QUICK DECISION SAVED
PARIS AT CRUCIAL TIME
(United Press Staff Correspondence)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. April 25 (by mail).—In
every great battle there come always
a psychological moment when victory
often depends on the momentary
genius or inspirational flash of one
or the other commanding generals.
History alone will establish what
was the psychological moment in the
great French battle before Noyon
which defeated Ludendorff's “Kolos
sal Konception” of driving a wedge
between the English and French ar
mies and then while one German
army by a rapid march to the coast
should completely pen in and crush
the British army, a second German
column should march on Paris.
Until, however, history establishes
this psychological moment the writer
will champion and support the candi
dacy of the following particular mo
ment:
Following the breaking of the Brit
ish front in the vicinity of St. Quen
tin on March 21, 1918, all of the Ger
man armies in the immediate vicinity
began a general advance toward the
west for the very evident purpose not
only of separating the British ar'
French armies, but of filtering into
the valley of the Oise for a march or
Paris by way of Compeigne, Creil
and Senlis.
As a consequence, during the after
noon of March 22 a French army corps
under the command of one of the most
distinguished French generals, whom
French military etiquette will not al
low to be named, was ordered to sup
port the broken British right wing by
establishing itself on the Crozat canal
between Tergnier and Saint Simon.
In the meantime the Germans were
advancing rapidly—too rapidly, in
fact, to make it possible for the
French general’s army to reach the
positions it must attain before it
could relieve the two British divi
sions that it was to replace.
The contest rapidly developed into
one of whether or not the Germans
could succeed in crossing the Somme
before the French army could attain
the positions assigned it. Late in the
afternoon of March 22 it became quite
apparent that unless something most
extraordinary happened to delay the
advance of the Germans the French
army could not arrive in time to check
their progress. The moment was the
most crucial that had yet arrived.
Failure to stop the Germans immedi
ately meant almost an open march
! for them on Paris.
The situation was hurriedly report
ed to the French commander-in-chief
on the evening of March 22. The fur
ther information was conveyed to him
concen
trated in great numbers at Ham for
the continuation of the advance on
Paris.
Without an instant’s hesitation, and
with the same flash of genius with
which he saved Verdun by conceiving
and putting into instantaneous execu
tion an endless chain of automobile
transports between Verdun and Bar
le-Duc, the general turned to his chief
of staff and gave substantially the fol
lowing order:
“Every airplane squadron within
striking distance on the French front,
whether it be a fighting or a bombard
ng squadron, will proceed immedi
ately to Ham and bombard and ma
chine-gun the German concentrations
there.”
The telephone order flashed out im
mediately along the entire French
front and within a few’ moments
scores of airplane squadrons number
ing hundreds of machines were headed
for Ham. Throughout almost the en
tire night they arrived -there in what
was practically a continuous stream,
raining dow-n bombs and pouring in a
constant hail of machine-gun fire into
the German army that was ready to
advance.
The full effects of the deluge from
heaven—a deluge without precedent
in the world's history—was only
learned afterwards from prisoners.
Enormous losses were inflicted on the
German troops, the entire army was
thrown into dismay and confusion,
and two divisions especially put out
of action.
Above all, tho advance of the Ger
man invasion was delayed and when
only on the morning of March 23, the
Germans at last suceeded in crossing
the Somme the French army was in
postion, the exhausted English had
been relieved, and the French were
able to begin the battle before Noyon
that eventually resulted in the com
plete checking of the German plans
for the Russianization of the Allies
on the Western front.
Although throughout tho entire re
mainder of the battle before Amiens,
both the French and the English con
tinued to use this newly developed
tactic of bombing and machine-gun
ning with airplanes the advancing
German army, yet the conception of
it came purely from the French com
mander in chief at a moment when
the whole future issue of the war
lay at stake.
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In the matter of M. Pencoff, deceased.
The undersigned administrator of
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hereby gives notice that all persons
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Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 2d
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First publication, May 2, 1918.
Last publication, May 23, 1918.
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Precinct, at Cordova.
In the matter of the estate of Bill
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The undersigned administrator of
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hereby gives notice that all persons
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admonished and required to present
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to the undersigned administrator of
said estate, or to F. H. Foster, his
attorney, at Cordova, Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 2d
day of May, 1918.
F. E. McCONAGHY,
Administrator of the estate of Bill
Orozugula, deceased.
First publication, May 2, 1918.
Last publication, May 23, 1918.
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