Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-09
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(Continued From Page one) owing to a variety of unexpected de velopments.
 Steady Successes.
 Notwithstanding these difficulties, the whole story of the years work Is a steady continuation of British sue cesses and German setbacks, which give General Haig ground for his op- timistic conclusion.
 The Flanders offensive was main tained for three and a half months under most adverse conditions" says Field Marshal Haig. The weather entailed almost superhGmzn sSertions on the part of the troops of all armies. The enemy did his utmost to hold his ground. and in endesvOring to do so used up no less than seventy-eight divisions. of which Is were engaged a second and third time after being withdrawn to rest and re-sit.
 Despite the magnitude of lis ef- forts, it was the immense natural diff faculties. accentuated manifold by ab- normally wea weather rather than the ! 6UClul TCcASNGANCs MuANA H-N sress and prevented the complete cap ture of the ridge What was actually accomplished under such adverse con lditions is the most conclusive proof that. given a normally fine August, the capture of the whole ridge in a few weeks was well within the power of our men,
 They advanced everytime with ab' | solute confidence in their power Co overcome the enemy. even though some times they had to struggle through mud waist deep to reach him As long as they could reach him they overcame him. but physical exhaus tion placed narrow limits on the depth to which each advance could be push ed and compelled long pauses between advances. The full fruits O. each sue cess consequently were not always ob l:ainable-
 Time after time. the practically beaten enemy was enabled to reorgan 'Ze and relieve his men and bring re Inducements behind the sea of mud which constituted his main protection Notwithstanding the many difficulties much was achieved.
 Our captures in Flanders since the end of July amount 10 twenty-fOul thousand prisoners. seventy-four guns and nine hundred and forty-one ma chine guns. It is certain that th' enemy losses exceeded ours.
 Allied Troops Coed.
 The most important of all is that our new and hastily trained armies again have shown that they are cap -ble of meeting and beating the ne my's best troops under condition: which favored his defense.
 In this respect I desire to empha size the supreme importance oe s6e quate training prior to placing troop: in the line of battle. It is essential if sacrifice is to be avoided and succss. lassured. that troops going into battl, should first be given the Opportunit! for special training under officer: who are to command them in the tasl which they are called upen to per form.
 The general conditions of the strug gle this year have been very iifferen from those contemplated at the con ference in November 1916. The grea general and simultaneous offensive then agreed upon did not materialize Russia. though some os her leader made a fine effort. not only failed t' give the help expected but even faile' l to prevent the enemy from transfer l, ring forty fresh divisions from he front in exchange for tired ones use, up in the west. or from replacing hi losses on the west by drafts of sresl men from the east.
 The combined Franco-British oi fensive in the spring was launched be fore tlsly was ready. and the splen ii' effort made by Italy later was un . satisfactory followed by development which resulted in the weakening O the allied force in this theater In tn circumstances the task of the Mritisl and French armies has been far heav Ser throughout the year then original ily was anticipated, and the enemy means of meeting our attack wa greater than he or we expected. Allies Make Record. That under such circumstances VI won the victories of ATras. Vimy Sn' MesSineS, and the French those a Noronvillers. Verdua and MalmaisOl constitutes a record of which the al lies have a right to he prou1. Tn, British armies have maintained vigorous and continuous OffenSiv throughout the period covered by thi dispatch. No other example Of oi fensive action on so large a scale am
 O long and successfully sustained ha been furnished by the war
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