Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-28
DETAIL STORY OF
OPERATIONS IN WEST
ARENA OF GREAT WAR
Confined From Page oneJ


II could be renewed. the arrival o
fresh endorsements had fo be wait
ed. which were dispatched to Tho
north ON November ~ Iy the lltf
our troops had again begun 10 pro.
grcss, barring the road to Ypres
against The German attack and In
| flicting ON HE enemy who advanced
I In massed formation LOSSES which
were especially terrible u cOnse-
| quence OF the fact that The French
ana British artillery had crowded
! nearly three hundred guns on 90 these
| few kilometers Of front
Thus the main mass of the German
army sustained the same defeat as the
/ dctachments operating further to the
north along the coast. The support
which, according to the idea OF the
| German general staff the attack on
Ypres was to render 60 the coastal at
! tack. was as futile as that attack IL
self had been.
During the second half Of Novem-
Der the enemy exhausted, and having
/ lost In the battle Of Ypres alone more
than 10000 men, ala not attempt to
renew his effort, but confined himself
Co an Intermittent cann0uade. We, on
the contrary achieved Ippreciable
progress To- the north and south of
Ypres, and Insured definitely by a
powerful defensive organization of the
position, the inviolability Of our front.
over 10000 German IOrpscs.
The compiler of the report here
adds foot note stating that over 49,
600 German c0rpses were found on
the battlefield during these three
weeks of battle.
The report next proceeds TO sum
marie the character and results Of
operations since the battle Of Elan
ders, that is during the period of No
vember 3O-FebruarY I. II says that
since the former date The French su-
prcme command had not thought it
advisable 10 embark upon important
offensive operations. II has confined
Itself to local attacks, the main OBJ
Ject of which was 10 hold I'm front Of
ms as large q number of German
troops as possible and thus prevent
the withdrawal Of the troops which,
to our knowledge, the German gem
ernl staff was anxious TO dispatch to
Russia. As a matter of fact the num-
bers transported to the eastern front
have been very moderate.
or the fifty-two army corps which
faced us on the western front, Ger
many has only been able to take four
and one-haif corps for the eastern
front. On the other hand, climatic
conditions-tho rain, mud and mist
were such as to diminish the effect
iveness Of offensive operations and TO
add 10 The ccst Of any undertaking.
which was another reason for post
poning them still another reason lies
in the fact that from now on the al
lied forces can count on steadily eX-
panding growth, equal in point Of
numbers and units of material, while
the German forces have attained the
maximum Of their power and can only
diminish row, both in numbers and in
value. These conditions explain the
character of the siege warfare which
the operations have. Wsumed during
the period under review
Meanwhile it Is by no means the
case that the siege warfare has had
the same results for the Germans as
for us From November 10 to Fcbru-
AIRY ! our opponents. in spite of very
numerous attacks, did not succeed in
taking anything from us, except a few
hundred metres Of ground to the
north of Scissors We, ON the CON
u W
appreciablc results
Part two under the caption, "The
French Army as II Is deals eX-
with the condition of the
army after six months Of war, the
higher command the supply Of off I
GERS and nun-commissioned officers /
and Of munitions of war of all kinds I
and transport ana services
FTbn papapI1sp at tho rat,,tt I.ptt-
ming his review on February states /
that the condition of the French army |
Is excellent and appreciably superior /
to what it was at the beginning Of the /
war and from the three points Of view |
Of numbers quality ana equipment
Commanders Have Changed.
I'm the higher command important |
changes have been made. # has, in /.
fact been reiuvcn0ted by the promo /
.ion of young commanders of proved I
quality to high rank All the old gen /
erals, who at the beginning of August /
were at the head Of large commands, /
have been gradually eliminated, some /
as the result of the physical .train Of (
wan and others by appointment to ter /
rltorlal commands. This reiuyena- /
ton OF the higher ranks Of the army +
mo n,anner ana # n,.,' no eaid th9t !, /
ms cnbroced IN M rradee ~ Mn
.ary hinrarchy rro,, ron,1,,a,dors ~
bripodes IN rop,1n.,n1ers ~ arn,ins
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srage ops ar e,ne,.,, affl"o,, h,- tom
.rars
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he officers cor,n,a,5ins arn,ios and
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