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An Associated Press despatch ing trois te kast," says a bankets are, time

1.Bean anai Paris depoteau offer the British General rempelesit. patches agve that Germany has xisout Stuff as saving:

→ The kiritish. truck is justified itself. reservelly entristed, their Arnies andļi,,rno soldiers distributed from the their destiales to this French General North Sea to the Pise, vody to haunch The Germany have adoptail them, but More than six millions, in fact, may be the new offensive. In cable to the there is it in evidene that they have. New York Tians" Bom · Edwin 1.185 large number avalħulio. With the under his suprente cocurand. For the James, with the Amerles Army in start which we have to isak-construction Italian Premier ways that the Allied France, we read;

we should w ule to prove our conferener recognised on waited frouk

On April 13. The Germans begun asperiority without dificulty," withdrawal of Divisions from their trent At the same time Allied shipyards and

Sas an Asseviated | Iriation me is phaz Erisont campaign. for the big drive with the purpose at Allie destruyers are defeating Germany's reconstructed pts the Atil tross Frunge it takes five to seran werkt for this work. Press despateli Frozat Lamalajoz'-Merekaņa. Lilium alone of pot less than was wit-In the ingtring of the Sonte drive ship construction by the United States Elsay What, ask our military griting of the German Command used forty-fives and tie Allies aiready has passed the rat | danger-pòft and ships are being launched ile Press, is the plant, of this leader in Pivisions. This number had been s

Offcial [whose gecites the Alfical extins have drawn for onstruction by about Sprit faster than they are seak.

Aboitt week. ags the Germs! painted to this, fart today as prooi of| withdrew truck Divisions for the purpose the wisloca of the Amerian policy of From the time that he took ondant of training for a period estimated at bailding 3 enormous merchant fest. in the Mettle of the Western Front, thru anak four weeks. These Elivisions. As the suppis of submersibles begins to diminish, the biggest part of the shipping (visersets serv, his strategy has been were not so badly chewed up,

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Axide frun the general effect of a des fare, to indied the heaviest possita belosses "another drive in the first work of Jure ese in the number of “ submarines, aped the attacking enemy, and to se on the sani sizle as the one that starting officials'hok for it to have a devided effect jentanlate Tourves for a counter-offensive, on Marele 1. On a sliding scale of with... Gernima magale. Every submutine drawal of Divisions for reabilitation sent to the bottom varrim with it a train- Bach's strategy, according to" filair»]

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But it the next hig German offensive Frank H. Sinunids, military expert of strategy, od Frederick the Great. Hence, fails po segurate the British and French the New York Tribune," explains why The argues, "Koch will continge, to leave Armies, and it it proves us expensive in Wis read so after of French reseries, in- man-gewer as its predecessors, they stead of British resiver, coming to the the tugive to Germany until he think will be left to the Germans go virasive telief of n hand-pressed portion of the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak,-Chairman

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