Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-05
A|sER FORCED TO SPLIT
HIS WESTERN LEC|0Ns
ow Finds II Necessary to Prepare
Tor Moment When Open Battle
Shall Decide Fate.
,lERGENCY FORCES USED
IgIlificant That at This Moment of
Supreme Crisis Dynastic Sections
Emerge as Leaders on Whom Fall
Burdens OF War.
ny G.. T.. HI:ItTFi.LI.

~ G.. T.. BT:RTEILI.
PARIS. July 4.-Thc vastly ilnpor-
ant fact Of the Picar1y offensive,
hich is not apparent from the sur
|acc indications. is that General Jof-
3, thanks TO the dcathlcss Vcrdun
land and the Somr-s re. has forced
| he kaiscr's wcstci., lcsions into five
distinct armies.
This means that General Won Fail
cuhayn has found II necessary TO
|reparc for the moment when open
la,tlc shall decide whether nc stays
! France or seeks behind the Thine
|nfugc or destruction.
nYING TO STEM TIDE or
FRANCo-BRITISH ADVANCE
Half a million men. commanded By
re Bavarian Crown Prince, are trying
p stem the Franco British attack. At
hast another half million under the
| nDcrial crown prince. arc committed
= tho life and death struggle on the
&euse. The remaining three Tcuton
rmies are the Duke Albert OF Wurt-
|embcrgs fOsces, including all the
erman marines. facing Ypres; Won
|erinEens army. holding the center
no in Champagne and the Landwehr
Iul Landsturm formation in the
osgcs and in Alsacc. The cream of
ie German armies az regards quality
lad numbers. therefore. is fghting
nder the eyes OF the crown princes,
tirs OF the Prus.ian and Bavarian
ouses, tho mainstays OF tho empire.
| IS Significant said my informant,
R.hat the dynastic sections should
~ ,i
rene moment OF the war. The Ba-
brian Crown Princes army is the only
.cction OF the German forces on the
esteru front that mas not passed
rough the Vcrdun furnace /, has
sea held I'm readiness 10 meet the
rance British stroke. If the allies
latter il. the moment Tor the general
crmau retreat viii have been sounded,
j, the Imports, crown princes badly
aulod army is not in condition TO
,,rieve the disaster further north
We have forced the Germans TO
hclon their armies Ia deep columns.
hey can no longer carry out their
ench warfare as previously. for they
,yc no, sufficient men.
I'm The Picardy reg Ion 100000 troops
r. extended for 100 miles. giving three
en- 10 the yard which is omen lighting
,lntry The moment Is not far dis
u; when tho Hawaiian Crown Princes
ne VIII be torn so thin that he VIII
compelled 10 muster his troops for
gigantic pitched battle. which viii
uvc the cro~ninE point OF the Of
nsvc.
NIE:RGENtl E0RtEs
ARE RUSHED no 'FRONT.'
".Nircuhy his losses have been 80
we're and the situation has become so
itical that. We know tho general
&n.rEency reserve for tho whole west
"a front. which can be employed only
the Kniscr's orders, has been rushed
automobiles from Cambria 10 the
lvardy front These reserves consist
t,vo Prussiau guard divisions.
The German rcrincntal formation IN
tcardy l. one battalion in the front
ne. another IN the second line and
y third resting. According TO in
rmation which ! have been unable TO
rity. this third battalion already has
on lung into action at every point
the menaced line. and orders have
.cn issued 10 all the troops 10 hold
TO the death.
rhe first magnificent advance of the
itch stands Pcronne. The soil is
alky, with a top Of building stone
/ beneath numerous duarrics, which
e Germans nave fortified F.rer" hii-
/, has been converted into Il fortress,
any OF tho wiudmilis have been put N
state OF defense. hedges and orchards
istlc with barbcd wire among tf.
,ze OF armorcd trenches, bastions. &c
ubts ana concrete duSouts. some e
lich have been captured At Ccn'h
if;v feet.
rFICUIr COUNTRY
For MILITARY OPEH ATOMS
'Militarily, il is n bad countrv.'' a
N official said THE undulations and
uses everywhere hide the view. II is
- the Fprcs landscape. where Ger
al Foch followed tho November, !2iI.
title from q certain tower without
ing able 20 catch a glimpse Of IL.
The infantry attack must, therefore,
conducted warily. The Germans de-
lad ecvry village stubbornly and the
10 oodicst lighting is going on n the
0rtihcd cellars Of tho coal miners
uses, cntailinc a stupcndous cNpcndi-
rc Of grcnadcs.
one OF the fcrcest OF these struG-
IS occurred at Frise. but our cello
ais charged so superbly yesterday
IN they seized the village in fifteen
nutes. and captured u full company
fleeing Germans on the marshy
nge OF the canal
Tn the course Of a desperate fight
the sta blcs OF tho Thicpral chateau.
British surrounded the estate and
rccd l.300 Teutons TO surrender"