Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
BELIEVE
GERMANS WILL Be
FORCED TO YIELD
British and French Both Con-
cede This Will Require Su-
perhuman Effort.

LONDON. Sept. 49,, p. Milf re-
lance can be placed on the British
and French assertions that the right
wing of the German armies which
stretch across northeastern France Is
slowly yielding, then the battle of the
Aisne seems likely to follow the
course of the battle of the Marine, for
there it was the German right which
first fell back across the river.
Along the $50 miles front, the rear
of which is SCARED with graves of
thousands already sacrificed two
armies. comprising millions of men,
rapidly approaching exhaustion and
standing in trenches deep with water,
await an opportunity to drive a
wedge through the opposing line and
thus end the terrible strain which
must last as long as Emperor Will
liam's troops hold their new strongly
entrenched positions, and as long as
the allied forces can face the muir
derous hail of projectiles from tho
hidden batteries of their opponents.
Both the British and the French
realize and admit that Ii will take
almost superhuman effort to win, the
strength of the German position be-
ing emphasized In almost every dis
patch from the front. Those in Lon
don, closely following the war, base
the chief hope of the allies in a pos
sible development of the German
right wing under General Won Kluck,
who heretofore has shown himself a
master of strategy. Renewed activity
on the part of the allied cavalry and
n significant movement of allied
troops to the north and west of the
German line of communication, to-
gether with a possible advance of
oil !.
west thro lgh Amiens, gives express
sion to these hopes.
Eyewitnesses and the surgeons tes-
tify to a paradox on the modern bat
tlefleld-the recurring frequency of
handto-hand lighting, which so many
military men predicted, was q thins
of the past Bayonet wounds and
other cumulative evidence, however,
show that the soldiers have been en-
gagged in a death grip during which
they resorted to their side arms and
in some cases to their hands.
Another fact which stands out
among the varied accounts of the hos
tilities Is the utter prodigality with
which the Germans throw forward
man after man In close formation in
an attempt to carry a position. The
tremendous losses they have suffered
seem not to have changed these tao
tics.
Dispatches received from Paris late
last night, referring to a lull in the
struggle, are taken here to refer to the
artillery only. and today perhaps may
see the most sanguinary infantry
fighting since the start of the battle
of the Aisne one week ago.
Burial of the dead on the battle
field goes on steadily. German pris-
oners are being forced to perform this
task behind the allies line, where
thousands of their comrades lie since
the French and British advance.
News from the eastern theatre con-
tinues to be Of the same character
that is to say, further reports of over
whelming Russian victories against
the Australians in Galicia and of the
stubborn pressure on the Russian
| frontier to the north, where the r s.
slams, however, appear to be holding
| their own.