Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-06

dirt. General Won Arnim suggests In
the document that 1t would be adyis-
able to fit cover over the breech of
the rifles. like that used In the British
army, which can be easily unfastened
and then hangs from the rifle.
Explicit instructions are given in the
document to the artillery to change
their methods of placing batteries in
villages and behind steep slopes, be-
cause of the British method of distri-
button of their artillery fire, which pro-
digally searches all obvious shelters.
owing the the terrific concentration
OF the British artillery fire, says the
document, front lines of trenches should
be thinly held and dependence placed
on small groups of machine gunners.
once. the British lay curtain OF fire
on trench, it adds, the men had bet
ter evacuate 1t and lie down in the
open.
Telephone System Inadequate
Most interesting to the officers in
view of the fact that tho British have
so consistently held ground they have
taken against counterattack. is what
General Won Arnim says on the subject.
II counterattacks. which on account
OF the situation ought to be methodical-
ly prepared are hurried, they cost much
blood, because the troops lose their
trust in the leaders IL they fail, which
nearly always happens" says General
Won Arntm.
He then complains that the .existing
telephone system has proved totally in
adequate in consequence of the develop
.hent OF the fghting.' and says the ar
tilery signal system broken down. The
commander asserts that he has dis
covered that British aeroplanes use
sound signals to tell gunners where
their shells are falling. and says the
fourth corps already has started ex-
pertinent on the same kind of method
as a complement to the wireless, which
is frequently interrupted.
British Airmen Bold
"The numerical superiority of the
British iSrmen and the fact that their
machines were better made is Disagree
ably apparent to U.S." General Won Arm
i'm says. and he speaks of the sur
prisingly bold procedure of their air.
men. who were often "able to fire sue
cessfully on our troops with machine
guns by descending to within a few
hundred feet of the ground. He adds
that the German anti-aircraft guns
could not continue firing at that height
without exposing their own troops to
the serious danger of shell fragments"
Before the battle OF the Somme air.
men kept at anywhere from six thou
sand to twelve thousand feet over the
lines on account OF anti-afrcraft gun
fire,
General Won Arnim in the document
warns his infantry to use their rifles
against these daring British aviators.
He says that the ammunition supply
and the artillery are Inadequate and
that maps were insufficient In quantity
and bad as regards details. Also the
supply of horses has reached the ut
most limit. OF the food supply Gem
eral Won Arnim says:
Plenty Of FOor
mo special difficulties arose. The
supply columns proved sufficient" But
he emphasizes the Importance of min
eral waters and beverages. which the
British have always found plentiful in
captured German trenches and saws
that the troops cannot have too much
of all kinds of sausages and meat when
lighting. Dried herring are unsatisfac-