The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-09-21
Armies, Approaching Exl'austion
Standing in Trenches Deep With
Water, Await Opportunity,
FIGHTING MORE VIOLENT
THAN ALONG THE MARINE
Chief Hope of Allies is TO Envelop
The German Right
Wing.


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 wing which first fell back
across the river.
Along the 150-mile 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
wedge through the opposing line
Thus they hope to end the terrible
strain which must last as long as
Emperor Williams troops hcld
their now strongly entrenchcd posi-
tons and as long as the allied
forces can face the murdcrous hail
Of projcctiles from the hidden bat
teries OF their opponents.
Superhuman Effort Required 10 Win
both the BRUSH ana the French
realize and admit that it will take
almost superhuman effort to win.
tho strength of the German position
being emphasized in almost cyry
dispatch from the front.
Those in London closely follow
ing the war, base the chief hope OF
the allies in a possible enyelopmcn
Of the German right wing under
| General Won kluck, who heretofore
has shown himself master Of
strategy. Renewed actiyiay on the
part of the allied cavalry and a sig
nificant movement of allied troops
10 the north and west CT the Ger
man line of communication, together
with a possible advance Of fresh al
led troops from the northwest
through Amiens, gives expression
% these hopes.
Eyewitnesses and the surgeons
testify to a paradox on the modern
battlefield--the recurring fire.
uuency or hand-to-hand fighting
which so many military men pre-
dicted was a thing of the past
Bayonet wounds and other sumula-
tive evidence, however, show that
he soldiers have been engaged in a
leath grip during which they re-
sorted to their side arms and in
ONE cases to their hands.
Another fact which stands out is
The litter prodigality with which
| he Germans throw forward man
| after man in close formation In an
| attempt to carry position. The
tremendous losses they have suffered
| seem not to have changed their tao
| ties.
Dispatches received. from Paris
late last night, referring to lull
| N the struggle are taken here tc
| refer to the artillery only and today
| nerhaps may see the most sanguin'
AIRY infantry fighting since the star
Of the battle of Aisne one weel
ego.
Burial of the dead on the battle
| field goes on steadily. German pris
cners are being forced to perform
this task behind the allies line
where thousands of their comrades
Jay after the French and British
advance.
The news from Berlin concerning
the position Of the British forces ha
q more confident ring. The admis
sion has been made that the Ger
man army was short of ammunition
tut this shortage has been rectifie,
and supplies and achievements ar
| Hel0S sent lOTNdTu WITHOUT trouble
Likens Antagonists to Exhauste
Pugilists.
A French officer who has Just re
| turned from the battle front is au
= thority for the statement that tn
, strain on both sides of thc line i
| France promises soon to get beyon
human endurance. He likens tn
antagonists to two exhausted pug
e lists and SAYS that soon they wi
be unable to inflict further punish
ment on each other. If this sit1a
lion develops. the only possible wa
FOR the allies to prevent weary an
disheartening winter campaign,
e il arnued here would be a sncccs.
ful assault on the German c1nmun
{ cations Such an assault. If is n,
2 mittcd bv the lilies. will not ne n
:. easy matter The Belgian army,
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