .. lveavy artillery de fence south of X pyes —combined with the mud and the cuttine nn of roads, has increased the disorganisation'"behind the enemy J'™*; There 1 - has been considerable confusion i mixi g units. ■ and the German guu'■LTln -• ;h«vo killed their own men. One of tlu.n airmen had to ascend to show the position of the front line. . • • . A shell frightened a p'iir of mvilos tached to a limber. 1 hese British lines, oringing in two and terrified gunners; aleo a bagful of correspondence proviiic_that theropo of distress in Germany ovex' the are not exaggerated. Almost eveiV _let- i ter shows consternation and hopelessness, and refers to the severity of the food conditions. . . . . _ 'Mr' Lovnt Eraser. in,; the Dailv Mail the losses and gams : west, fays the jubilation over, a smgo successful defensive shows a per.. pecti ve. It- is quite certain that the enemv has not vet used the ; wholejjMhe reinforcements he can obtain from Rl J a sia. The offensive has not reached , the ■maximum weight' and driving powei. The prolonged and- comparative ude in the south veils the incessanfc preparations against ■Aimens and £aria. Amiens and Hazebrouck are etill thieatthe heading, "Enemy's Hope Deferred," the Times publishes an estimate of the situation. It says Aftei the bloody check at Mont Rouge tho Germans Have had to reconstitute then decimated units, and the f X h iful of reinforcements to fill the fnghtfui gaps. This regrouping, has cjured » marked lull in tlie lighting not mean that Ludendorff has abandoned sledgehammer blows, of the lesults. of which Germany is still tensely and enthusiastically expectant Our solditAb well know that future'ordeals axe await inm them, maybe fiercer tlian those fion which they have iust emerged. Ihe lull effects of the Russian withdrawal axe now. manifest. The meaning of it • w that wo rijist fight tenaciously a tadsadvantage until the Americans entei the field in strength. 'On the other hand, enemy peoples are unquestionably .resuf- , ferine the bitterness of disappointment. (Germany is beginning .to doubt whether tho splendid, exhilarating vision ot a crushed British army will not piOve illusory, like the submarine successes and the capture of Paris. • Mr Perrv Robinson states? that tho 'Germans since March 21st bave used over a hundred division** on the Sonimo and 36 in the north, awart from many which have been refitted and thrown a second time. He notes tho appearance of many new drafts of . youngsters of the 1918 class and younger, and also ot garrison troops. . .