Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
GERMANS WILL Be
WHIPPED ON THE
WESTERN FRONT
Must Not Wait For Germany to
Blow Up from Inside. Must
Have Single Control.
BY c. c. Lyon.


With General Persnlno's Army In
France.-lt is quite apparent now that
we--the allies-have been fooling our
selves
tagonist we have been making ourselves
believe she was.
If there were no other proof the Teu-
tonic success against the Italians proves
that.
The collapse of Russia as war factor
has made Germany vastly stronger on
the western front.
The allies have real job on their
hands
THE war viii be over in three months
after the big American army goes into
action against the Boches," is constantly
heard from many young American Off
GERS, none of whom have ever been in
battle before.
This is pure piffle.-
Fortunately. for. America, this conf
dence is not shared by the older, seasoned
officers. They are almost as unit in
declaring there is stern business ahead
for our troops-anything but the picnic
their young colleagues picture.
The British, who have been putting UP
q winning fight against the Germans on
the western front for d long time, aren't
deceiving themselves as to the real situa-
ton.
Coming back from Belgium the other
day / rode for several hours with a high
British officer, who freely discussed the
war.
"To my mind, he told me, flour things
are necessary before the allies finally
win:
"1-We must gain for ourselves over
wheming mastery of the ar.
GIVE must SO outnumber the enemy
with men, guns and munitions that we
can crush them in the same manner as
Germany has crushed some OF our weaker
allies.
'3.-We must quit thinking that Ger
many is going to have an internal smash
up that will put. her out Of business.
"4.-We must have single control lot
the allied war operations
Zone of Germany strongest polntS is
that she absolutely controls the armies
of her allies and is able to use them, AT
any time to the very best possible az
vantage as occasions arise said the
"f1p to this time the entente allies have
fought in sections regardless OF one an
other, without co-ordinating our STRAIT
Every day on the western front it be-
comes more and more evident tnat COM
plete control of the air is going to pc a
determining factor in terminating the
was with the French army recently
when it scored some of its greatest VIC
tories, and its successes can pc traced
directly to the accuracy and intensity of
This was made poss BILE by the assist
ance given by vastly superior AR ser
vice that succeeded in f"blndipg the
enemy by keeping his aviators far oehlho
his own lines and at the same time To-
Gated the German batteries and directed
the fire of the French guns upon them.
What greater results can De accom-
nlished when the United States mas from
25 600 to so, 900 machines in service pour
ing machine gun bullets into the German
trenches, shooting up German supply
trains and reinforcements and bombing
towns and cities in the interior OF Ger
many? .. .,,;+ i+;,,c.
for Germany TO elbow up from the m
side and TO begin planning. rev nlg
knockout punches in which all the alhed
armies will strike at the same time IN
as MANY different places as possible.
bu+ repeat the statements or many
noted French, British and American war
exnerts over here when ! say that, re-
gardiess of what happens IN Italy and
Russia, the war won't be ended in those
theatres of conflict ,,....-,.
To win. Germany must lick the British
the French and the Americans on the
western front.
And Germany can never do that,
She may overrun weaker foes like Rus
STA, Italy and Rumania but she's up
against an entirely different game when
she goes up against the British, French
and Americans.
The British and the French as fighters:
have shown themselves the masters OF
the Germans. Time after time, during