Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-25
BRITISH FORCES FIGHT
DAY AND NIGHT; SAYS
THE OFFICIAL REPORT

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to assault and they have beaten them
back with great less. Indeed, the
sight of the troops coming up has
been q positive relief after long, try
ing hours Of inaeton under shell fire.
Fail 60 Break British Nerve.
THE object Of the great proper
ton of artillery the Germans employ
Is to beat down the resistance Of then
enemy by concentrated and prolonged
fire to shatter their nerve with high
explosions before the infantry attack
is launched They seem TO have relied
not done so, though, 1t has taken them
several costly experiments to discover
this fact.
1 From statements of prisoners il
appears. that they have been greatly
disappointed l;y the fact that the
moral effect produced BY their heavs
guns. respite the actual losses in
| flicted, has not been at all commene
surate With the colossal expenditure
III ammunition which has really beer
wasted. BY this ii is not implied tha'
their artillery fire is not good. 1t Il
more than good. Il is excellent Blu
A.! the British soldier is different per
son to impress or depress even by I'm
mense shells filled with n 1ieh ex
piosiye which detonates with terrific
violence and form craters larg,
enough to act as graves for fiv'
horses.
German Houitxer shells.
THE German howitzer shells ar,
eron e,eht +" nine inches in calibre
ami nm IMPACT they send up column
Of greasy black smoke on accoun
of this tbey ara irreverentlv dubhe,
coal boxes .hlae< marlas' or Jael
fahnsnns, ~ tha soldiere
..Aio,' ,,,h. take tbinps in This sniri
arc II seems likely "a throw out cal
ou1,,ions based ~, loss Of morale :,
carefn,lv sraned hy The German mill
lratv nhilosophers
'.s P, nnnstdarahle auount Of infor
,,tian nae nsfn oleaned from nrison
10 ~ - ~. haan eatbered thar on
~ ,,,en, ~ fbo tsth nroduced
go, ,.,r,,,.s..,'.,.,n The otinion also /
s'r,''a -, ~. inf,ntra makes suel
,,'a ~, -, ,s IN ,en,nd maj The Ger
49,, ova c aas sre decimated by gu
rifle fire before the soldiers can b.
seen.
Efficiency i isnpai'e"'
From an official diary captured b
the first army corps. il appears tina
one Of the German corps contains al
extraordinary mixture Of units |
the composition Of the other corps !
similar il may be assumed that tn
present efficiency Of the enemy
forces Is in no way comparable will
what IL was when the war com
menced.
"The losses in officers are noted Il
having been especially severe.
brigade is stated to be commanded b.
q major: some companies of foo
guards by one-year volunteers, VIM
after Inc battle Of Montmirail on
regiment LOST fifly-fivc out Of sixty of
ficcrs.
.The prisoners recently capture
nrani,,a ~, fact that the march OF
paris has failed and that their force
are retreating Inn state that the oh
IA " tbis novemcnt is explained b
~ off;cars az being to draw int
~ ~A ltnral' ,uitb ne supports whicl
, ,vso stnavad ZOO ar into the rear.
n'ss..'.,.,, vttn E,nelish.
~" 49, n.aaavori,
THE officers are also endeav .o,,ill
, to encourage the FOODS y ,oo MN 4
them that they Will be a, noi4e -, y
Christmas large nun .n,ou o. =
men believe that they are peS s.a.,, az
Following Is an extract i'o''' ="
document:
with the English troops we IA '
great difficulties They have an .',,
way of causing losses to the enemy ',lin
They make good trenches IN Wl'lv