The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . weakness -of the German positionin the salient. Engaged as they had been to the uttermostin bitter fighting, the Germans had grown weary and theirfood was beginning to run short. A moment had arrivedthat must have recalled to Foch that crisis of 1914 in thefirst battle of the Marne, when under Joffre, he launched histhrust at La Fere Champenoise and decided the issue of thegreat battle. Colonel Frederick Palmer, who had been on Pershing^sstaff* since Pe
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . weakness -of the German positionin the salient. Engaged as they had been to the uttermostin bitter fighting, the Germans had grown weary and theirfood was beginning to run short. A moment had arrivedthat must have recalled to Foch that crisis of 1914 in thefirst battle of the Marne, when under Joffre, he launched histhrust at La Fere Champenoise and decided the issue of thegreat battle. Colonel Frederick Palmer, who had been on Pershing^sstaff* since Pershing sailed for France in the summer of1917, outlined,^ late in the following year, Pershings sharein Fochs plans for breaking the German offensive. TheAllied armies on the Western Front had been for fourmonths on the defensive when, early in July, Ludendorffsfourth offensive had brought him within forty miles of serious had the situation become that there were militarydiscussions as to w^hether or not Paris could be defendedshould another drive bring Paris within range of heavy 8 America in France (Dodd, Mead & Co.) 232. V—232 FOCHS GREAT VICTORIES German guns. Hopes of preventing this mainly centered onthe coming of American troops, for if the Allies could holdback the Germans until August 1, the American additions toFochs reserves M^ould enable the Entente to outnumber theGermans. Once the Americans were organized it had beenthought Foch would consider an offensive—but not untilthen—w^hich perhaps meant not before the spring of 1919. Pershing was now deep in the councils of Foch. Reflect-ing on what his troops had done at Cantigny and Chateau-Thierry, and especially the spirit of initiative they hadshown, he began to believe that an offensive might be under-taken now without waiting for spring, and this opinion hadsome real influence in bringing Foch to decide on theoperation of July 18 as an effort to recover the offensive in1918 in a single stroke. Reports
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