Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-12
OFFENSIVE OF ALLIES FAILED
German War Office Makes Interesting
Statement.

Statement.
The German war office at Berlin, has
sent the following statement, covering
the results Of the recent offensive
movement Of the Allies against the
Germans in France:
"On September IA, before the begin
ming Of the great attack on the west
ern front, Gen. Joffre issued an army
order, copy Of which has been found.
Gen. Joffre gave instructions as to the
manner in which French officers were
to explain the coming attack to the
men. The officers were to tell them
that the intention was to drive the
Germans from French soil and that
this would influence nations hither-
to neutral to enter the war with the
Entente powers.
Gen. Joffre then told about the ex-
ceptionally favorable conditions for the
attack. Territorials were to be used in
the trenches, thus freeing the younger
men for the assault The landing Of
British troops enabled the commander
in-chief to hold several armies ready
for the attack. The number Of ma
chine guns had been doubled and the
heavy guns replaced by new ones. The
amount Of ammunition on hand was
unprecedented. The moment was ia
vorable for the movement, Gen. Jof-
FIRE said, because all Of Kitcheners
armies had been landed in France,
whereas, the Germans had withdrawn
troops for the Russian front.
Gen. Joffre said the attack should
proceed on every important front and
consist Of several combined assaults.
When the German line had been taken
other formations Of troops should fol-
low and break through the second and
third lines until they reached the open
field. He gave instructions that cav
airy should participate in the move
ment.
Moreover, a British order was
found, telling the soldiers that on the
coming battle depends the fate Of
coming British generations
The German official report and the
French and British orders prove how
little truth there Is in the pretense of
the enemy that II was not intended
to continue the attack which began
on September 25 and was stopped by
the Germans. The object Of the at
tack was to drive the Germans from
French soil. but the only result OBJ
tanned on the entire front were in one
place to the extent Of % kilometers,
and In another Of IL kilometers; and
these results were not obtained by the
military achievements Of the attack
ing British, but by q successful sur
prise resulting from an attack with
gas. In these sections the first Ger
man line was pressed into the second
line, which Is by no means the last
line.
According to conservative estimates
the French losses in dead, wounded
and prisoners, were 10000 and the
British losses 10000. (This portion Of
the German report was received from
Berlin yesterday by way Of London.)
The German losses were not one-fifth
Of this number"
The remaining portion Of the war
Office communication is summarized as
follows by the Overseas News Agency:
"The headquarters staff says further
that such local successes as were OBJ
tanned were gained with seven-fold
numerical superiority, prepared for by
war material from the factories Of the
world, and that they cannot be called
brilliant victories"
Army headquarters says further
that only one German division, which
was on its way from the western front
was retained at the beginning Of the
enemy's attack, and that other d.
visions were assigned to take the
place for which the detailed division
was destined. Otherwise the plans Of
the German army were not interfered
with In any way by the attack, which
at no place penetrated beyond the
second line and nowhere rendered i'm
possible movement Of reserves just as
was done in May, when the offensive
movement at Arras was made"