THE WEEK’S REVIEW

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11613, 12 August 1918, Page 8

THE WEEK’S REVIEW

PERIOD OF ANXIETY ENDED DERMA” ixGFLE DEPRESSED [Fer Pres-; Association.] '■Vellingtou. August 12. Tiie R.-m. A. J. Balfour, telegraphing ro the Premier, says that while tlm G-rmnis m«y have power to mak« another gre.*t attack before the end of the year, their chances of accomplishing anything decisive are small,"and the period of acute anxiety 'may now ho considered ended. Peek's leadership accounts largely for tiie succ-ss of the second battle of tno Memo. Ev keeping his re--sorvos till the Germans presented their think. Foe-h w s able to use them for a counter stroke, while the briili’uitly successful tenacity of the Allied troops contributed largely to this result The situation in Germany is obscure. Military leaders t,r-> evidently trying to invent some new promises of success to stimulate the waning euduranc e of the German peopl ■, many of whom are depressed. Tie week’s air lighting in the British zone in (he West was extremely severe. Much damage was done on fcho Belgian crast, mid many enemy machines were destroyed Raids into German territory resulted in great damage to a number of towns, factories, and military works. ■Weather hampered operations on the Mediterr..nean frouts.