Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-04
OFFENSIVE OF THE ALLIES
They Issue Statement Of Extensive
Operations.
ALLEGE Much MATERIAL ADVANTAGE.

|ALLEGE MUCH MATERIAL ADVANTAGE.
According to tho French General Staff
Germans Have Passed the Maxi.
mum of Their Efficiency, While tho
Allies are Just Now Only Reaching
Their Best.
London, March 27 Correspondence
Of the Associated Press) THE ninth
and tenth installments Of the French
official war review, which in previous
chapters, has dealt with the German
effort, the using up Of German troops
and officers and the material and
moral war stage Of the German
army, deal respectively with military
supplies and concerns Of the conflict
up to date as found by the writer.
The review points out that the chief
explanation Of imperfections noted In
German projectiles Is to be found In
the bad quality Of the primary ma
terial. It declares there Is "a terri
BILE scarcity Of rubber and that still
more serious is "the scarcity Of cop
per, which Is indispensable for the
manufacture of shells and munitions"
The same condition, 1t Is asserted,
holds true Of saltpeter and Of the
nitrates necessary for its manufac-
ture.
The review presents tables and
quotations from German writers to
prove the scarcity Of food supplies
within the empire. 1t says:
Scarcity Of Food.
1T has been observed on several oc-
casions that the revictualing Of the
German army has not been as regular
as that Of the French. In the case
of the battle of Marne and in the
weeks which followed the German
prisoners were famished and declared
they had eaten nothing for several
days"
In the tenth and last installment,
the writer says:
"Of the events Of which a recital
has now been completed, 1t remains
to appraise the results Of these six
months Of war and to define the pos
sibilities which those results have in
store for us in future operations. 1t
may first Of all be affirmed that the
fundamental plan Of the German gen.
eral staff has completely failed. This
plan has been superabundantly set
forth by German military writer's as
also in the reciting by the ministers
Of war. It aimed at crushing France
by an overwhelming attack and at
reducing her to a condition Of help
lessness in less than month.
Germany has not succeeded in
this. Our army Is, as we have seen,
not only intact, but strengthened, full
Of trust in its leaders and profoundly
penetrated with the certainty Of final
success. Germany has not attained,
then, the essential object which 1T
publicly set forth. But the defeat
which she has sustained does not ap-
ply only to her fundamental plan. 1t
extends also to the various operations
which she has essayed to secure par
| tial advantages over us In default Of
the decisive advantages in which she
had fallen.
Seven Big Defeats.
ITO sum up the German general
staff has placed upon Its record since
the beginning Of the campaign, apart
from the failure Of its general plan, |
which aimed at the crushing Of
France in a few weeks-seven defeats |
Of high significance, namely, defeat |
Of the sudden attack on Nancy, defeat |
of the rapid march on Paris, defeat Of
defeat Of the same development in
November, defeat Of the attempt to |
break through our center In Septem-
ber, defeat Of the coast attack on
Dunkirk and Calais and the defeat of
the attack on Ypres.
"The German army powerful and
courageous as 1t may be, has there
fore succeeding in gaining the advan-
tage upon no single point, and its |
forced halt after six months Of war
condemns it to a retreat, the pace Of
which may be accelerated by the Rus
sian successes, but the necessity Of
which Is now a foregone conclusion |
independently Of those successes
Against the extent Of the German
defeat has to be placed that Of the
French success. All that our enemies |
have failed to gain we have gained, |
and first and foremost confidence in
ourselves. 1t is certain, and it could |
not be otherwise that at the outset |
our troops and the country itself still |
remained under the impression of the
defeats Of 1870. The victory of the
Marine, confirmed by the victory Of
Flanders; the impossible barrier set
up against the most formidable ef-
fort which has ever been attempted
in the military history of the world,
have created a feeling Of security
which grows stronger every day.
Needed Quick Success,
Every one Is aware that In order
to gain the day against the coalition
WHICH lllclOSeS neT, Germany neeOeQ
a rapid success This rapid success
lacking, her defeat is certain If for
the last three months the French COM
mand has not engaged in a general
offensive, 1t has had three decisive
reasons for this The first is that
having time on it's side, it intends to
make its efforts only after it has as
sembled all the means upon which 1t
can rely, within a more or less near
interval of time, with absolute GER
tainty. The second Is that the exam
pie Of the Germans at Ypres has
shown us what may be the price of
an offensive. but insufficiently prepar-
ed. The third reason Is that the
weather has been almost necessarily
bad.
I'VE have seen that the French
army Is strengthening itself every
day In heavy artillery, in explosive
weapons for the trenches and in pro-
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