STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE.
AS SET FORTH BY COLONEL REPINGTON. CLIMAX OF. BATTLE NOT YET ■*'. .REACHED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ... 'LONDON, April 5. ColonejL^epington states: — The ..■•enemy's'' strategic- objective remain's unchanged— -namely, to separate \ the British and the French, drive the' latter '-south?, arid hold the Somme defensively against the British, cooping us up 'm the limited area northward and cutting us off from our Seine bases. Sioba'bly an inferior German force could [ft&ld such a position. HColonel Repington assumes that there ife now no risk of this, particularly m j3ew of -General .Foch's guarantee re lgardingthe security of Amiens. "(^Colonel Repfngtori considers that the ■^jjjl'ef of oui v , -Si*th Army by the French 4foa a. splendid' achievement, which sttould be publicly recognised. He says •He climax of the battle was yet tp <jsme and wo must expect' ithe enemy tK bring, tip every available man and jwaiii seek' to overwhelm us, believing twit success is worth' tjie sacrifice of andfher three hundred thousand men.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 5
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164STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 5
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