Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
STORIES OF THE WAR
The End of the War.

We have got a long way to go," said Sir William Robertson, Kitchen CTS successor, a few days ago. And we must be ready to go all the way" he added. Fight to a finish is the order. There must be no slackening off.
 No good soldier will make a. definite prediction as to the end of the war.
 We must be prepared to go on for a period of time which it is impossible to estimate," said Sir William. And that expresses the opnion of the aru1y There may be various influences at work which they know nothing of, there Is the constant talk heard here of internal troubles in Germany, but the army officer only looks at the map" He still sees a long road ahead before the victory he has in mind can become reality The military de- feat. of Germany, and that is the only means the invasion of the German Elm pire. General Sir O'Moore Cragh. the distinguished Irish ''V. C." has said:
 The Indian Lancers may never ride through the Brandenburg gates, but the end of the war will not come until 1t is possible for them to do so."
 Things are going so we'll at the western front that 1t is difficult even for any words of warning uo uull the spirit of elation in London. With Germany on the defensive it fs felt here that the enemy is no longer fight ing to retain all he seized in the first great onslaught of the war; but it is rather struggling to hold as much as possible until peace shall come. There is the predicted shortening of the western line" which Londoners con- fidently look for from day to day. On the other hand, is the statement of General Foch, the French con- mander, who declares the Germans are so tightly held in the west it is i'm possible for them to either advance or retreat in any great number
 We are on them," he said Hike a corrosive acid. We have eaten into their Hanks and they can't throw us off. You cannot always see acid at work, but the disintegrating process is going on all the time"
 The artillery of the Allies on the Somme, where the great armies of the ebli1gerents are massed, commands such an overwhelming influence as to prevent retreat, it is said. The smelling behind the German lines is just as intense as it is in front. Tie shells has frankly amazed the Ger l mans. the military critics here all agree, and the artillery activity ha@ brought about a distinct new phase in | the fighting. It has driven the once closely locked trenches further and l hoi bLOl dpdIt. It HdS SOIV6Q the DrOD- | lem of dealing with a dug in' enc my. It has been discovered that the way to successfully take a trench is
 to obliterate it, to f1atten it out with shell fire. Recent allied advances have
 been bought with ammunition rather
 than with blood. This has led George Queri, the German critic, to write in | the Berliner Tagelblatt:
 | Every German killed costs a fortune
 to the French. The enemy is devotine
 all of his attention to artillery. The l whole concentrated experience finds expression in shells and more shells
 His infantry Is used only to test tIIe
 bridge made by shells to the German 1 trenches. Infantry fighting is nc
 longer man against man. The trench
 is only rushed by infantry when it has
 been blown to dust. It is confession