BRITAIN'S STOUT HEART.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14590, 27 April 1918, Page 5

BRITAIN'S STOUT HEART.

I „ v .. ~ ♦, . .-. RACE OF ROSINFORCEViI^NTS' LONDON, April 15. Jn these, the darkest days of the Mary Great Britain/ is intensely stinted. There is; a call throughout the country for a stout heart and- a clear head.' It has been unquestionable for a week that the German design is to crush the British armies with overwhelming forces; whilst holding the French front, with a . thin line of troops deeply embedded m concrete and,\ iron,-; behind wire '■ entanglements. If Uhe death§ of tens? of thousands of Britishers can prevent it it will be prevented: The Germans are striking with about .15 .divisions across the Lys. . They were enabled >to secretly concentrate these divisions m Lille and Roubaiir. ■"• ' ■ .-. ■'•■ > . -■■■ .;■-.' '■' Ths ful'y of tne attack and the depth of the shelling exceeded ' even those at St. Quenthi ■ The i guns were fired until they were white hot. ' REINFORCEMENTS RACE UP/ It : is now a. ..raoa between AngloFrenifh l'airiforcements and the Germans. Theitf capture of Hill 63 has compelled the \f idening -of the salient, giving them the southern section of the ridgos. Any considerable further advance from Mervilte will make the gravest ; decisions necessary regarding -withdrawals from the Flemish ridges north" > and from the, Arras positions south. i Britain and France have set their teeth, and are resolved to see the thing through;- • ; "■.•'; \ f ; j Accotdirig to the statement of the Pall; Mall Gazetteyuf the Government wishes to conscript .women there are ;4arge niimbsrs available not yet employed 1 m • national service.: •■ ':"•':".{ "."'}'}''' '\ The Manchester .. •Guardian spates :;-t-' "When; the^ present . attack sticks $l|e , Germans will probably \ try. :!a • Cda^a^ offensive, 'hammering ,everywherej ; th'e r object being td ; d6s€roy the British arrty, i but. short of Vihat. objective^ »4he;;i&ltei^y can gain nothing yitKi'his losses, tyf ths Brifei^ft army will grow , again with -increasing' T^infprcementaf." .j That represents the decision of the nation —to rebuild 'whatever is -'destroyed; ' '' ' VANCOUVER., Aj)ril 14. .> A ( message ' from Washington states that both French 1 and British reinforcements are reaohinjf Sir Dougls A Haig's army m Flanders, which no*r ( .is m a strong position to meet the German attacks. General Janjes Meliachlaii, ., British military attache at Washington; said to-night m revi3win<j the 'situation on the jnorthern part of the Western battle line, that while the Germans liavo scored they have not done as well as! they hoped. Each • liour >their advancs was delayed mads victoiy for them less likely. By failing to break through tha Germans find themselves m an awkwarci najTOw salient, ;and for that reason tha'j battle was. bound to continue with grealj ferocity/ :'■ '•'. '■ ■.■'•> •■•:" X".' V*:'- : : > . :; 'j