THE HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES
German Strategy Failing '
■ ■ LONDON, July 211 Colonel. Repington. estimates that' dui-ing the last four montlhs of the £iaimpaign, the Gea'nmn, losseis cannot be less than 600,000. Successive German effort* .shmv steadily .diminishing results, while th« Allies' hopes for' the futurei are grea,ter. Ludendoirff's reluctance to attack Amiens or the north, and his avoidance of RJheimß are ' ftittributted to intenial German troubles., wihile his strategy iis flfleeted by th» dread' of losing men.
PRUDE/NOE ADVOCATED. Coloitiel Repington adds that the •heerful- "Tomtm/ies" are convinced they can da wlb>a,t they' like' with the rest of the, German armies when the scales are beginning to turn on our side. We must be cool' and prudent. The Americans are the last army reserve of civißsiation. The Allies must not open a great • offensive till the superiority of the force will ensure victory.—A. and) NZ. Cable.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13752, 22 July 1918, Page 3
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THE HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES
Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13752, 22 July 1918, Page 3
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