The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-19
ALLIES PREPARE
FOR THE WINTER
Warm Clothing Being Rushed
From Factory and Home
to Men in Trenches.
Big MOVES NOT LOOKED FOR
Short, Sharp Blows at Selected Points
During Fine Spells, With oeca-
"a sionaI Airplane Raids To Be
Order of Day for Winter.


| Order of Day for Winter.
Paris.-Preparations for the fourth
winter campaign on the western front
are already in full swing. The sum-
mer campaign is over, and while both
the English and French may be e1-
pected to make few big drives, it is
not anticipated that the beginning of
winter, for military purposes, will see
any radical alteration in the war map
of France and Flanders.
Millions Of sweaters, socks, paper
suits, rubber Wellington boots, head
wraps, mufaexs. gloves and mittens
are beginning to flow out from fac
tory and home to the French poilus
and British Tommies, hundreds OF.
thousands Of whom are facing their
fourth winter period in the trenches.
The comfort of the fighting man is
so carefully studied now, after three
years experience, that nothing will be
overlooked to make the coming harsh
trial bearable.
j Practically all the way from Nieu-
Aeort to Verdun the armies are In quar-
ters totally different from those they
occupied last winter; with the excep-
ton Of one or two stretches - as
around La Bassee and the Argonne-
the French and British are stationed in
captured German lines. Throughout
the spring and summer the men have
pshown little inclination to dig, feeling
that In view Of the possibility of
further move forward, just enough
shelter was good enough for the time
being. Turning over earth has never
appealed to any infantry in this war;
but necessity is likely to force them to
do lot of it in order to provide them
selves with snug and well-drained
trenches for the winter.
Little Change in Line.
Until next spring the western line
is not likely to vary to any great ex-
tent, unless the totally unexpected
happens. High winds, morning and
evening mists, snow flurries and rain
win limit the usefulness Of the air
plane and diminish the enormous help
1t gives nowadays in every big often
Rsiye. The machines are capable Of per-
forming wonders in any weather short
of O hurricane, and there will be pien-
ty Of aerial activity, especially boino-
ing raids, right through the worst
months; but poor visibility will make
eo-operation with the gun batteries dif-
hcult. the more so as the Germans
latest type Of Archibald, or anti-air-
craft gun, enforces respect and COM
pels pilots to fly high.
In these circumstances big sweep
ing moves are not looked for, but ratn-
er a repetition on more intensive
scale of last winters tactics. Short,
sharp blows at selected points during
fine spells, continual battering on
wide fronts by concentrated gun ire
! lengthar ng out to closeup rest sta-
&dons, Hundreds of airplanes swarming
#out to attack encampments, avlaton
esheds. mun;tion dumps and lines OF
communication will be the reg
&ular order Of the day throughout the
winter. The enemy will be kept on
the Jump all the time, great gaps VIII
Abe torn in his dwindling reserves and
ksvery possible step taken, first to PIE
vent his ever again assuming the ini-
tiative upon the western front, and
secondly, to weaken him irreparapiy
for the final knockout blow in 1913.
The part the American contingents
will play in the winters activity is
the closest Of all military secrets at
this time. There is nothing that Hin
denburg is burning to know SO mucn
as Just what Pershing's plans are, and
there is nothing that Pershing is more
bent upon doing than keeping the
slightest hint from Hindenburg.
Prudence the Motto.
e But while no light can be shed al
&his stage upon the plans Of the Amer
ican commander in chief, am able to
give Ibis assurance, that prudence Is
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