Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-04-20
HAS A NEW SYSTEM OF TACTICS BEEN EvoLvED'

How mr.. the France making Roadway against the Ter
bly efficient German machine the 'front.' The common
EXPLANATION French and British artillery maintaining ie
superiority employment OF ana heavier guns IMAM tue
Germans results have been accomplished has no DOUBT
been suppressed by guard the military secrets but quite
enough through throw light the interesting develop
ments Undoubtedly the French and British guns have 10 some extern
ecpsed the German guns the zenith OF the latter
as in having racr' and PASSED while ahed m!a
strength the ascendcncy But this does not explain the
Of those points, Nmy ridge where the detense were considered
by military to be practically mlgnaot NOR
complete the has been suggested assisted the a
in assault No that allied activity has played an import
ant part by making the service OF information more Ell
The vOr such as gas ana tanks continue t" inquire !"
the dispac these explanations accepted com
pee do detail the of the decentralization Of the
German strongly fortified positions
Nothing departure field tactics can suggest the
problem of how three advance with success aga
the the dernan al
mitd ncory by digging in That the British have been
paying recently to field tactics an to trench warfare mas
Evidently the allies expect To- walk out OF lher trenches
d the throw irresistible weight On
the machine The allies have more than once
proved srrcrorN oye their enemies in the open field
The following been suggested the basis OF the new taccs-th
method running Germans their erhen burrows and prevent
ing them from digging in:
guns rug explosive shells that through the eke earth bar
rers and exploding death the underground tronghods Ia
front the lighter and vastly mobile field guns that fine
bnne that Tears away entang emens parapets f
the trenches field the machine
steady of bullets from their cooled barrels These guns
ara not the machine gums so called Army the Eu-
rope being rifles The machine mechanical
the monoony their fire They do ortok of the fatigue OF
their operator The needs only
TO turn the crank designated His ell
ovation officer Like steady rele hose
hostile trenches In advance this
last line trenches where the assaultng
troops the when the advance begin OF
the watch officers wrist the heavy
curtain of fire that cuts off all communication between the
line trenches and his supports The lighter
,nue hostile trenches The advance armed
They advance slowly under the protection of the
light artillery They take advantage of shell holes other
with sudden of fire. of the that
exposed the armed with rnade
Inc the dugout
ronghod, the armed
with res pick, They the and they
idate the position while the rifle, preventing
The three lines advance walk the first being always covered
artillery whose elevation controlled To the of ad
The of largely ecaoon drawn from ragmen
reports closely scrutn2d BIS whose duty
this information abroad American
already preparing schools study IT,
method OF pacced Europe that American
activity. will fully
will there French and British officer.
boards officers order that tho
expecno gained by three be taken advantage of bv
the United The be shared equal basis by
the allied nations
1t would that Germany has decided put her trust burrow
EARTH offensive To
open evidently the chief of her this OF
In will he that the problem of three alvnc
against greatly mpled especially when the
initiative and the training the field.