GERMANY EXPLAINS SOMME REVERSES.
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Australian and N.Z. Cable Association '. . "(Received Oct.. 2,-9a!.ni;) • ;. ;■ ■■■-'■-.•■ -AMSTmj)iipjl',-'Oct3v;::'-'..; . i The latest German ecsplahation fot ■' : the-iSoinme reyerse*?/ stjaito^ :t)iat:/the|, ■ i Anglo-French infantry iis ;': w-ortntess'/ {■ hbtit thanks- j. tor the,ir' 'ovterw.heliriing ■ .{ artillery theyCai'e s6taeitimeW: enabled ;j ; to/roish fortified pqeitiona "sfhich KaVef" been reduced to ruins. "•,-,' ThusvGeorg Queri/ tlie v Tageblatfc's* ' military ca; itic, says: "Infantry fightt;j ing! is no- longer man against man^ut ;■. man against cripples; -wounded, and -dead, A trench is .rushed only, wheni :f blown io, dust. ■ Tins is the enemy'at f confession thaittheifl infaniii*y is off i poor Quality;" ■ •* \ |; Queri overlooks -the ' .50,000 un-« . prisonersl-- :>ialcen qni tfr^' ■'■'•■ I Somme, and.'^iforgets\= 'the Eulogies. -s * oflftcially bestow^ed- -tm~ =they, Germdji; - General Staff for sparing thd'infaiitiry".: ■-• iat Verdun =by means of artillery;preparation. } : .' ' , - .',{
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 224, 2 October 1916, Page 4
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