Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-02
Right Flank of German
Army Cannot be Turned,
Says Strats-Zeitunl
From the Staats-Zeitung

NEW YORK. October Title fall
of Antwerp presaged one of the most
interesting phases of the war. Its i'm
portance was attributed for the mo-
ment to the strategic advantages which
would accrue to the German armies in
France and Belgium from having clear
ed their right and right rear of, the
enemy and having effected a stroke
which permitted of the release of large
bodies of troops to reinforce the fight
ing line along the Aisne. But the swift
advance of the released army of Ger
mans through Bruges to Ostend point
ed another lesson to be learned from
the capture of the last stronghold in
Belgium.
England the Objective.
The war was no longer to be fought
out solely on the fields of France, but
was to be carried, if possible, into Eng
land itself. The objective of the Ger
mans was readily apparent to the allies
and their plans were laid accordingly.
AS result, the bloodiest fighting of
the war has taken place between Lille,
and especially Dixmude, and the sea.
The Belgian army, heavily supported
by the British and French, had attem-
pied to hold the Germans in check, but
has been forced to give way before the
persistent and tremendously effective
assaults of the enemy. Ten thousand
men day for ten days is the death toll
of the allies. The German losses can
not have been much less. In the face
of this desperate resistance-the resis-
lance of England to the control of the
ports on the channel by an enemy-the
Germans have waded through the canal
country to a position on the east of the
User, and it is but a question of time
when they will accomplish their pur-
pose of Selling Dunkirk and the other
coast ports of northern France.
Desperate Fighting Continues
They will be forced to accomplish
this however, through a difficult fight
ing country, in which the operation of
the artillery on which they depend in
a large measure will be especially
hindered, by the waterways. The as
E stance rendered the allies by the Brit
ish war vessels, standing close in
shore and using their powerful guns
against the Germans whenever they
came within range, has been made fur
Their impossible by bringing up part
of the German artillery released from
duty at Antwerp. The latest reports
tell of the disappearance of the British
/ fleet, and it is improbable that it will
reappear as a factor in the land fight
ing for the possession of the coast
ports. 1t should not be forgotten that
in all the fighting in this region the
Germans have forced the issue, and
the allies have striven only to hold
their own. The slow advance of the
Germans to their destination should
/ not, therefore, be minimized in it's sig
nifcance. One pace forward for the
Germans means in reality ten PAGES
backward for the allies.
But whatever the outcome of the
German attempt to secure Dunkirk and
Calais, one thing already has been de-
termined. The right flank of the Ger
man army cannot be turned. We're her
staff to rest content with, what they
have already achieved, Germany could
fight for months along the line which
she has established from Switzerland
to the sea, with every assurance of no
defeat. Her communications are unas-
saliable.-Herman Ridder.
in the bank were received b. the di-