French Trenches in the suburbs of Cachy (see p. 59).
Ludendorff's Opinion.
In his "Memoirs", Ludendorff wrote: The battle ended on April 4. It was a brilliant feat of arms and will always be so considered in history. What the British and French had been unable to do, we accomplished in the fourth year of the war.
Strategically, we did not attain what the events of March 23, 24 and 25 justified our hoping for.
That we failed to take Amiens, which would have rendered the communications of the enemy forces astride the Somme extremely difficult, was especially disappointing.
Long distance bombardment of the railways could not be considered an equivalent.
