New Britain herald., 1916-09-07
BRITISH COMMAND l
 ELEVATED POINTS
May Wait for Spring for Next
 Great Offensive

With the British Army in FrancesH m-The British feel that their uphiIiH work in this latest offensive is over, with the exception of the taking ofE Ginchy. For over two months theirH fight has been one to gain high ground over the broad commanding front Guillemont places them in possession of the last of the old second linek trenches, and from Somme, to Thiep- val the Germans now have been blast
 ed out of their old positions.
 ''This is not the only point in our favor," said a British staff officer "The Germans chose their ground when they built this line of fortifica-
 tions, which they considered invul-
 nerable. When the British first
 smashed through the Germans said
 that we were in a sack. So we were, in one sense. But we had to make
 an opening In that solid line of de-
 fense as start in our plans. We knew
 the hardest work would come after
 the great main attack, and this is so
 far accomplished that now it is the
 Germans who are in a sack.
 'If we prefer to end the summer
 offensive and wait for spring, when
 we shall have quardrupled the number of guns and so much ammunition that we shall have to keep up daily a battle of guns on four times the length of the present front with all the she'll fire of the biggest day in this sum- mer's offensive in order to consume the supplies arriving daily across the channel, why, our present position of artillery and infantry means simply that we could kill two Germans to every Briton the Germans kill. This was the first step. What the others are to be only the commanders of the allied armies know"
 Army With Its Head in the Air"
 The British and French successes this week had an extraordinary effect on both armies. The ability of the French to make a second drive over the broad front and the same sector as that of the big offensive of the first of July brought conviction to the professional sceptics. "Go over and see the French" said the British officer, Eff you want to see an army with it's head in the air.
 Not even the weather can dampen the high spirits of both armies. The rain has been of the persistent, chilly autumn style. Men who came out of the trenches plastered with chalky clay, who had been charging under a weight of sixty pounds equipment and then lying in miniature ponds made by shell holes or on the wet earth digging and wallowing in the mud, say Guillemont is taken and that pays for their hardshiDs.
 The many new highways which the British built with ponderous road making machines brought from Eng and and the new railways which are ,art of Sir Douglas Haig's policy have aved transports from being mired Supplies have gone up as usual trough the storms without interrup- ion. Tn the camps at the rear the oldiers make themselves little tents with their rubber blankets under which they cluster for shelter from he downpour. They manage to keep artly dry, but those in the fighting inc expect to be saturated
 Whether private soldier in his shell CT tent or general in his automobile, II take the viewpoint it will take lany months of fighting to bring the yar to a close, but none has shadow f doubt of ultimate victory for the ntente allies.