The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-26
GERMAN WESTERN
FRONT WILL Be
BROKEN IN Time
RawIinson Haig'S Right Hand
Man, ForeteIIs the End,
BY FREDERICK PALMER
Copyright by the Associated Press

~ M - = N IN . - - ~ - ~
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY N
FRANCE, Octa26 Can't the German
line ON The western front be broken "
Next 90 Sir Douglas llalg few Brit
iSh soldiers are in better position 10
Judge than General Sir Henry Rawln
son. General Ilaig', right hand man IN
the Somne offensive Rawllnson /, to
Haig what Sherman was 10 Gran.
and Jackson was to Lee
'Undoubtcdly IT can was General
RawlinSous reply to the question which
the world /, asking
"Rawley'' Not Phlegmatic.
"Rawlcy" as he IS known. has been
Tor nearly four months directing the
,ledge hammer blows of one OF IN.
armies under Sir Douglas command
he character Of each commander he
my impressed upon his surroundings,
General RawlinSon's htadquartcr,
might be recognized by the Smartnc',
ot the SeutrcS, the ncl,ncSs Of the
grounds and the look and sharp man
ncr ui his subordinates. He IS hardl,
the accepted phlcgmatic English tgpc
except IN his bulldog tsnacity, and he
has all the spirit thS ~ had as a
young guardSman when he was noted
for his abundant vitality his love OF
sports and his professional zeal
Alertness Personified.
Wherever young RawllnSon appeared
there was bound to be action lie is
still equal TO putting in most OF the
night and all the morning directing
big operation and then finding relax.
alton from the strain in game OF ten
MS.
In the big staff rooms on the lowe,
| floor OF a chateau which he occupies as
headquarters, there is an alcrtneS
among the junior officers which is
communicated from little room up
stair where raised map is set on a
standard by the window, and the man
who receives a visitor has lost none Of
the dappcrncSS which distinguished him
in his youth In that little room Gen
eral llaig and General RawlnSon have
held many conferences, and the result
OF them seem to be invariably TO at
tack again
Military Cronies.
The commander in chief IS S and the
army commander g Officers OF the
same generation in the old British reg
ular army. they have known each other
these thirty years. They have played
and fought together in lNdia, Egypt
arl south Africa Now they are dl-
'rcuug multtudes OF men in the great
c, harle oi all time.
here Is the same good fellowship
lEA accord that there was when thos
were junior officers Both came to
France At the outset OF the great war
RawlinSo1 aS commander OF a division
faig as commander OF corps.
Offensive Planned Last March.
'lt was last March" said Genera
Rawllnson 20 the Associated Press cor
respondent. that the present offensive
was planned. Sir Douglas and myseli
looked over the ground and 4 received
orders TO prepare the men and ma
tcral for my part of the enterprise
Instead OF undertaking a prcmatur,
offensive with our unrcady army, il
was decided 10 take over more front
IRON the French. The decision wa,
most fortunate and a tribute to IN,
Judgment OF the French that they coult
hold the Germans at Nerdun No; only
could they hold the Germans. but the,
were able after giving the enemy IN,
seyereSt handling he had had so far II
this war, to Join us in the Sommc of
icnSive, with results which all know.
German Strategy Failed
, They say that the Germans hopeC
TO force YOU 10 attack prema,urely las
February the correspondent suggest
ed.
Nothing could have better suite,
their purpose was the reply. than I,
have induced us to attack before w
were ready They had thinncd ihci
., lines IN the east and maSsed their re
(, serves in the west Happily, owing I,
the French tenaoity and pluck, we wer
given time
British Army Fights.
Are you satisfied with the results
YES, we have taken position aite
/ position and 10000 prisoners. For near
, ly four months this army has kept o
4 attacking 1t has arrested It's master
. over the enemy who had forty year
of preparation The logged heroic gal
. lantry and tenacity of our infantry hav
> been proved Despite their despera,
n counter attacks, how few prisoners III
. Germans have taken
I When in their. eagerness our battaI
ions have advanced too far because Il,
resistance was comparatively light. an
= the Germans closed in with superio
|, numbers, our men either held thei
ground successfully or died ightin
: rather than yield This is the spir
\. which we have to work with in our fu
a ,urc plans, Our young Officers, VIII
. knew nothing of war two years ag,
!. have had schooling OF battle Tn