August 15, 1918 
Land & Water 
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THE WAR: By HILAIRE BELLOC 
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Our New Blow 
The Victory Before Amiens 
THE second of the great operations undertaken 
by the Allies since their recovery of the initiative 
npon the i8th of last month was opened by 
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, commanding 
and using for this purpose the British 4th and the 
French ist Armies, the former under Sir Henry Rawlinson, 
the latter under General Debeny. 
At the moment of writing — Monday, August 12th — the 
striking victory won upon the first day is being rapidly 
developed. 
I propose to examine the action in detail as it proceeded, 
to point its main objects and the success of the Allied Armies 
in attaining them. 
THE BATTLEITELD 
To follow the great battle in detail, we must first of all 
appreciate the ground. The main battlefield consists of 
two portions divided by the gentle and rather marshy valley 
of the brook f-ure, which ri^es near Rosieres and falls into 
