Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-10

 month of May, 10000 men are esti- mated by the allied staff during the month of June, etc.)
 Fighting Never Ceases.
 This is because the fighting on the western fIont, as a matter of fact, prac- tically never ceases. Whether in the Grench sectors of Verdun or the Aisne or in the British sectors of Arras and Ypres, the fighting is only discontinu- ed at one point to be taken up at an other. In addition to the big attacks, a quantity of carefully prepared small actions which have been crowded with success and of which the bulletins are not able to give a clear idea, in crease the attrition of the Germans.
 Winter Stops Activities.
 This constant activity. coinciding with the weakness and inactiOn of the Russians, also explains why the Ger mans are obliged to maintain, and sue ceed in elfectually maintaining, three times larger forces on the French front than on the Russian. Qn the begin ming of the summer there were 156 German divisions to 700 kilometers on the French front, as against 130 Aus tro-German and Bulgarian divisions, 77 of which were German, on the eastern front) It is known that the Russian winter practically puts a stop to all active operations and that the reac- tion of the internal events in Russia on the eastern front has allowed Ger many to consider it during four as a veritable reserve for the western front.
 Huns Fear Future.
 'It clearly appears at present that the German staff, remembering the | critical situation in which they found l themselves following the Anglo-French success of 1916, fears to see their west ern front broken by the allied offen- | sives of 1917.
 All the measures they have taken have been defensive in character in ended to strengthen their resistance n the face of Anglo-French forces. Not content with declining to give bat .le and withdrawing a portion of their ront on the Hindenburg position, they nave transported to the western front January and April certain number of divisions drawn from the eastern front. As this did not suffice hey have drawn the picked men from ,ach of their companies on the eastern ront and with the assistance of the lass of 1919 have formed 27 new di- 'isions, 26 of which have appeared n France.
 Defensive Moves.
 ''They have then exchanged their licked troops of the eastern front for heir inferior one of the landwehr. Finally once the battle began, in or CT to hold out they have successive ? replaced, number for number, ex- austed divisions from the French ront by divisions from the eastern ront.
 However, in spite of using all these methods, where the latter have only cen possible this year, due to the rouble made by the Russian revolu- ion, Germany has made her supreme military effort
 ''This is evidenced by the two follow lg statements which should be com ared for future enlightenment:
 New German Units. "One-After the formation of the 27 visions above mentioned Germany ad intended to create ten more divis- ,ns with the regiments of the series ! O1-602 Not only has she been oblig- d to abandon the latter part of her { rogram in spite of calling out DOT ] on of the class of 1919, but she has ' cen obliged to break up several new t 7 formed regiments to reinforce her I ghting units and for the first time I ince the beginning of the war clear $ ecrease in the total strength of the I erman forces is in record
 ''Two-At the very time that her