Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-19
WAR TO LAST
ANOTHER YEAR
British Officers and Soldiers
at Front Express
Opinions.
GERMANS RESIST
ON WEST FRONT
Final Battle Of War to Be Wased
on French German. Belgium From
tiers, According to Views Of Experts
Germany Preparing to Resist Ad.
vance Of Allies <: Every Village and
Every Ravine.
[Copyrigft 1916 by the Associate
@-t. Press N

copyright 1916 by the Associated
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British Front in France, via London
Oct. 1s.-The war will last another
year, according to the consensus of
opinion among the British soldiers and
their leaders. It is also the opinion OF
the Germans If the views of prisoners
count for anything. Before the grand
offensive started a high authority in
formed the correspondent Of the AS
sociated Press that the German line
would not be broken this summer and
that slow operations wearing down The
Germans would be lnaugurated. Wltn
the approach Of winter conditions this
OFFICER recalled his prediction and said:
1--WE knew what the German re-
sources were and what ours were and
what time was required to force de-
cisive victory for our arms"
Germans to Resist to Last.
German prisoners taken during the
summer invariably spoke Of peace be-
ing certainty in the autumn. They
REGARDED the Somme thrust as final
effort of the allies for q decision and
that after it peace would be made
Their tone had been entirely different
Of late. They recognize that it is to
be a fight to finish between the man
power and resources Of the two Toes
and an ultimate decision would come
from the fearful attrition on the wes-
tern front, which now viii know no in
termission until. the end. The Ger
mans are determined to make every
village on the western front i fortress,
which will yield only whom reduced to
dust by shell firs, and every gully q
machine gun post.
At q period when the weather is ad-
verse to offensive operations elsewhere
the Germans apparently are concen-
trating every man and gun against
Roumania. The view Of the BRITISH
OFFICERS u that the Germans hope t.
crush Roumanta 20 that when the1
have to- face q common allied offensiy.
In the spring they msy not have to de-
fend the broad Roumantan frontier.
& . British Morale Best.
q It is I universal remark among the
British that never has the morale Of
the prisoners varied more than now.
you will notice that we are always
taking prisoners and the Germans get
very few Of ours" said staff officer
when small parties Of our men gel
into hazardous positions they die rath-
or than yield. This shows their NOR
ale ana the temper Of the situation
Some Germans have never fought bet
ter and some have never fought sc
badly a. in the last few weeks. Today
FOR example twenty Germans prac-
tically threw up their hands and walk
ed into the British lines. i But the sol
diers who took them prisoners had nc
illusion that these prisoners typifled
the condition Of the German army as q
whole There are other Germans
ready to fight with that ferocIty which
expects no quarter.
However. whether 1t is a German
VINO throws up his hand on the ap.
proach Of the British charge. or the
survivor Of score who fought to the
death, the opinion as to the duration OF
the struggle remains the same. All
believe that the war has entered the
stage where no compromise is to be
expected"