Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 92, 20 July 1916, Page 2

Germany

THE WESTERN RETREAT.

OUTSPOKEN OPINION FROM COL.OCNE. Press Association—Copyright, Austral Han and N.Z. Cable Association. j Amsterdam, July IS. I A Cologne correspondent, De Boed, states that 011 all sides it is becoming 'apparent that not a single German aim will l)o achieved. The military operations on the West front are severely criticised, particularly the death littiUvh towards Verdun. TllO Crown Prince is openly acidised of a useless accumulation of \ voops , which could have been better employed in combating the impendiu, victorious offensive on another front. , w i Officers taken prisoner on the \\est front admit that the Germans abov« ,11 fear the Anglo-French offensnes at ' fresh points on the front, for which th e Germans have ™»^ reserves. They say that every man » 0 f Kitchener's armies seems to be n .sharpshooter, and their courage is 'equal to that of the best-trained sol- | Cli Tnmes Wood is a vast German j graveyard. More have been sacrificed there than at any point of the iretreat.