The Spectator., 1914-10-27
GERMAN ADVANCE
 SHORT OF NATIONS
ARE ENDURANCE, DARING AND SKILL IN MANEUVERS.

London.-Another descriptive reel tal of events in the north of France from an eye witness attached to the British General Headquarters, dated October F, was issued Sunday by the official information bureau. It speaks of the fitness of the troops, and de clares that the fact that we arc steadily advancing and that the en- emy is giving way has proved an in spring change"
 Continuing. the report says:
 This Is not the only advantage vt possess, for We still hear from prison CTS that their advance troops art short of food and exhausted from con tinual outpost work We can afforC to give our troops more rest. and there is no lack of food Many of the men opposed to us have had only two months service and prisoners declare that they will no, expose themselves in the trenches.
 Nevertheless, the enemy in front of us is fighting we'll and skillfully. and showing endurance They gen efany Contrive to remove their wounded and often to bury their kill cd before they retire Their escape often is facilitated by numerous deep djtches.
 Many German cavalry patrols are wearing Belgian uniforms. a practice not eXcusable on the ground of any lack of their own
 An incident on October 13 shows the resource and bravery of some Of our enemy's scouts A detachment of German artillery was retiring. oc- easlonally coming into action. A British officer had been standing for some minutes under tree. when he noticed fine wire hanging down close to the trunk Looking up. he saw one of the enemy in the tree. Him he shot and killed.
 As the campaign goes on the ten dency of the Germans to rely on masses of men has become less mark cd. There are indications, however, that the supply of war material is not lneNhaustihle, and the significant cir. eiar of the Prussian minister of war ehJoinins careful search of battle fields for equipment, and even the col lection of empty cartridge cases has been quoted in a previous letter.
 This circular seems to have been prompted more by necessity than by habits Of economy. tor in recent fight ing both gun and rife ammunition Of n trenches evacuated by the enemy. on their dead and on prisoners"
 The narrative then quotes from pamphlets dropped by German airmen summoning the French to surrender on the ground that they are only pulling chestnuts out of the fire for the English
 News of sort is disseminated among the German soldiers by meane of a special military newspaper call. ed The Patrol, which is published in Brrlln,' il continues Its historical value may be gauged by the statemeu, made m its issue of September 6. as follows.
 II may confidently be asserted that the resistance of the active army of the French has been overcome ."
 The narrative, after saying "infor. nation recently received corroborates the impression already gained that the enemy's troops suffered severe priyation during August and Septem Der, and giving extracts from letters to confirm this concludes with these words.
 There is no doubt thaS the Ger mans have, to great eXteht, recover ed from the conditions implied in the above letters, but their forces are by no means what they were"