The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-06
$ FIGHT LIN FRENCH
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(By the United Press)

be fought out on the French front Is | indicated both by the manner in which she has steadily increased her origt- nal number of divisions there and by the special concentrations she has made for her big western offensive movements.
 The number of divisions on the western front is now nearly twice that with which Germany began the war with, while for special offensiyes there Germany has occasionally con centrated as high as seventy-five per cent. of her entire fighting force.
 On August 1, 1914 when Germany had completed the mobilization of her troops she deemed necessary, she launched on both the French and the Russian fronts total of 123 divisions. By hurling 96 of these divisions against the French she counted upon speedy crushing of France and then by hastily transferring them to the Russian front where she had original ly sent only 26la divisions on ending the war on both fronts in her favor. The unexpected resistance which Germany met with on both fronts and the delay caused by the Belgians ended forever Germany's dream. She was forced to begin immediately the increasing of her divisions on both the French and the Russian fronts to meet the steady increase there in the Allied armies.
 Both in the operation of increase in fighting forces on both fronts and in the degree of concentration for spe- cial offensive. the statistics show that Germany has ever made her greatest efforts against the French front. The gradual increase in the German fight ing forces on both the French and the Russian fronts, together with the con centrations made for all the big of- fensives on both fronts is shown in the following table.
 August, 1914: Germany's principal effort on the western front. Number divisions western front 16k
 Four regiments each 1,190 batallions Number divisions Russian front 261a
 Four regiments each 322 batallions.
 Total effectives, 12S divisions Of 1,5- 12 batallions.
 Battle Yser, November 1914, con centration on western front. Number divisions French front 1O41s Four regiments each 1,293 batallions. Number divisions Russian front 321a Four regiments each 399 batallions.
 Total effectives. 137 divisions or 1900 battalions.
 allions.
 End of Russian campaign, Septem- Der 1915, Maximum against Russia. Number of divisions French front 103 or regiments each, 1900 batallions. Number divisions Russian front 67 or regiments each. 780 batallions.
 Total effectives, ITO divisions or POS batallions.
 Increase, B divisions or POS batal- lions.
 rVerdun attack, June 1916. Maximum effort against French.
 Number of divisions western front 125 All three regiments eachs 1879 batl'ns. Number of divisions Russian front 4S All three regiments, STA batallions.
 Total effectives, l73 divisions or 1,9- 50 batallions.
 Increase, 3 divisions or 50 batallions.
 July, 1917, end Franco English of fensive that spring.
 Number divisions western front 1853 Mostly 8 regiments, 1,456 batallions | Number divisions Russian front 79 Mostly 3 regiments, 869 batallions. Total effectives 2S4 divisions or 3.1- 16 batallions.
 Increase 26 divisions or 105 batal- lions.
 September 1917, German counter of, | fensives on Russian front. I Number divisions western front 147 Mostly regiments, 1869 batallions. Number divisions Russian front 92 Mostly regiments, 965 batallions. | Total effectiyps o2o divisfona or g. 34 batallions.
 Increase, divisions or IS batallions. | The entrance of the United States into the war with the increase of ef- fectives which 1t means on the west, ern front, renders even more certain that Germany continue at all times the bulk of her effort on the French front.