The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-05
What EXPERT SAYS
PLAN OF BATTLE ALTERED BY
WARSAW'S CAPTURE
RACE TO WIN in west


VIII ont Push Further Into Po.
land But Will Make Western Drive
at CaIais-Seaport Towns Become
Important.
"Erope and the world will now
watch race between the Kaiser and
Lord Kitchener for the weakest SPOT
in the western line
This is the belief expressed in
washington by military expert of
high standing in commenting upon
the fall of Warsaw and it's probable
effect upon military operations in
Europe.
"lf Lord Kitchener has a large
ramy in England to-day ready to be
shipped across, the quicker he ships
them over to the western front and
digs them in the better it will be
for the allies"
This officer expressed the belief
that the German forces would not at
tempt to progress further in Poland,
but would content themselves with
the construction of strong fortifica-
tions extending through the small
railroad centres facing the lines to
which the forces of Grand Duke
Nicholas have been withdrawn.
Nicholas has chosen his own new
line, and no doubt has had plenty of
time to prepare himself to hold it..
l can not see where it would avail
the Teutonic allies greatly to ad-
vance further at this time on the
eastern front If they can use a COM
paratively small force to hold the
Russians where they now are and
nH f@r
new attempt to break through to
Calais on the western front. With
strong Notifications at Ostrow, Sled
lice, Lukow, Vangord and Lublin and
along the Narew River on the north,
they should be able to leave the Aus
tro-Hungarian forces in command OF
n defensive campaign and release
more than a million men for opera
tions elsewhere. No doubt a large
force will be employed in an attempt
to clear the way through Serbia for
reinforcements of the Turkish forces
defending the Dardanelles against
the land operations Of the allies.
"Of course of the withdrawal of
the Russian troops really Is due to q
serious shortage of ammunition,
time may yet be left for a new often
sive by the Russians If enough sup
plies OF ammunition are shipped in
But in all probability the time for a
grand offensive in the Russian cam
paign will have passed in another two
months, and it is doubtful If the
Russians, even with new supplies of
ammunition, will be willing to pro-
ject another offensive in the time.
Every indication from reports we
get points to a growing and very
marked dissatisfaction in Russia with
the inaction of the allies on the west
ern front. Russia feels that she has
been left by her allies to bear the
brunt Of the fight at a time when
she was unprepared to meet so Wig
orous an offensive. Having kept his
armies virtually intact by mastery
retreat to a line Of his own selection,
Grand Duke Nicholas is expected to,
rest for the time being and let the
western front do some of the work
in stemming German aggression.
Il have little doubt that the forty
mile British front will again be the
scene OF a tremendous drive by the
Germans. Calais must be taken II
the Germans hope to place them
selves in position to make peace
terms, and this front must be either
pierced or eliminated before Calais
can be taken.
''Of course, there always is the
possibility of throwing enough troops
against another part Of the line to
break through and execute a flank
ing movement against the line Of
trench Notifications which the allies
have dug themselves into the west.
This would deman da vigorous often
sive along the entire line TO keep it
busy while the piercing of one point
md hn MI infy L.,
progress.
mot that the use Of tremendous
reinforcement from the East would
accomplish this in itself, for there Is
no telling how many men Kitchener
is holding in reserve or where he is
holding them. A well equipped Brit
ish army behind the line in readiness
to be projected against an unwarned
force Of Germans which had been
permitted to break through could
play havoc with the German plans
and result in throwing them back
for some distance in order to rear
range their lines. 4
German strategy Is worked out
with mathematical precision but is
not subject to rapid readjustment.
1t largely is based on the theory that
strategy may be made surprise-proof.
Any breaking down of that theory
always results in serious delays for
an movement involved. American
officers had ample opportunity to OBJ
serve this in the Boxer campaign, 90
and German officers were consider
ably embarrassed by the fact. A well
directed surprise movement with an
unexpected British army might play
havoc with the German offensive In
the west"