Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-14

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NJ" iohh' January i"'-'erihahs
20 preparing 1"r Az Arh'aseao'"'
.y'..e '" o%,. odntl :" " o"s
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a" 80
a. d.. 49,
" mo-
-'"'"'. ''''"'"','"' = III s'c"l
ohh!auEht expected on the west front
III the spring.
The biblical term ".Arma cddon" is
tho one most often applied in Germany
to this expected battle. This term
pcriaps best show. the importancc
attached to the "couinr hattie" A.
Ic.s, g n ,hcv mink II IN. .i,,.y f,ir
,-.i, .aL , 49,. 49, -.
,.i,, ~ g.. aa.,.'r ~,
90" va
49, ~"
''u '"e h"H Is inc slogan 10
"aF IN Germany. ana TO ho'd the line
~ tnc "est while HindcnburSs big
INST is keeping up the mauling In tho
cast. Germany Is bending every nerve
and sinew. Nothing during the entire
Wal approAimatcs what i, now yoinc
on in GERMANY I'm inc way or .pr..
p~arcduess" Every man and woman
the former up to sixty years. bI.
Of bearing ,rns Is boinr rohii;z.d
iu,o IN. v,s, ..hrmo ,rr,.. 80 r..on.
fore. he arr,e,i nIr;on. ;n ~ n.ld
. h.o.. .a 800 a..
100 "''" wv W.
"hoi.D THE LINE"
Is OFFICIAL oRDER
Hold the line IN the West" is the
official and popular order Of tho day.
Mud TO that end tho soil Of France
is being gophcrcd, burrowcd. exca-
waited and tunnclcd into q series Of
connected positions and "carth fort
ro.s.s"
Eaw f.,oi,ncrs luov ur. &c On.
iu.. on Ichjrd ,no ,:or,r,, fr,,, j.,
~ W., ,;ncc oc,ohnr nf ,,,. u,,,.,
tina, know can ,clI comparative
~ little aud remain true - tho tr,y,
and confidence imposed i'll 4 foreign
correspondent when he Is accepted by
either side. The Germans arc build
ing or constructing u wall in the Wset
such az military history has not seen.
Tho German. are fond Of calling their
western IRON, . ",u.ncr Won c,scn uud
him" or w,lI Of iron and blood Bu,
~, nov .v,Irr might hotter h. dc.
..,
ground wall" perhan. re-cnforced with
500, and iron" and "@ccmcutcd with
hIood..
49,. ~
'"''' '''lp"'e
l'''"o 81 q" o"'"SN' u "p''r '.",-
u'rS' bo'h sIh"N .hN' 'r''" IL, ~"
'"'I"d mlsciao!!' , nc 'n"u9"''oS up"
ih"usalHs "h" zen on "o'h sues ~
,hos" battles hay" proved that thco-
r",tcai military science does not KNOW
"NorythinG. and that tens OF thousands
must pay with their lives for the les
sons learned by commanders.
Thc ground IN upper Flanders is not
adapted 10 bringing UP heavy artillery.
And IL was therefore hat the allies
selected Am!enS as tho hub for their
Sommc cnensivc--most promising be-
cause OF the many excellent roads rad
jating, fan-iike, "a the front, which
they sought to break.
Hiding LINES nI'
POSITIONS IN WEST
,.,ro -, s.c,,, ON, uh;,n ,o,h
ne - 800 ~ 49,
~ h3,.ar 80 nne,'~ 80 va
H.. ,rrncd ,n, mo-, So nf,.msive
$3.50 ha F,
I..irr an, .Ii b. Nal. IL. ~
n.,Hors -, n,h., nar,1ns - ,n. fro,t
-, ,.c.rs,rc rr ,,,n saan az
No Somro ,;r. d.,;nc 40, 49,, ha,
~. ''' ''''"e '""' '"'
.rh. ,,o .,o w., ,-o,,
uhi,b ,bnrc Is sometimce - ,r,zn NJ
700 miles To 4 single army division.
Ib1 III tHt past largely DGen nap
haZardly constructed as far AS the
lay of the land" was concerned. They
were dug wherever the exigency Of the
moment made 1t necessary.
There was not rs much regard for
The "stratceical topography" Of the
ground as perhaps might have been,
and that is often admitted now in Ger
man military circles. To "get under
ground was the chief thing. and to do
that without going farther back from
the trenches lost was the next con-
sideration. The second. and often the
third. line were within range Of the
big guns. which woul be hammering
away there while the massed light and
Medium heavy artillery were drum
ming the first position. And still the
English and French made but a ten
mile dent" in five months battle.
Expecting that all the resources OF
Great Britain and France. in intelli-
gence and material, in men and guns.
Il larger army than any yet seen on a
battle field, will b. thrown against
the west from, in tie spring, with a
shock that may shake the German
empire. Germany has entered upon a
campaign Of preparedness such as
only can be limited at.