South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-12
KAISER USING TACTICS
EMPLOYED BY NAPOLEON
Has 1,227,500 Men in Line
for Attack on France and
BeIgium-FranCe is Well
Fortified.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

LONDON. Aug. l2.-PrOSpectS OF
Japan's participation in the war and
movements of the French and German
armies were a source of divided in
teTest here today. Reports from the
far east saving that Japan was ready
10 launch an attack ON possessions Of
Germany aroused anxiety in conserV-
ative circles The Times devOtes its
leading editorial TO this phase of the
situation and after stating that the
advent of Japan was unforeseen. says:
Japan is acting in this matter
upon her own initiative. She has al
ways bitterly resented the creation ol
the still unfinished German strong
sold (Kiao-Chau) SO near TO her own
shores. 1t has always been believed
that at a suitable opportunity she
Kiao-C hau."
Reiterating the statement that
Japan Is acting on her own initiative
the editorial concludes:
We trust that our valued ally IN
the far east will limit her action TO
Kiao-Shau. Seizures Of German ter
ritory elsewhere in the Pacific might
lead to grave misunderstanding
among our kinsmen and might injure
instead of help our cause"
Germans Have Huge Army.
There is accommodating evidence TO
indicate that the bulk of the first line
German army, about to operate
against France, is to advance nirth-
ward Of OLrraine. There are about
20 army corps all ready 10 move for
ward including the fourteenth Aus
trian army corps. which is reported
10 have reached Istein The eight
eenth. and fourteenth German corps
are reported TO be moving northward
ey rail. The twenty-first German
army corps is between Melna and
Sarrebrug North of a line drawn
from Metz northwest for so miles to
Montmedy on the France Belgian
frontier are hundreds of thousands of
Germans The German forces have
been massed into close formation,
which is a reminder of the military
tactics Of Napoleon.
With such concentration and in
such country as the Germans would
have to traverse supplies would be
difficult to obtain, but on the other
hand the German military experts be-
lieve that the wooded condition of the
territory would make it hard for the
French field artillery ii assert its pre-
eminenCe.
Along the entire front of the Ger
man army beginning at iLege and ex-
tending nOrthward there comes first
the third artillery consisting Of the
seventh. ninth and tenth corps facing
westward along the Meuse river. The
most advanced troops of the northern
wing OF the German army are the
fourth corps at Rochefort and the
nineteenth crrps at BastOgne These
tr> ops have thrown up intrenchmentS.
Where Troops Are Stationed.
The vanguard of the German forces
in Luxembourg is the eighth corps,
while the twelfth and third Bavarian
corps are stationed behind 1t along
the Troise-Verges railroad. The six
teenth are in touch in the forces at
Metz and the fifteenth and twenty
first corps lie further south and 1t is
reckoned that 10 these soldiers would
fall mainly a defensive mission
The second line OF the German
army, beginning at Verviers in Bell
gium and extending southwark forms
another powerful wall OF steel. on
the extreme right of this line are the
third and eleventh corps The
thirteenth and first Bavarion corps
are at Sarrebruck. Counting the re-
serve divisions of each army corps
the kaiser will shortly have about
6SO.O 600 men TO launch upon northern
France and the Belgian plains.
Six German army corps have been
left to face Russia on the eastern
frontier. These are the first (Prus-
siam second (Prussian). fifth. sixth,
seventh and twentieth.
In the aggregate France and her
allies will probably have to face 20
German army corps and apprOx-e
imately eight divisions OF German
cavalry. After the total strength Of
the grand army Of western Germany
is marshaled German arms from the
southern boundary Of Alsace TO the
northern line Of Belgium will aggre-
gate 1,227.500 cOmbatants with
$4,000 rifles. $1,000 cabres. 4,416
pieces OF heavy and light artillery.
Defenders OF Iiege Cut on.
The official anniuncement by the
French war Office that the road be-
tween the Belgian towns Of Louvain
and Iieee has been blown up by the
Germans is OF twO-fold significance.
IL indicates that the retreat Of the de-
tenders OF the Liege forts has been
cut of and that the Germans are NOV
ing forward rapidly TO prevent effec-
tive cooperation OF the French and
Belgian forces. The announcement
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