Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1918 — ALLIED POSITIONS IMPROVED [ARTICLE]

ALLIED POSITIONS IMPROVED

War Department Reviews O|»erations on Field of Picardy. Washington, April 8. —Improvement in the strategic position of the allies on the Picardy' battle field is noted in the war department’s review of the (military Situation published today and announcement is made that the allied forces under General Foch are operating efficiently in holding the German attacks. The German plan has been upset by the stubbornness of the allied defense, the review says, and now the Germans are being forced to throw fresh troops' into the battle to gain limited objectives. For this reason the situation for some time is expected to be uncertain. The department makes no mention of the movement of American troops to the fighting front to join the British and French.