The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 16, 1916, Page 8, Image 8
TWO MORE YEARS OF WAR.
Allies' Drive at Austria for Real Decision.
The Providence Journal publishes
a message, which was refused cable
transmission in London on October
14, but reached the Journal by mail,
through Montreal, It reads as follows:
A careful estimate of the probable
duration of the war from sources |
. which include the best brains of the
military organizations of France.)
Great Britain and Russia, and which
also reflects the personal belief of
General Joffre, in supreme coinmanu
on the western front in Europe, has
established the belief among the allied
governments that there can be
no possible cessation of hostilities
during the next two years. It is also
the belief of the military authori-j
ties among the allies that the only
contingency which will shorten this
period is the possible disintegration
of the Austrian empire. i
While conditions on the western
front are more than satisfactory to
the allies, they do not believe that
they can force the German lines back J
over the conquered territory under
any circumstances. The remarkable
growth of aircraft observation among
the allied forces has put them in possession
of every fact concerning the
condition and strength of the German
defenses now confronting them.
These defenses, of a most massive
character, spread back from the present
line over a distance of fully eight
miles, encompassing a network of
parallel trenches, of which there
must be fully sixty between the front
line of the Germans and the rear fortifications.
It is rapidly becoming understood
that the losses of the British in their
recent victories, which have put them
in possession of about five miles of
the enemy's trenches, have been very
great. The conclusion has been
reached that it is not worth while to
sacrifice men in this fashion again,
and that there is really no necessity
to do so in order to bring about final
victory.
Plan to Drive in Wedges.
The plan of campaign as outlined
by General Joffre will be steadily adhered
to from this time forth. It is
to hold the present iines along the
entire front, and by pounding operations
toward points like Thiepval
and Douaumont to drive triangular
wedges into the front lines wherever
possible. The purpose of these movements
is not to secure any temporary
strategic advantage, but while holding
the German lines within their
present limitations to increase the
actual trench area which must be
defended by the Germans. In other
words, the entire plan is to substitute
the zigzag and irregular line wherever
it runs straight across.
f- The allied generals realize that every
additional mile of ground to be
defended by the Germans under the
present circumstances imposes a
much greater strain on the enemy
and compels the constant presence of
great numbers of troops which the
Germans would otherwise utilize
along the Balkan frontier.
General Joffre within the last week
has expressed the belief that if the
Germans were to retreat now to a
straight line, running 165 miles
from Antwerp down through Xamur
and Montmedy to Etain, fifteen miles
northeast of Verdun, such a movement
would be worth twenty-five divisions
of infantry to the Teuton
forces. It is known, however, that
the Germans will never voluntarily
begin a retreat of this magnitude,
because the mobile allied force rea4>*
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3,I1Q Waillllg 1U1 &uv;n a, muigmv,uv, |
particularly the cavalry divisions,
would overwhelm them and cut them
to pieces during the progress of such
a retreat over flat and unfortified
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territory in the approaching difficult
season for transportation.
In addition, it is well known to the
allies that in the present state of public
sentiment among the German people
the Teutonic governments would
not dare order such a wholesale retreat.
It was General von Falkenhayn's
insistence on a retreat of this
kind, as a military necessity, that
cost him his command.
The immense quantities of ammunitions
stored by the allies back of
their lines are being added to constantly,
and to such an extent has
this condition been improved that it
is becoming common knowledge that
before the new year the necessity for
securing completed munitions from
the United States will be over. The
flllipc will rnntirmo tn nppri cliopf r>nr>.
per and empty brass cases from the
United States and other countries,
but orders for ammunition ready for
use will undoubtedly fall off greatly
in the near future.
In the meantime every possible
weakness in the German lines is being
utilized in wedge-driving actions
in order to complicate and break up j
straight lines wherever possible. It
is the belief of the allied commanders
that by this method they will be
able, while maintaining practically
the same front as at present, to in-1
crease the length of line to be held j
i by thirty to fifty miles.
Heal Drive at Austria.
The real movement of troops is to
come through Greece and Serbia into
i Austria, and French officers in conr[
mand at Saloniki have never doubted
their ability at any time during the
last two months to move forward and
occupy Serbia whenever they are prepared
to begin the campaign. But
they have been held back by the
knowledge that facilities at Saloniki
for dockage of transports and arrival
of supplies, guns and ammunition
have been entirely inadequate
for the continual support of an advancing
victorious army, gradually
getting further from its base.
in m'Hor to rhanae these condi
tions the leading dockage engineers
of Great Britain and France have
beeu for months working with thousands
of laborers on plans which will,
when completed, create at Saloniki
the greatest and most complete system
of wharves, each over a mile and
a half long, are already under construction,
and when these plans are
completed it is estimated that fully
fifty transports can discharge side by
side without difficulty or confusion.
The allies, however, are facing the
fact that the completion of these
plans will take at least another eight
months, and it is declared that until
that time no real advance into Serbia
will be made, but that when it is
made the invasion of Austria will become
a certainty a few weeks after
the word is given to move forward.
Another complication, of course, is
the uncertainty which still exists as
to the attitude of the German party
in Greece. The delay in creating the
necessary dockage facilities is for
I many reasons considered not at all
disadvantageous under present circumstances.
because at this time.
even if transport service could be
amply geared for, the French officers
i in command of the troops at Saloniki
could not contemplate a forward
'movement with the possibility of bej
ing compelled to hold large masses of
troops at the base to take care of
counter-demonstrations in their rear.
Twelve SuperdreadnOughts.
British admiralty officials are delighted
with the marvelous work that
has been done in English dock yards
I in the building of new dreadnoughts.
Wonderful results, which have not
! up to this time been made public,
! have been accomplished in this direction.
Twelve new battleships of the superdreadnought
type are now practically
ready for sea. Four of these,
the four largest and most powerful
weapons of offense that have ever
been placed on the water, are 850
feet long, with a speed of over thirty
knots, and are armed with twelve
oifhtoon-inrh p"iinc \Tn Qiifh arma
ment as this has ever been before
contemplated in the history of naval
architecture, and it is considered that
ships of this type are capable of winning
any sea fight in which they may
be engaged.
COTTOX CONDITION 57.3.
Picking Unusually Advanced, 84 Per
Cent, of Crop Being Gathered.
Xew York, Nov. 1.?Under very
favorable weather conditions the condition
of cotton has not shown any
material decline, the loss for the
month being 2.7 points, making a
condition of 57.3 on an average date
of October .23, as .compared with
59.6 a month ago, 59.8 per cent, last'
year, 73.5 per cent, in 1914, 62.1 per
cent, in 1913, 6S.8 per cent, in 1912
and 59.3 per cent, in 1911. The decline
of 2.3 points is not high;, comparing
with a drop of 3.9 last year,
2 points in 1914, 5 points in 1913,
and 1.5 points in 1912. Picking is
unusually advanced, being 84 per
cent, gathered against 72 per cent,
last year and 6S per cent, in 1914.
in 1913 there was 70 per cent, picked'
while in 1912 there was 71 per cent,
and in 1811 76 per cent. A Southern
estimate of the total crop given
by special correspondents in tabulated,
showing an average expected
yield of 11,213,000 bales. The Journal
of Commerce assumes no responsibility
for these figures, being strictly
a consensus of opinion as reported
by correspondents.
Dies From His Injuries.
Columbia, Nov. 2.?The remains
of J. T. Wessinger, a flagman on the
Southern railway, who died as the
result of a fall under a work train
near Santuc, in Union county, yesterday,
his legs being cut off and body
mangled by the fall, were brought
here this morning and the funeral
and interment will take place tomorrow
at 11:30 from St. Paul's Lutheran
church. He is survived by a
wife, who was Miss Cleopatra Kyser;
father and mother, two sisters and
three brothers. After the accident
yesterday Mr. Wessinger was taken to
Union, but died before an operation
could be performed. Mrs. Wessinger
went to Union in an automobile last
night and brought the remains of her
husband to Columbia by train this
morning.
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