SUCCESSFUL ALLIED RESISTANCE MEANS VICTORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16825, 16 April 1918, Page 5

SUCCESSFUL ALLIED RESISTANCE MEANS VICTORY.

P ENEMY ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP RESERVES FAILS. H ROAD TO CHANNEL PORTS DEFINITELY BLOCKED. |p'' United Service (Receired 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 14. Mr. J. L. Garvin, writing in the Observer, says In the sternPj <:.- est crisis our centurions of the Fifty-nfth, Fifty-first, and Ninth Divi- ; - J ' sions have shown us how to stick it in the old British way that always p,. led from long resistance to final victory." After reviewing the posi- •' tion, he declares it cannot be other than a prolonged, wide, changI ing, and terrible battle, calling forth the utmost faculties. Merely ;• by playing out this campaign, without suffering a catastrophe and maintaining an unbroken front, the allies can make absolutely sure pA of ultimate victory. Mr. Garvin adds that 200,000 British troops have ••; . crossed the Channel since March 21. H Rroter. PARIS. April 14. pf A semi-official message states that the battle of Flanders continues violently, but to-day shows a very definite slowing down of lib the enemy's advance, which henceforth it should be possible to hold :-' back, as the allied reinforcements are ready to be brought up and ; ;• put in the battleline. The German advance south of Methrem out- : ... flanks Bailleul, which, however, the allies still hold. The Germans ; continue to attack on the whole French front, with a view to keepis ;._': ing our reserves from the principal battle area, but in this they ;d failed, for French troops occupying the sections concerned are suf- ' ficient to repel all enemy efforts. The great mass of our reserves •;';, 13 intact, and at the disposal of the General Command. ilk 'Australian and N.Z- Cadle Association. PARIS. April 14. |P M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the Echo de Paris, says that British ;';-•; efforts in Flanders are making themselves more and more felt. The V\ bitter fighting of France's tenacious allies rendered nugatory the :• enemy's attempt to break through between Hazebrouck and Ypres. • The British are successfully disputing the ground until the arrival of /'I; French reinforcements. It may be taken as certain that the road to '- ■ Dunkirk and Calais is blocked to the enemy. '. *' ; \ M. Maurice Barreß, in the Echo de Paris, warns the public against '■■ ' unduly judging the situation, which is essentially local. He adds liftthat French intervention is ready, but haß not yet manifested itself. tefeKen they do intervene the world will see news which will be much •V ■ - better. General Foch possesses the absolute confidence of the armies llWiud tiie people who entrusted their destinies to him.