The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-31

royal engineers chauffeur told me- tina,
the axle OF his car had broken and n.
had had to abandon the machine. IA
had scarcely left the car when It was
blown up.
"In scattered units, with the erorv
ever on its heels, the Fourth Divisio,
all that was left OF 10000 fine troo,,
streamed southwark.
our losses were great and [ hsv.
seen the broken bits of many rer,.
ments, but let me repeat there is m
failure Of discipline. no panic. no throw.
ing up Of the sponge. Every. temper il
sweet and nerves do not show. a groun
Of men. dozen more or less, arrives
under the command OF whomsoever ia
entitled TO command. The men. hat.
tered with marching. ought to be- weak
with hunger, for no commissariat could
cope with such case. but they are
steady End cheerful and wherever they
arrive they make straight for the
proper authority 20 report and 10 seek
news Of their regiment.
apparently every division Of the OK
peditionaSy force has been In action.
Some lost nearly all their officers. Regi.
ments were broken TO bits, but the
good discipline and the fine spirit kept
the fragments together.
zone thing is clear-the colossal
character of the German losses. At
first I was sceptical Of these. now am
convinced. 1t also is clear that
although the French staff knew that
the eastern frontier defences had been
so perfected as TO force Germany to
turn the flank to find a weak spot, and
although they knew also that not for
nothing did Germany antagonize Eng
land and outrage International opinion
by violating the neutrality Of Belgium,
nevertheless they underestimated the
force Of the German blow through Bel
GUM. All estimates OF the number Of
German corps in Belgium need revision,
and rehind the screen of AlsaSe-Lor-
raine Their. probably are far fewer than
had been supposed, else. perhaps, Muel-
hansen would not have had TO be re-
taken twice.
The German commanders In the
north advance men as II there was an
ineXhaustible supply. OF the bravery
Of the men II is unnecessary to speak
They advance in deep sections, 50
slightly extended as to be almost IN
close order, with little regard for cover.
Rushing forward, soon their own art.-
lery is opened behind them on our pos.
ton. Our artillery mows long lanes
through the centres OF sections SO tTe-
quently that nothing is left but its out
sides, but no sooner is this done than
more men double up, rushing over the
heaps of dead and remake the section.
Last week SO great was the SUPER
GRITTY of numbers that they could no
more be stopped than the waves o the
sea. Their shrapnel was markedly bad,
though the guIners are excellent L.
finding the range. on the other hand,
their machine guns are OF the dead.est
efficacy and are very numerous. Then
rifle shooting is described as not OF the
first class. but with their numbers the!
bring on infantry until frequently they
and the allies meet finally with bayo-
nets. Their system of scouting by
aeroplanes, Zeppelins, motors ca<ryins
machine guns and cavalry and the eX-
treme mobility - their forces are eie-
ments of their present success"
Summing up the Times correspondent
concludes:
THE fra great German effort ha.
succeeded. The cXped!tlonaries wo0
lmperishahlc glory, but they need mer
more men. The investment OF Paris
cannot Doe bdnished from the field Of
possibility. Whether the chief Of the
German staff after counting his losses
will find enough men LEFT to attempt a
further assault with hope Of success
Is more doubtful. His army has made
colossal effort with extraordinary
speed. II IS possible that its limit has
been reached"