The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-07-29
The WAR LAST week.
GERMAN EFFORT TO WIN WAR.
SAW AND ITS MEANING
ATTACK ON Three Sides

Won Hindenberg's Battering Tactics
Wins Ground in Direct Frontal At
tacks in the North and Constitutes
Greatest Menace to Polish CAPITAL
What It's Fall Means.
A Military Expert in The New
york Times, in reviewing last weeks
lighting. says:
AT the outset Of the war, almost
before the Allies realized that war
was fact, Germany threw all of her
1orces into sudden and tremendous
eHort to overwhelm one of her adyer-
sarles so that, having nothing to fear
from one, she could turn undivided
attention to tho other.
ihen 1T was France that was to be
crushed, and, as an incident, an epi-
sode, Belgium. Liege, Namur, Lou
vain, BRUSSELS, Antwerp, all fell. the
impetus Of the German attack carry-
ing them on to Mons, Charleroi, and
into the heart of France almost to the
gates OF Paris. Then came the battle
or the Marne. Won kluck was de-
feated, almost captured, the Germans
were thrown back across the Aisne,
an" le German plan completely frus-
tr
yet that plan and its success
ful examination Is absolutely neces-
sary to the ultimate success of Ger
man arms. No military force, no
amount Of preparation, no military
system can win against such q coaH-
ton as confronts Germany as long as
all the units have effective fighting
armies. At least one of the armies
opposing Germany must be DESTROYED.
rendered completely hors de combat,
DefOre the star OF German victory can
appear on the horizon.
territory captured or recovered
brings advantages, increases supplies,
heightens morale, but armies, not ter.
rltory, must always remain the oh.
tective. This fact has been emphasiz-
ed in these articles several times, and
in view Of the operations in the east
during the past week merits repeti-
tlon. Its realization by the German
general staff is evidence by the pres
ent movement against Warsaw.
The German army in the west is
deadlocked. 1t absolutely can not 20
forward. At Ypres, in the Argonne.
In the Vosges. 1t has been hurled
against the intrenchnents of the AL
lies practically without effect. 1t has
made gains, it Is true; has gone
ahead a few hundred yards until the
Allies reserves have been thrown in.
then has come the sudden and posi-
tive check.
Unable to advance in the west, the
plan to eliminate France from the
conflict completely overturned, Ger
many has turned to Russia, in an ef-
tort TO do to Russia what she failed
TO do against France. This latest ef-
tort is on much more extensive
scale than that Of a year ago against
france; 1t Is the most tremendous
military effort the world has ever
seen.
But its success or failure will be
measured, from military viewpoint.
not by whether Warsaw is or is not
captured, but by whether the Rus
sian army does or does not escape the
Jaws of the German crusher.
In connection with the present
campaign for Warsaw it might not
be amiss to look at the reasons why
the previous attempts to capture the
Polish capital failed and what steps
the Germans have taken to avoid a
repetition of their former defeats.
The first attempt was made last
October, and when the German Of
tense was at it's height the Germans
were nearer Warsaw than they have
been at any time since the war be-
gan. In that operation the center of
the German attack was along the
Vistula, while their left flank did not
extend much further north than Os-
trolinka. The Russians, assembling
all available reserves, completely
turned the German left and In a few
days forced the Germans to retreat
movement that carried them back
to their own frontier.
The second attempt at Warsaw
was made later and defeated by ex-
actly the same strategy. At the cru
clal moment the Russian reserves
were rushed past the German flank
and, by an attack on the communica-
tions, forced a retreat.
Such defense has been made i'm.
possible by the operations OF the Ger
mans between the lower Niemen and
Warsaw, and between the Niemen
and the Gulf OF Riga. From Windau
to Bessarabia, a distance of about a
thousand miles, the German line is a
continuous chain.
N RANKING operation Is therefore
impossible, unless this chain is brok-
en- at some point on a front sufficient
ly wide to permit the pouring
through Of considerable body of
troops-a most unlikely occurrence,
But to recur to the present Gef-
man movements and the German plan
as reflected by the operations of the
past week: 1t will be recalled that
after the Galicia fighting and the
Russian retirement to the line Of the
ZlOta Lipa River, q distinct Iull oc-
CURED i'm the fighting I'm the south
east between Radon and Bessarabia.
This was apparently caused by two
factors-one, Won Hindenberg, who
was due west of Warsaw and oppo-
site the Russian centre, was not ready
to go forward. and Mackensen was
waiting to cooperate with him; and,
second, the Russian resistance had
stiffened to such an extent, their ia
cility for reinforcing their line was so
great, that but little headway could
be registered until general attack
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