SEEKING THE KAISER.
CHARGE OF THE HUSSARS.
THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES. Tho war correspondent of a London newspaper expresses the opinion that in 'he early weeks oi the war the Germans deliberately planned to crush the British Army for moral effect. He writes: "The Germans saw a golden opportunity to overwhelm and to crush the compaialively small British wing. They sent their hosts of men and their deluge of shrapnel against them. With deadly precision the Britislh used their rifles aiid their guns. They mowed swathes through the German infantry. They cut wide avenues through the cavalry but always these openings weTe instantly filled by reserves. The Germans doubled the pressure, and made superhuman onslaughts. The moral effect throughout Europe of the slaughter of a British Aimy was worth almost any nrice. ll:ey paid the price recklessly. It i's crn'v of the laws of war that when a. forcr has been cruelly punished, it can surrender without loss of honour. The Germans fully expected that Sir John l'reiK-h would hoist the white Has? when the battle front became a shambW,. But t'he British met shock with shock, killing Germans until their defence beeanie a ghastly butchery, mul retired toot by foot, mile 'by mile, without the
■juuiuH, cut being able lo get them vn the run, to pierce their formation, o ■■ to overwhelm Uiciu. Glorious as the i.chiuverueiits of the British arms have U-cii, there has been nothing to inu.'U the imperishable courage of our soldi™ £'•■ -lions. Well might the French burst into i.aeans „f praise. ]f that JJritieh force had failed, l;hl.-ins would have been vk>ji:g in the streets of Paris within -'4 hours; Hancc would have been bronchi to her knees. Only the daim.less brav<ry of our men saved her. The Kaiser »ow perhaps realises that with all .hi, -»osts he cannot subdue n British A,my, .•"id he has ninre reasons than the ftVh't mg to convince hini of this. Published amounts of the four .lays' battle unite "•' g'Hng special prominence to a whirlwind charge by the Hussars. They rode ag:,m, t ij 1(? PjlS( , !lm G^'» ™™*W ffi w,'« I,c » >t in Hat,.,! that tlu^was L>' !°/' tt ! ,tu !' e t!l< ' K«««r,who ' l "iH'Aed to be just at the rear of 'r„ ■T°u' : '" <! s,, W»os<-.lly invincible, ''•■ V'•'•-• 't appears an even inciter than the bald stalemtt
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 3
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388SEEKING THE KAISER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 3
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