THE GERMAN RETREAT.
CAREFULLY PLANNED AND EXECUTED. TO AVOID KNOCK-OUT BLOW. DANGERS NiOT OVER Received March 5, 10.30 p.m. London, March 5. Mr Philip Gibbs telegraphs that the vcather still favors the German withdrawal, as owing to the thick fogs our cirmen are helpless, and the gunners are 'handicapped just whtfn direct observation is most valuable. It is doubtful if there will be anything sensational during the next few days. The only sensational tiling yet has been tho withdrawal itself. ,The truth is simple. From the start' tho enemy decided to withdraw, and matin his plans carefully ir order to frustrate any British plans to deal a knock-out blow. The withdrawal also saves men 'by shortening the line. The movement was timed remarkably well, so as to utilise tho hard frost, over which guns and materials were moved, the last men leaving when the ground was a quagmire. THE BAPAUME PIVOT. Tho German scheme is undoubtedly intended as a means to delay our advance, for their utmost hopes are to impede our progress by belts'of barbed wire. Strong bodies of picked troops with machine guns, also masses of ..heavy guns east of Rapaume, are holding the Bapauine pivot while the troops swing back. Yet the enemy's hopes are not certainties, and they are full of danger if any part of the scheme fails.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1917, Page 5
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223THE GERMAN RETREAT. Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1917, Page 5
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