Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

This is the pause between the first and second rounds of Armageddon. Hindenburg’s initial leap was broken in midair; but again his army is crouched for a new fling. It may be more terrific even than the first one, but the allies this time have the tremendous advantage of being fully prepared.* The Germans have brought up their heavy guns, fortified every foot of the captured ground and the area through which they advanced in the ten days that preceded the check is again swarming with fresh troops. Foch is ready. The allies are eager to have the Teuton tiger make his second leap; they are unshakably confident it will be a leap into the abyss of ultimate disaster. The armies of France and Britain are thrilled to the core by the news that the Yankees are on the march. .Of the last forty-eight hours’ fighting there is little to tell. It was all of a local character, savage though it was. ' Between Albert and Montdidier there was no change in the line. The German front between the Somme and Demuin village was pushed back by Franco-British forces a slight distance. The Germans in Arrachis wood are less than five miles from the Amiens-Paris railway and are expected to concentrate their next blow on that sector. The enemy is developing increasing aerial activity.