Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-10-30
AS WAR PROGRESSES
WEEK OF OCT. "a SEEMED TO
SHOW UP BETTER FOR
THE ALLIES.
GERMANS FIGHT IN FRANCE
Have Been Unable to Make Advances
There or in Belgium-Creat Ar
mics of British, French and
Russians Growing Daily.

The week that ended October "A was
good week for the Belgians, British
and French and not a bad week for
the Russians. The temper and Ian
guage of the French and English an
nouncements about the progress of the
campaign were those of men who feel
that they fight winning battle, but
| those of the German communications
were those of men who fear that their
campaign against France has been
frustrated and becomes futile.
In the battle of Flanders, as the
| fighting in western Belgium and
northwestern France may be named.
along the Aisne, on the Mouse and
adjoining Switzerland the allies have
not merely held the Germans in check
but have made significant and sub
stantial advances. The German effort
to improve their confessedly unsatis-
factory position in Belgium through
trying to occupy the coast of the Brit
ish channel from Ostend to Boulogne,
to straighten, shorten and so strength
en- their line from Metz to the sea, and
so thrust the French and the British
far back to the south, has so far fail
ed. The allies Illustration of the new
German offensive is no small achieve
ment.
Could the Germans capture DunkirlS
Calais and Boulogne they would be
little better off then than now. They
could not make these ports bases fol
an effective, that is, for an overwhelm
ing invasion of England, for the Brit
ish navy so effectively blockade
large naval operations by German.
that transportation of any consider
able German force across the channe
is impracticable. Nor could they us
Ie these ports as bases for another al
g tempt upon Paris, for what they coul
u not do in August, when all odds wer
- in their favor, they can still les
;" achieve in November, when the advar
tage rests with the allies. The reason
lie probably, for their renewed offensiv
al in the northwest, which only lose
D. time and wastes men, is that their ceI
VI ter and left have been dangerousl
. weakened, that their line of retrea
by Maubeuge and Mezieres has bee
IN impaired and that it is matter {
is life and death to hold the Mons an
- Brussels line.
80 While the allies have checkmate
~ the Germans in the north the Frencl
to the south and east, have delivere
e heavy blows which, while not attrac
d. -,,rr Pro,
81 American observers, are symptomati
- of great developments to come.
10 The military strength of German
begins to pass it's maximum, wheres
that of England France and RUSS
grows constantly. The majority of IL
% 100000 German soldiers now in ii
~ field, east and west, consists of Sc
~. ond and third grade troops, and the
:. divisions of the landstrum recent
- sent from Germany to the Germs
oo right in France are the last reenforc
40 ments it can receive from home.
the other hand, France is about to pl
100000 more first-class soldiers in
the field at once; England, by ne
February, viii be putting hundreds
- luOuSdHus VI Neli-idiHSu anu VIZ
," equipped forces upon the continel
al every month, and the German inv
sion of Russia, as German strategis
have always acknowledged, is for
= ordained to failure. Russia has n
- met with any real reverse the la
- month, the Russian winter will so'
force the Germans and Austrians
u retreat-an expensive expedient t
invaders, as Napoleon learned to b
cost-and the Russian soldier is
home in winter campaigning.