WHEN THE GUNS STOPPED
HOW THE GERMANS AVERE SAVED. The "Ribe Stiflstidondo." the nrincipal newspaper 011 the German frontier, whoso excellent connection with German military circles has been repeatedly demonstrated, has received the following from a German officer wbo was present during the great French offensive in Champagne from Seiitomber 25 to 27: —"The Germans in this fighting,'' says the officer, "came within an ace of total disaster, and were fullv preparer! to leavo their second line. Their artillery was inspanned, and the infantry was ready to march oil'; when the bombardment suddenly ceased. Had it lasted another two hours the situation, which would lmve developed into: a complete rout, because the Germans were in a state of utter and unprecedented confusion, and almost liors do combat. Tlio sudden silence of the bombardment impressed everyone as a miraculous escape unparalleled in the annals of war."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 7
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145WHEN THE GUNS STOPPED Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 7
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