The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-25
of Victory for the British. Ac-I /
cording 10 frederick Palm
er, Associated Press Man.
SITUATION IS DISCUSSED.
In Considerable Detail by the.
Commanders C Chief Of the
British Forces.

front IN france for III. Associated
Press, sends he following dssspatcil:
BRITISH HEADQU4A:t Fi.tlS M
FRANCE. March %. i. LondCn.
Mar. 25---IL was IN the drawing room
of tile house in which he makes his
hofic. that Field Marshal sir John
French. com1nandaf i'll chief Of The
British expeditiona AZ forces on the
continent, received the corresponds
tents today AMI discussed he military
Asituaiion. Before the CONVERSATION
was over the British commander am
swering Il question concerning, the
result of the war said Indeed
there is no doubt Of .he outcome III
was never SO confident Of victory as
lI am today. i am AS confident as.
General Grant was when ne took
command of the army of the Pnto.
mac. He Kept at 1T and so shall we. "A
What We're the most important
contributing factors making your re-
treat from Mons secure against over
iWhelming odds?" Si- John was
asked. The logged tenacity Of
I our little regular arnJ which con
tested every foot of che ground s s We
fell back, was til, answer Not
/ once did our soldiers lose heart. They
understood that We were not defeated
/ but making a strategic retreat be-
fore heavy ODDS an that all the pun
| Eishment which they could infict on
1 the enemy by a cool and stubborn re-
distance from poin to point was no
less valuable to tho ultimate object
lthat if they were advancing. Their
Iconfidence that their. turn to take the
4 offensive would conla remained un-
shaken. Next in Importance the
work OF our cavalry in its ag gsrcssiys-
mess and alertness preventing the
1 cavalry Of the enemy from getting
Earound us. Our cavalry cstab blished
decided superiority over that of the
lenemy, which was Of vital assist
lancet
And what. to you, was the most
Ecritical nom ent CT al YOUR campaign
4 in France?' was the next question.
"On the retreat. from Mons to Le-
4 Icateau. We were in the open country
lin a very dangerous position and the
5German ambition for The annlhlla-
4 Ition OF our little army might have
5fbeen realized if our cavalry u ID not
lbeen equal TO its task Of covering
1.-the lanks or our staaly disciplined
5Iregulars.
Has trench w:l-rs -e changed The
Il EGualities requir..d in 4 soldier
No, he replied Human ma
tture remains the same and it is the
man who gives and takes the blows.
5Ewhatever the nature Of his weapons.
4tCourag Sdisciplinl and s1nacity are
Itstill the dominant elements CT sue
5Ecess. s
And the guns 1t has been re-
Ipeatedly stated thatthi has hecome
IA war Of affil.erv.
l, 81 think there has been an inc lima
ton to exaggerate the Importance of
h artillery Sir JohnN answered. No
49,.
Increased in relative inil Drtance. The
Laweapons which decided the day are.
i the rife and the machine gun, and the
Infantry is Still the queen Of bat les.
i To the troops OF Emperor nv liam
4 he paid soldiers civil tribute tBut
#|5theys are no greater than other sol
Il I:diers,. he said s.. attribute their yalors
land their we'll disciplined cohesion TO
j the fact that from the cradle they are
Taught discipline and to oWrship their
emperor and the atheralnd and that
5 ii is their duty TO die for the father
Hand when the emperor conlnla nds y @
a AS to the conduct Of the Germans, 9,
lis it as bad as represented
II Have they consistently ~ broken the
5Irulcs OF civilized Warfare
4 Iestances their conduct has been bad,
livery bad know that \ has been.
! But it has varied. It has seemed 10
I. .depend on tl&e commanders f a
.commander approves of o,ltrages they
Eoccur. fes. in the main. German con-
]: fdnct depends upon tic character OF
n the German n generals.
/. And the French army II oN does
gIit5compare with the Germans 2"
n The French at the start were lab
n Sorins under the shadow OF their dis
II astrous defeat Of 1870, which might
81 vel i have led both the French and the
4 slworld in genera to think that the Ger
4 man military machine was Heaven
II born and Irresistible. The French al
81 ready have learned the contrary and
4 1.-THE world soon must, If lit has not. Man
4 for man, they are better talan the Ger
irnans today and heir army has CON
istinually improved since the war be-
\ llteriorated We have abundant evil
3ldence of the German deterioration on
Il ou roWn front. Their attacks lack the
a lfo11nervigorous spirit. Ne1lve Chapelle
!, ,proYed tnat with a strong push we
A could put tn e enemy out OF q we'll
q Fortified position and then hold what
1--WE, gained One Of the gratifying
VI things to MS j show we'll our terri
..toria1s have done once their period OF
"A tprepa ration was over and they had an
v tIopportnnity. a sfor tile Canadians. I
1. ca mot pay too high q tribute to
Nj them
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