CLIMAX OF THE STRUGGLE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 9 August 1915, Page 3

CLIMAX OF THE STRUGGLE.

• An official Note issued in Betrograd on June 14, regarding the composition and numbers il’ the German Army staled: —"At the beginning of the war. the Germans had on the two fronts 02 divisions of infantry, composed of four regiments each. The increasing cf these forces by ulterior it rin at ions brought the total of troop,.; up to 141 divisions. Tin's lias probably exhausted the possibilities of increasing the numbers of German infantry. Among the so-called now divisions the regrouping of certain old units has to be recognised. The distribution of tlie.se divisions along the two fronts has fluctuated during the whole period of the war according to the plans of the German Staff. During the first day of rear 6-7ths of tkc original forces invaded the western front. The defeat inflicted on the Germans on the Marne, together with the menace of our invasion of Eastern Prussia and the Austrian defeats in Galicia, forced the German Staff to undertake the transport of troops to the eastern front. The continued efforts of the Russian Army, which was a 1 wavs threatening a blow from the east, as well as German distrust of the AustroHungarian Army, obliged the Germans to concentrate oa the eastern front forces more than four times as largo as the contingents originally used against Russia. In the west the successful attacks by the allied tn ups forced the German commands to keep their forces much superior in quantity to those which had crossed the Franco-' Belgian frontier. Thus the intensify of the struggle, which is becominggreater in the west as well as in the east, has attained an extreme limit. The situation necessitates the introduction of fresh troops on the part of Germany ant! A ust rise Hungary.' Nevertheless.; the source of their forces cannot remain the seme. The forces which our common enemy is 'opposing to us find before them the unshakable resistance of the allied armies, which are supported by the growth of the means and materials at their disposal, and are strong in a profound faith of the justice of their cause. The facts cited above augur well for the-future success which will be attained bv tlm undivided efforts of the Abies, their common sacrifices,- and their mutual esteem, founded upon a complete and absolutely disinterested union.