GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 44, 21 October 1915, Page 7

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

United Pbess Association. London, October 19. x The Times' correspondent at Paris reports that a Divisional Ordqr, stricter ly in secret, addressed to German officers and signed "Bitfurth," has been found on an officer. The order .states: "It has•been observed recently that the infantry were limited in action to defensive' firing in order not to provoke the enemy's reply. When the latter bombards, the infantry immediately asks the artillery to support them, manifesting great satisfaction when the attack ceases. Such conduct is emphatically condemned, as tending to kill the spirit of the troops and convincing the enemy of hi a superiority. All efforts should be made with a view of taking an early offensive, which will b e more difficult the longer it is delayed. Commanders of brigades and regiments are urged to keep up the offensive activity to the highest pitch. Instead of acting on the will of the enemy, we must impose our will on him, our troops utilising all their resources and ingenuity to destroy the enemy." Army orders issued by Djemal Pasha, on the eve of the invasion of Egypt in February last, declare: "By the grace of Allah we will attack the enemy by seizing the Canal. When the conquest of Egypt is completed, the Government will build a house for the family of every officer and soldier killed."