Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-29

the EtillNH hHu fftuth uiutuIN ttu-
sorship. II brings the situation up 10
October 81
tAssoclated Press Correspondence
The Hague oct. le.-Though Off
cial predictions that the battle in
eastern and northwestern France
would come to an end within this
or that number Of days have been
many. So far none of them has been
borne out That either the French left
wing. or the German right wing would
finally be developed and crushed has
been asserted by the various general
headquarters time and again, but 50
far this has not been cone The same
applies to attempts made TO break
the centers Of the two opposing ar
mics After herculean efforts up and
down the tremendous battle line,
from Albert to Belfort, conditions at
this writing are virtually those of
September 3.
But official dispatches indicate that
the two armies have more or less
worn themselves out by the inces-
SAINT attacks and counter attacks. and
French German and English military
writer's have come to accept as Ger
tain that whichever side retreats from
the positions at present occupied will
be in sorry plight, especially If the
victor should be able to put in the
field fresh troops at the critical mo-
mcnt
Rigid tcnsorshiDs.
The rigid restrictions Of the French
and British censorship have made IL
impossible to cable in any detail the
day hy day developments of this stu
pendous action or to point out the
significance Of certain events. The
meaerc official statements from Lon
don and Paris naturally disclose only
what il is desired to disclose and the
review IS designed to present the sit
uation as it stands today and to in
dicatc such events as have had in
tluonee upon the final outcome what
ever it may be, Of this series Of bat
ties
The effort expended by the French
and German armies in offensive and
defensive operations is about equal.
While the Germans in northeastern
France the right center and right
wing, have made desperate efforts TO
gain new ground by continued often
sIye operations the French forces OPP
posing them have done the same in
an effort to clear France of the in
vader
Strange Military Mancuycrs.
This has led to one of the strang-
est sfries of offensive-defensive ma
heuvers known in military history.
While the French have hurled them
selves against the German entrench-
ed positions, the Germans have fol-
lowed up each failure Of the allied
troops to take part of the German
defense line, only to learn that
ground so taken had to be surrender
ed again as soon as achievements
appeared or the scene. TO this there
are only two exceptions. The German
right wing has advanced from Ba
paume to Roye, while the center be-
hlnd the Nerdun-Toul fort line has
succeeded in breaking through at &.
Mihiel, Les Paroches and Camp de
Romaines.
70 the determination on both sides
NOT to surrender ground gained is due
the protraction of the struggle. The
1ermans admit that q break of their
present line would transfer the thea
ter If War tn Eorp.an tarrttorNr nd
the French seem to realize that with
out the support Of the NerdunToul-
belfort defense line Of Notifications
their difficulties would be greatly in
creased. AT this moment the fortifi-
Gallons in question still prevent a
1erman advance on central France,
ana their reduction would mean, of
course, that the French line would be
considerably thinned out if in addi-
tlon to stemming the German tide in
northeastern France it would have 10
meet an advance frCm Alsace-Lor-
faine in the open field. While the
French field forces have successfully
discounted the break on the Verdun-
Ioul line, widening of this breach
i"'Sht lead to c0ndltlon not so cas-
lily disposed Of
Queer Coincidence.
II IS at least strange coincidence,
rs Dutch and Italian military writer's
nave pointed out. that the German
right wing should have been able to
stand its ground better and even ad-
Nanced slightly. just as soon as St
Mlhiel Les Paroches and Camp dc
homaines fell in the hands of the
hermans. Italian and Swiss CORE
spondents profess TO know that a
iurther turning of the German right
wing was prevented by the breaking
81 the Nerdun-Toul line, because ii
became necessary to mass large
french forces opposite the breach,
End in so doing the French We're