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fore heavy odds sn.i that all the pun
ishment which they could inf1ict on
the enemy by a cool and stubborn re-.
sistance from point to point was no
less valuable to The ultimate objec1z
that il they were advancing Their
confidence that their turn to take the
offensivn would col. remained I'M
shaken. Next in Importance the,
work Of our cavalry in its aggressive.
ness and alertness preventing the
cavalry of the enemy from getting
La decided superiority over that OF the
enemy, which was Of vital assist
lance
:'And what. to yon. was the most
critical moment ns all your campaign
in F'ranceo' % WAS the next question.
ION the retreat from Mons to Lee.
icateau. We were in the open country
in a very dangerous. position and the
German ambition for the annihila-
ton of our little army might have
been realized il our cavalry mad not
been equal TO its task of covering
the tanks of our stsaly disciplined
regulars.
Has trench va-fl-e charged The.
qualities required in a soldier q"
NO" he replied Human ma
-ture remains the sama and it is the
man who gives ana takes the blows.
whatever the aatura Of his weapons.
Courage. discipltn. and tenacity are
still the dominant elements OF sue
cess.
and the guns. 1t has been re-
peatedly stated thar this has become
a war Of artillery"
II think there has been an inclina-
ton to exaggerate the Importance Of
artillery Sir John answered NO
doubt, of the three arms, artillery has
increased in relative Importance. The
weapons which decide thed ay are
the rife and the machine gun, and the
infantry is Still the queen Of battles
To the troops Of Emperor William
he paid soldiers civil tribute. But
they are no greater than other sol-
diers,n he said. 4 attribute their yalor
and their we'll disciplined cohesion to
the fact that from the cradle they are
taught discipline and to worship their
emperor and the fatherland and that
it is their duty 10 die for the father
land when the emperor commands"
AS to the conduct of the Germans.
lis it as bad as represented &
II Have they consistently broken the
rules of civilized warare?'
Yes" he replied, lin many In
stances their conduct has been bad,
very bad. I know that it has been
But it has varied. 1t has seemed to
depend on the commanders. II a
approves of outrascs they
occur Yes, in the main, German con-
duct depends upon. the character Of
the German generals.
And the French army How does
it5compare with the Germans?"
THE French at the start were lab, 4
oring under the shadow OF their dis
astrous defeat Of 1870, which might
we'll have led both the French and the
world in general to think tina the Ger
man military machine was Heaven
born and Irresistible. The French al
ready have learned the contrary and
the world soon must, if it has not. Man
for man, they are better than the Ger
mans today and their army has con-
tinually improved since the war be-
gan while the German army has de- |
Perforated. We have abundant evil
dence OF the German deterioration on
gu rown front. Their attacks lack the
former vigorous spirit. Seuve ChapelleI
proved that with strong push we
could put the enemy out Of well
fortified position and then hold what
we gained. One OF 1.-The gratifying
things to us rs how we'll our terri
torials have done once their period OF /
was over, and they had an /
As for the Cana dams, + /
can not pay too high tribute to-
them