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I Germany's Delay in Renewing Drive
Forced By Her Tremendous Losses
1
prodiga Waste of Men
jn Last Offensive
Upset Luden
dorff's Plans
pelican Weight
Now Being Felt
Allies' Mastery of Air
an Element That May
Finally Turn
the Tide
By Hilaire Belloc
Mhor of "Elements of the Great\
War" and Britain's Most Distin- \
guished Military Critic.
rpHE GERMAN ARMY made no |
I move during three full weeks
* since it suffered the very !
??eary defeat in Flanders on April j
29 which we now see to have been j
the end of the second unsuccessful '?
phase of its great offensive. The .
situation is remarkable, not only to j
??ose who are always astonished by !
any novelty in the operation of the j
war and who always expect each 1
ne? phase to resemble the last, but it j
was also surprising: to those who
thought they saw in it every ele- ]
ment of certain previous situations, i
?t is true that there was a certain !
parallel to the German offensive in I
the operations of last year. At that :
time the initiative was with the
Allies, their combined offensives in '
Artois and Champagne were checked
before the middle of April, and the
text British attack on a large scale"
?that in front of Passchendaele,
was postponed through all the early
wnnier months, and even to the end
of July. But that parallel is neither
ooct nor illuminating.
The great German offensive 'on
the Somme was not checked at the
oataet; it had on the contrary a very
large measure of success. Though it ?
was held at last, it was not securely ]
held, for a second phase opened, in j
which another and minor, but never- j
theles? unexpectedly great, success !
was again scored in the battle of
the Lys and was pressed by the Ger- ;
mass in Flanders for full three !
weis at the utmost energy and at |
? very high expense in men right up j
md past Mount Kemmel. Further- i
more, there is a curious point, worthy i
of remark, that the German offen- ;
sive in this case was neither pushed j
to the point of exhaustion on the j
Somme nor was it deliberately j
checked by its authors at a moment j
which they had chosen and in a way
that they had foreseen and provided
incase of failure.
Swapped Horses
Crossing the Stream
What would seem to have hap- ?
pened and what seems to give a rea- j
?Bable explanation of so considera- ;
Me a waste of men by the Germans I
ni Flanders and so considerable a !
waste of time at a moment when i
time was of very great consequence |
to the German plans (that is, in the
list phase of a war of exhaustion)
? that the unexpected development
of that success in Flanders led the
enemy higher command to change
their original plan. The rapid break
of the Allied line on the Lys drew ;
them on in pursuit of a secondary :
object They neglected their drive '??
at Amiens and rapidly developed
their threat against the Channel;
Port? and their attempt to cut off!
the most northerly portion of the \
Allied forces. Their initial success !
here so drew them on that they ;
?ruck for three weeks uninterrupt* j
?% on a larger and larger scale?j
fast with six divisions, then with I
MM, then, eleven, and finally thirteen j
-till, after their heavy defeat* on
April 29, their new losses had
reached a point which compelled
them to reconsider the situation, to
?top their attacks and to draw up
*&* third plan for attaining that
decisive victory which their whole
*ction this spring has shown that
"fcy regarded as essential for them
VU? early this year.
Had they not clearly believed for
*5*?e reason that a very early deci
?on was essential to them they would
"ot have massed such numbers of
^P? on what they believed the de?
cisive front, they would not have
Mgeted such an immense loss of
?*-n, nor would they have acted with
?"?><& unparalleled intensity, and
?crefore so expensively.
^ed Much on
?Rapid Decision
W* must remember that they put
?to the fighting line in just over six
**eks a number of divisions which
*? knew a full week ago to be more
??an equivalent (counting second and
?aid appearances of a division under
"*?**) to 231 divisions in action, and
?nith is now accurately ascertained
t? have been equivalent to 254 divi
?0?8. They used up these units at
* fate which, as described last week,
**?rtted & ?ending them twice,
HOW ALLIED DEFENCE IS CRAMPED
The map shows how the narrow area left to the Allied armies between the front and the sea (or the lower Somme)
greatly hampers defensive man?uvres. The comparatively short distance to Paris is also a handicap.
thrice and even four times within a
space of six weeks to the firing line
;?a rate from three to four times
more rapid than any previously seen
in this war. We must remember
that they had already begun to draw
on their youngest classes of con?
scripts, boys who were sent to the
front after only eight weeks' train?
ing in some instances. In fact, in
every possible way, they show the
importance which they attached to
the rapidity of decision.
This long halt in their attack,
therefore, can only mean that they
went too far in their enterprise in
Flanders, which for the moment has
failed. Delays have been imposed
upon them, from necessity for very
heavy recruitment to restore the
establishments of their units and to
prepare their third plan. Both of
thes? causes may delay the direct
consequences of that opportunity
which the new and unexpected form
of their success in the Battle of the
Lys apparently offered them, but
which it could not ultimately pro?
vide them.
What the new plan may be,
whether (as would seem most proba?
ble from mere mathematical calcu?
lation) the weight of their attack
will fall on the western or Albert
front of their great salient, or
whether (for reasons rather politi?
cal than strategicf upon the south?
ern or Lassigny front, or whether
there will be a combination of at?
tacks here with renewed attacks on
the positions arouna Ypres, we know
absolutely nothing. It is useless tc
speculate.
The only elements of judgment we
have are the map, with its obvious
opportunities, and the fact that nc
special concentration of Germar
troops has been observed beyond th<
double density in the north and cen
tre of the lines which have beer
j established now for two months
i This last element is of very littl?
j value, because we know from th<
j experience of last March with wha
! secrecy and dispatch a special coq
I centration can be effected by th<
German high command.
Allies Cramped for
Man?uvring Space
I have said that there are oppor
tunities quite clear from the ma]
j and quite patent to all, but it ma;
? be worth while to recapitulate. Th
! essential feature of advantage t
the enemy from his otherwise ill
j drawn and accidental line across th
! western front is created by the val
i ley of the Somme and the main rai!
? way which follows it. The advance
I line produced by the enemy's sue
fcess of two months ago cramped th
| efforts of the Allies everywher
north of Amiens. Nowhere is ther
j here more than fifty miles betwee
j the fighting front and the coast, c
j the unbridged lower valley of th
Somme. The proximity to Par
cramps the Allied defence in onl
less ?iegree to the south of Amjen
In a word, the enemy has create
the situation in which there is vei
little room for our defensive for?
to man?uvre. That is his great !
; asset. His third plan, whatever it j
; is, for this third phase of the battle,;
for which the failure of his second
! plan condemned him, must neces- ;
sarily turn on that advantage.
Unless the enemy is prepared for
political reasons, or because his
losses are much greater than we be?
lieve, to abandon his enterprise, the
next "stage of that enterprise will
show the utilization of this oppor?
tunity which the fortune of battle
gave him two months ago. Should
; he exercise sufficient pressure?
should he be able to do so?so as to
compel any considerable retirement
| on the part of the Allied forces, then
that retirement will have far more
: effect than it would have had for an
? equal distance from the old line.
j There is no room for the "elastic
defence" by the Allies, and the enemy
knows it.
j On the other side of the account
is the eternal question of men.
: "Exercising pressure," especially if
; we mean by that phrase a tremen
! dously rapid and intensive blow de?
livered by some instrument or by
the fist, is immensely expensive in
: men. A much better metaphor than
that of the first would be that of
? sothe substance which in a very
i active pressure melts away. The
greater the effort that is made the
! nearer will the army that is making
it approach to final defeat unless
; that effort brings complete success,
i The German generals know that just
as well as we do. They leave to their
| civilian population the illusion that
i the attack is in itself something like
: a victory and defence is something
? like defeat, one of the commonest
, illusions among the people in the
i time of war.
; The Three Elements
j
i of Early Success
Meanwhile there are three ele
! ments in the situation, two of there
| unknown and one only partly known,
! which modify the whole problem:
The first is the real total of th?
! losses on the enemy side since
? March 21.
The second is the rate at which
1 the Allies are increasing theii
strength, especially through Ameri
I can arrivals.
! The third is the nature of the
' fighting in the air.
As to the first question, nearly al
has been said that can be said. W?
; know with something like precisioi
; that there has been a minimum o:
j 450,000 German losses since Marcl
\ 1. But above that there is an enor
! mous margin of error?we do no
j know how high that margin of erro:
j may extend. The real total may b?
I far more than 450,000. The report
that reach us of what is being sai?
in Germany (that is, of civiliai
rumors) seem always to turn on i
fixed figure, of 600,000. Nearly al
i competent observers on the Allie.
| side regard that figure as too high
! but the rumors are certainly wide
spread in Germany, and it was t
meek this rumor that the Germa
Emperor made hi? ?extraordin?r,
public assertion with regard to Brit?
ish losses the other day at Aix-la
Chapelle.
He was quoted as saying that the
British losses would figure almost
precisely 600,000, a number which
was evidently running in his head
and in the heads of his audience.
All Europe noted the significance of
that coincidence.
Estimating German
Loss in Soldiers
The British publish casualty lists
(which the Germans no longer do),
and by these the folly of the Ger?
man Emperor's statement may be
tested. Some people have argued
from his speech that the German
casualties are really as high as the
civilian rumor in Germany puts
them. They say that he spoke of
an imaginary British loss of 600,
000 in order to offset the real
German loss of that number. This
conclusion would seem to be insuffi?
ciently grounded. When it is your
object to keep something secret you
may well have to soothe the public's
feelings, and you may be compelled
to do so by exaggeration at the ex?
pense of making a fool of yoursell
abroad, though saving your face at
home. So until we have much mora
evidence before us we must mak?
up our minds that the enemy's losses
fi'om the beginning of his-offensive
eight weeks ago were at least 450,
000, to which minimum the civilian
rumor in Germany adds no less thar
30 per cent, and to which only the
people who knov/i?that is, the bureau
at German headquarters and th?
German government?may see ar
addition of 10 per cent, or even per
haps 20 per cent. But 20 per cen
is high, and 10 per cent is mucl
more likely to be the proper add i
tion. In other words, *?f you esti
mate the situation .by believing th?
i German loss to be anything mucl
\ over a half million you are almos
| certainly exaggerating it, and yoi
will be much safer in keeping to th
minimum figure of 450,000.
Of the rate of Allied recruitmenl
especially the new and essential fac
tor of American reinforcement, w
cannot, of course, be told or say anji
; thing. This is for the enemy to fini
out as he can. But we have ha
news this week for the first time o
the presence of American units o
the northern part of the line. Th
mention which has been officiall
issued of this is necessarily vagu?
but is sufficient to show that recruil
ment is advancing at a greater rat
than had hitherto ? been hoped. (
, use the word recruitment, of cours?
not in the sense of recruitment s
home, but in the sense of filling th
gaps and increasing the numbers c
1 the army which are actually on th
! line.)
| Allies Obtain
I Air Superiority
The third clement is the progr?s
in the air, and on that we certain!
have strong indications. First ?
all is the fact that Allied superio:
ity in the air is for the momei
clearly obtained. Second is the fact
that both in personnel and material
the Allies have here a much larger
field for production than has the
enemy. It is a technical matter and
one on which I am not competent to
speak with authority, but those who
are competent, while not pretending
to prophesy?no one does that except
irresponsible sensation - mongers?
say that the chances are constant
and high for an increasing dispro?
portion between the Allied efficiency
and numbers in the air and the
enemy efficiency and numbers in the
air as the year proceeds.
It must be remembered, however,
that even an increasing superiority
in the air does not by itself mean
victory within the next few months.
It would need an immense prepon?
derance of air strength before the
enemy could be effectually blinded,
and a vast increase would be neces-1
sary in the present numbers of the j
Allied raiders before the enemy's |
communications, instead of, being i
merely hampered, as they now al- j
ready are, could be even partly dis- ?
located. !
Meanwhile, a sinyile piece of sta?
tistics communicated to the public
this week is ample food for thought. '
The British alone, in the two months ,
of March and April, and for the ?
most part since March 21, have !
dropped upon and behind the enemy's
lines more than thirteen times as j
many aerial bombs as the enemy has
dropped upon and behind the Brit?
ish lines.
The record was 60,079 on one side
against 4,498 on the other.
?-;-?
Italians in Trenches
Get Wilson's Message
(By The Associated Press)
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, May 24.
?The anniversary of Italy's entrance
into the world war was solemnly cele?
brated at the Italian front. The Amer- |
ican flag was hoisted beside the Italian j
colors amid the warmest enthusiasm. '
President Wilson's message to Italians
was distributed to the soldiers, and it
created a most satisfactory impres?
sion.
ROME, May 24.?President Wilson's \
message to Italy on the occasion of the j
third anniversary of this country's en- !
trance into the war was published in j
all the newspapers to-day, and was read i
in public by Hamilton Holt, represent- |
ing the United States, before an im- '
mense crowd. The Prince of Wales, in
the name of England, also addressed
the throng. Ambassador Pago was an?
other speaker.
Several hundred thousand persons
marched through the thoroughfares of
the city. The multitude was addressed
by the Mayor of Rome, whose every
mention of America and President Wil?
son was greeted with applause.
Coming of U. S. Troops
"Most Gratifying News
?ince Italy Entered War"
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, May 25?At the
i Italian Embassy and in Italian circles
here the highest gratification was man?
ifested over the announcement that
American troops will be sent to Italy.
An Italian official said:
"The spontaneous decision of the
American government, announced by
Secretary of War Baker, that United
States forces will be dispatched to the
Italian front, is a very grateful sur?
prise to the Italian people, who were
fully convinced of the sympathetic at?
titude of the United States toward
Italy, but who were doubtful about the
sending of American troops to Italy.
"Recently things have been said
about the difficulties of sending Ameri?
can troops to the Italian front which
made it appear to be almost an im?
possibility. We cannot help feeling
that the announcement by Secretary
Bajter is the greatest and most wel?
come news that Italy has received since
her entrance into the war.
Enemy at Toul Fires j
90 Shells in 48 Hours |
(By The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 25.?The last forty-eight
hours have been the quietest in the
Toul sector since the Americans took I
it over. In that period only ninety |
enemy shells fell within the whole sec?
tor. The American artillery was some?
what more active. The American shells
fired numbered into the hundreds.
Americans this morning watching
German Archies shelling a 'plane sud?
denly observed one smoke puff burst di?
rectly underneath the machine, which
dived earthward. A few hundred yards
above the ground, however, the pilot
seemed to gain momentary control, for
the machine straightened out. It only
remained straight for a moment, when
it side-slipped and crashed to the earth
between the Quart de Reserve and La
Hayville.
The American patrols continue their
work nightly. Last night one entered
the German positions and proceeded
as far back as the second line south?
west of Sonnard Wood without en
; countering a single German, although
several work parties wer*| heard.
One of the American patrols in the
Luneville sector this morning found
the body of a dead'German in No Man's
Land. Apparently the man had been
killed by shell fire, and the patrol
brought in much valuable information
obtained from papers in the man's
pockets.
13 Germans to Die
For Ostend Exploit
LONDON, May 25.?Fishermen re
j turning to port to-day brought reports
that thirteen German sailors have been
sentenced to death and , two to im?
prisonment for twenty years by a Ger?
man court martial for attempted trea?
son in connection with the recent Brit- j
ish naval raids against the German j
submarine bases at Ostend and Zee
brugge. These reports are based on j
information said to have come from
Bruges, Belgium.
The Germans have succeeded in
shifting the concrete laden cruiser Vin?
dictive, sunk in the harbor of Ostend
on May 10 by British raiding forces.
The Vindictive, according to "The
Times," is now lying close alongside
the eastern pier, leaving a passage
about thirty feet wide. This is enough
to allow destroyers to go in and out,
but, nevertheless, the Germans are not
using the harbor.
Unsuccessful attempts have been
made by the Germans to dredge a
passage way between the two old
cruisers sunk in the harbor of Zee
brugge. A German destroyer, sunk I
this week by bombs dropped by Brit?
ish naval airmen, lies close to the
cruisers.
The basin at Bruges, which is con?
nected with both Ostend and Zee
brugge, is full of German shipping,
I but tha canal i*..not being mod.
MOULTRIE C. TROWBRIDGE
New York flier who was killed by j
fall at Kelly Field
New York Flier Killed
By Fall at Kelly Field
Letter From M. C Trowbridge
and News of Death Arrive
at the Same Time
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 26.?
Cadet Moultrie C. Trowbridge, twenty
three years old, of New York, was in?
stantly killed by a fall of 3,000 feet in
an airplane at Kelly Field this morn?
ing. His brother, Raymond Trow?
bridge, lives at 152 East Thirtieth
Street, New York.
"I am not getting near enough fly?
ing to suit me," Cadet Trowbridge
wrote to his brother Raymond in a
letter received almost simultaneously
with the death notification from the
War Department.
Moultrie Clyde Trowbridge was born
in Blythe, Ga. He was twenty-three
years old on November 19. He came
to this city eight years ago and com?
pleted the preparatory course at Town
send Harris' High School.
He tried to enlist in the aviation
corps but was turned down because of
defective vision. In October he was
drafted arid went to Camp Upton.
After a month there he was selected
j for ground school aviation training at
i Cornell. In November, he was trans?
ferred to Dallas and four weeks ago
was re-assigned to Kelly Field.
Both of his parents live in Georgia.
He had three brothers, one of whom is
in France in the service. Two other
brothers and a sister live here. Moul?
trie lived with his brother Raymond at
the East Thirtieth Street address.
2 Fliers Killed, 2 Unhurt,
In Crash of 'Planes in Air
WACO, Tex., May' 25.?Lieutenant
I William B. Kuen, of Cynwyd, Penn.,
: and Private William Miller Snytler, of
Pennsylvania, were killed instantly
; here to-,day when their airplane col?
lided with another machine at a
! height of about 800 feet. The two oc?
cupants of the other machine were un?
injured.
The two airplanes were locked to?
gether by the impact. The machines
descended slowly to a height of about
250 feet, when the aviators hroke the
lock and both machines fell headlong.
The cadets in the o'ther machine, whose
names the authorities declined to make
public, escaped without a scratch.
Lieutenant Kuen was an instructor
at Richfield and Private Snyder a mem?
ber cf the 150th Aero Squadron.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25.?Lieuten?
ant Kuen was the son of S. E. Kuen,
of Cynwyd, a suburb of this city. He
was twenty-seven years old and a grad?
uate of Ohio State University. He en?
listed in the aviation service about a
year ago.
U.S:Art?le~ry Shells
Large German Force
Entering Montdidier
By Wilbur Forrest
(Special Cable to The Tribune)
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
PICARDY, May 25.?Emboldened by the
lull in the artillery fire Thursday, the
; enemy entered Montdidier with nearly
one hundred automobiles, many can
i nons and groups of horsemen.
The American .guns' aided by keen
i observers, opened up on the cavalcade.
? After finishing its work the artillery
| quieted down and *the lull before the
? storm was. continuing at noon on Fri?
day.
Two enemy prisoners have been
taken in this area within the last twen?
ty-four hours. No information of mili?
tary value was obtained frorn either of
them. One, a boy of about eighteen
years, was happy to be a prisoner. The
other, a man of forty-five, cried inter
| mittently whe/i he tried to talk about
i the fate of his family. He insisted he
j knew nothing. _
U. S. Ship Bags U-Boat
That Sank Inniscarra
Destroyer Proves Feat By Land?
ing Prisoners From Sub?
marine in Question
(By The United Press)
LONDON, May 25.?The German
submarine which torpedoed the British
steamer Inniscarra was sunk by an
American destroyer shortly afterward,
it was announced to-day.
Prisoners from' the submarine have
been landed.
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U. S. Front
Celebrate
Battered German Troops
Jubilant Over Removal
to "Quiet Sector"
American Cemetery
Shelled in Picardy
Work of Hospital Units on
Battlefield Wins High
Praise From Allies
(By The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN |
FRANCE, Friday, May 24.?The Bava-j
rian troops which have just arrived op- J
posite the American sector northwest '
of Toul suffered casualties of 50 per;
cent of their effectives while they were
engaged in the north of France in the
ricent offensive, Recording to reliable !
information received to-day. Virtually j
all these losses were in killed and !
wounded, as the Bavarians, it is de- j
dared, lost only one man taken pris- j
ontr.
These Germans are apparently cele- j
brating their arrival in a comparatively
quiet sector, as for the last two nights
loud singing and other sounds of "jubi-i
lation has been heard in the enemy j
linee.
The Germans have been deliberately i
shelling an American cemetery near I
the front in Picardy. Recently one |
grave was torn up four times.
It may be cited in contrast that the ?
Americans in this sector a few days !
ago took a German prisoner who was ?
mortally wounded. He died and was :
accorded a Christian funeral and burial j
in the American cemetery near the ;
front. His grave was marked in the j
same manner as the others.
Leaves of absence again are being!
granted in the expeditionary forces to
troops serving elsewhere than on the j
northern battlefronts of the Somme |
? and Flanders. In the case of organi-1
! zations which may leave for that zone j
all leaves will be automatically discon- j
] tinued upon receipt of orders to pro
I ceed northward.
The work of the American hospital 1
units in Picardy has won high praise
from both French and British officials '
by the establishment of a non-trans?
portable field honpital only a short dis
I tance from the front line, the first of
j its kind to be introduced; it has been
i possible to perform operations which
? seem to be little short of miraculous.
Of 155 cases recently admitted opera?
tions were performed on 118 men, and
the mortality was only 30 per cent.
I The doctors say that had it not been
?/or this hospital so near the scene of
! action the mortality undoubtedly
' would have been 80 or 90 per cent.
(By The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Friday, May 24.?American
aviators have shot down two more Ger?
man airplanes northwest of Toul.
The victories gained in the fighting
on May 22 have been confirmed, the
j victors being Lieutenant Edward Rick?
enbacher, the former automobile racer,
and Lieutenant Edward Buford, Jr., of
Nashville, Tenn.
Lieutenant Rickenbacher shot down
a German biplane in the neighborhood j
of Thiaucourt, it was announced to- j
day. The fight took place 5,500 metres
in the air.
With another pilot, Lieutenant Rick- \
! enbacher engaged in a long fight with j
; two enemy machines. Rickenbacher |
finaly got on the tail of one machine j
and fired more than a score of shots at
short range. The enemy machine went |
into a spinning nose dive, but it was j
uncertain whether it hit the ground, so
the lieutenant was not credited with a
; victory at the time. To-day positive
I confirmation that the machine crashed ?
! was obtained.
Lieutenant Buford to-day was official
Iy credited with shooting down a Ger- i
manairplane over St. Mihiel on May 22. i
Buford, while patrolling, encountered I
two German pursuit planes. The fight-1
ing continued only a few minutes, |
Lieutenant Buford attacking one of the i
Ger-man planes, which was trying to j
lead him into the fire from the other.'
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Suddenly Lieutenant Buford looked
overhead and saw two more Germans
coming down from out of the clouds.
He took a dive, all of the Germans
diving at the same time, and when he
came up he had one of the enemy
planes in front of him. Buford began
firing with his machine gun, causing
his adversary to disappear in a nose
dive. Although he was su;*e he had
hit the German it was not until to-day
that the victory was confirmed.
A few minutes later Litiittnant Bu?
ford managed to get behind two of the
remaining three machines and o|)OllR<*1
lire, but his machine gun jammed- As
he was unable to use his weapon, he
started in a series of skilful dives and
turns, and was auccessful in shaking off
the three enemy 'planes.
An A??ni|iican aerial pursuit squadron
is now ?^"Vrating over the American
sector northwest of Toul. All the
pilots whose air exploits have been re?
corded up to this time belong to this
squadron, which has a special insignia.
The squadron is flying in Nicuport
chasing machines
The first victories in which th?
squadron brought down two German
machines were gained the day after
they took up flying on this sector. The
occupants of the German machines
were made prisoner.
(By The Associated Presa)
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON
THE BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE,
Thursday, May 23.?Several soldiers of
the "new" American army now on this
front are reported to have been wound?
ed yesterday by bombs dropped by Ger?
man raiders. This was their first ex?
perience with the enemy.
The Americans are. making a ?good
impression, and they astonish British
an?i French veterans, by the quickness
with which they adapt themselves to
new customs and the cheerfulness with
which they accept discomfort. By the
French, with whom they are billeted,*?
they are admired for their physique,
good behavior and ardor.
The man?uvres in their first few
days on this front were carried out in
the hottest weather and on dusty roads.
As the training proceeds small ills dis?
appear, and the progress of the Amer?
icans has been plainly visible in the
last few days.
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