GERMAN WRITER'S VIEW.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1431, 31 July 1915, Page 2

GERMAN WRITER'S VIEW.

W ini.K expressing satisfaction with recent Geiman successes against the Russians, Major Moraht writing in the Berliner Tageblatt, strikes a note of warning. He says: “So far the Russians at the right moment have always understood how to make use of their numerical superiority. In their will and capacity to set a boundary as soon as possible to the advance of the Germans we cannot therefore have any doubt, though we can cherish a justified doubt as to whether at this moment the Russian Army has in other places the troops at its disposal which it can bring up without damage to the other fronts. The next few days will show whether the German allies have set sufficient troops in motion to carry through the long winded pursuit, and whether the Russians in Galicia still continue to dispose of capable reserves.’’ Discussing the fighting near Ypres, Major Moraht says: “There is no question here of breaking through on the grand scale, nor of pressing back the enemy, who, owing to the long front which be occupies cannot construct sufficient echelons in bis rear. As I already explained, the English battle area is densely occupied by troops to a tremendous extent, and one position lies behind the other. Supplies of all army requisites lie near their front. The basis of operations which they have established on the Continent permits of their fighting front being supported in the shortest time at every point. . . For the moment it is only to the English that we can attribute unexhausted forces, but it is very questionable whether England can vivify her slumbering forces. Still greater and more decisive successes must be achieved by us before the crumpling up of one or other of the allies is an accomplished fact.”