FOCH COMMENCES TO USE WHOLE ALLIED STRENGTH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16968, 30 September 1918, Page 4

FOCH COMMENCES TO USE WHOLE ALLIED STRENGTH.

BLOWS ON MOST EXTENSIVE SCALE EXPECTED. AMERICANS PERMIT NO CHECK IN THE ARGONNE. Australian and N.Z. (Received 5.S p.m.) PAWS, Sept. 27. The Sensee River attack, launched within 24 hours of the Champagne advance, indicates that Marshal Foch has commenced to use the full allied strength. Blows on the most extensive scale are now coming. Never before have there been two offensives made simultaneously on this scale. The American offensive in the Argonno began at daybreak on Thursday and was preceded by a savage barrage of gas shells. The .bombardment lighted up the skies for miles, and drenched the gun positions. The Germans worked desperately to improve their rear defences when they saw their front lines falling, but the Americans swept on relentlessly, killing the machine-gunners and mowing down other obstacles with baby tanks, which only paused when they reached mined bridges. A number of villages were captured by skilful encircling movements. The Germans to-day are throwing in shock troops in the attempt to stem the disaster. In places the Americans charged in 15 and even 20 waves. Varennes fell quickly. The tanks then went across country east to Cheppy, which was quickly taken, despite the fire of longrange anti-tank rifles.