ALLIES' GUNS DOMINATE BASE OF SALIENT
| FOCH'S TRAP BELIEVED TO BE CLOSED ROUND ENEMY. J IMMENSE OPTIMISM CREATED. 1 "' " ilAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received July 26, noon.) NEW YORK, July 25. The latest British gains on the Rheims frdnt bifing the entire base of the Marne salient '■• within "range of the Allies' guiis. It is believed Foch's trap is ! now closed around the German ai-mies. A profound impression has been i created by the Chief of Staff, General j March's, statement, that if the .Ger- ; maris' sole remaining railway between j Rheims and Fere en Tardenois is capl tured by the Allies the Germans' within the salient will be pocketed." "Immense optimism has be^n created, and the Stock Exchange closed strong under the influence of the situation', which has been progressively growing against Germany. Washington military circles consider the fact that fifteen fresh German divisions have been thrown into the Soissons section-' of the fighting indicates how serious the Kaiser's generals consider the situation.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14667, 26 July 1918, Page 5
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