The British Way

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 82, 10 July 1916, Page 5

The British Way

TO END THE OFFE|lS»y^'i ■V■ '• v>.; ■ ' : " ■<< >itnvf>r; ;'■' •' i yi ~r ; -• " iioitifl .■;;•-'' LORD DERBY'S VIEWS. WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY. -, V ' Mil.! EFFICIENCY IN ORCANISATION. CONTINUING THE "BIG PUSH." LOSSES NOT UNDULY LARGE. HARO f FIGHTING IN FRONT OF ■ Press: ABsbciaUou-rGopyright, Austra*. lianand N.Z.:Gable Association, i" . , . ■■ <■ ' ■: ■ ■'■ t '' '''•'' (Kcceived p.$K a.rn.) «o»wi J> T ew >Vk, July, 8. The ! Brooklyn' Eagle, interviewed Lprd Derby on the results of the British offensive, when he said: Marked, with extreme gallantry of action and buoyancy of spirit, the British offensive on the Western front is proceeding in logical accordance with the British policy of wearing

down the enemy. The advance along twenty miles of dimwit country, ' which wj*s defended by immense masses of enemy troops who were equipped with every deadly device cannot have the effect of a sudden collapse in the resistance. ■ The. war will not be ended by f spectacular assaults upon detached sectors of the German line, but by putting as many German soldiers c- out of/action as lies in the Allies' power; The British are now ting a splendid effort to that end, and the effort is meeting with the full mear sure of success that was expected. The preparations were complete to the last detail. The supply of munitions, resulting from months of a strenuous Nation-wide endeavour, is adequate to the demands of an unprecedented bombardment. The co-ordination of each department of arms seems perfect. I always deplored the wicked tendency to underestimate the German efficiency, but the British Armies demonstrated during' the last seven days that their organisation is inferior to no army organisation in Europe. Ncuve Chap/pelle and Loos were the initiation of the new British Armies, and the battle of the Somme has supremely j proved that our volunteer soldiers to be worthy of the most splendid British traditions. • '•'■*

Asked if the present British offensive is the "big push," Lord Derby said: Anything which decimates the German Army is the "big push." I do not believe it possible to characterise any given operation as the final offen-

sive. The task of defeating Germany is a slow one, and cannot be materially affected by spectacular spurts. We shall defeat Germany by incessant pressure. That is why the offensive P is proceeding steadily and surely day '$ by day. It is iriore significant than any separate incursion through the German front. I am only a civilian,

but it seems obvious that the present advances of the French, Russian, ltal-, ian. and British Armies are tho only 'sortof pushwhich can ultimately end che war;., . . , • .... ~. ii if,,l The advance o^the British is udtiesr ^ 11 ' tl10 ir «'°nftb J»n.<!*4l .Jfocio,. The seetn tpi liafpjgipwn,, J,hat pur pffenmfte ■ • -fani; iirkijajuepi^j'f nd. had concentrated ■mas-< sea 1 tp meet the { attack. General Foch's attack was apparently unexpected. ~.-, .■•' ;, :i ' ■-f hie... British hospital arrangements are. provjng superb;l soldiers iwentyfour i( hour.6Lafter being wounded receive expert attention in the London, hospitals.. This is a fair indication 6t' efficiency. >■ f Ki ; The new steel helmet for the British ;jfr,lines' has completely vindicated its adoption, and there are minor head wounds now. Our advance necessarily entails casualties, but our losses are net unduly large. A considerable percentage of the casualties are slightly wounded. '■'

We'are demanding the full priceJor 'gyejry'British liffr. ' \ '. ■•■ . ' ,There' ! iq' L fto ; likelihood of GerroMy 'collating'''like ll th'e' Austrians before .Uenprijl Bftissiloff, We shall have' a, hard 'fight,' 'demanding the best that Bnijish'''Wkiihobd can give. The war wall end only' one way, and that way will be the British way.