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The depression continues on a mappeozin ately northerly trucks it in omuzeal at about 190 miles 8.E. of Nabs this morning, and has become deeper,
Frenki monom may be expected orez the north part of the Canh Hoa
Hongkong rainfall for 24 houm ending at |10 sm, to-day, 0.00 inch. Total sinos Let January, 79.72 isokas, against an average of 91.98 inaban
The forest for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day fs, as follows :---
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Hongkong Observa ory, November 5th,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916.
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Baromater
Temperature
$9.98 82
30,09
30 07
74
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49
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HIGH WATER,
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H'kong.
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3 3d 44
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GERMAN GENERAL'S
· CONFESSIONS.
TRIBUTE TO BRITISH ARMY.
penetrating the line, an occurrence which cannot always be avoided when the artillery fire is so heavy
“The existing telephone system proved totally anadequato the existing organization of the light signalling service does not meet the requirements, and
the establishment of motor. bicycles proved insufficient for the heavy fighting; this deficiency was pain fully evidence Tas also blot sufficient The establishment of
We are most of us familiar-horribly [snow "THE TIMES' SPECIAL CORRESPONDANT familiar with the phrase. It brings to
AT DUETINI · HEADQUARTZEA.. our minds visions of admirable and necest pam
and, many officious and The English infantry has undoubted ludicrous, forms of war service in which Ly learned much since the autumn offen some of our sex have seen fit to occupy sive. It shows great dash in the attack, for the work done.” themselves,
a factor to which inmenso confidence in
But the form which I have in my mind at present, and of which I have seen a good many examples recently, is not the usual war work at all. In fact, it is s form of doing one's bit" which few out aide the circle of those most concerned ever hear about. : Yet it is one of the finest and truest forms of national service which even this awful catastrophs of war has brought forth.
I allude to the quiet hat splendid way in which thousands of English familice have risen to the occasion and opered their hearts and in many cases their purses to the more needy among their kith and kin.
Many who have suffered heavily in vari ous ways, through the temporary absence of the breadwinner or through being hit by the war in their profession, have been ↑ kindly received and assisted in countless
its overwhelming artillery probably great- ly contributes. The Englishman also has his training and physique in his favour."
These are the words with which General Sixt von Arnim, commanding the IVth German Corps, begins an extraordinarily interesting memorandum on the expori ences of that Corps in the Battle of the Bomine during the month of July, 1916. A copy of the memorandum has recently fallen into our. hands. Arnim writes, of course, without any General von idea that the document will over be soon by British oyes. His views are for the enlightenment only of his official superiors and the exports of his own Army. As a consequence, the picture which he draws, both of that Army and of ours, has uncommon interest for us. And it is a picture from which we can draw not a little comfort.
"One must acknowledge the skill with captured positions. The English infan- tey showed great tenacity in This was especially noticeable in the case dofence. of small parties, which, when once estab lished in the corner of a wood, or a group of houses, were very difficult to drive out"
BOLDNESS OF BRITISH AIRMEN.
But more notable still are his remarks British airmen upon acroplanes and the work of the
"The means for providing the artillery proved with serial observation has insufficient.
The numerical superiority of the enemy's airmen and the fact that their machines were better were made disagreeably apparent to us, particularly in their direction of the enemy's artillery fire and in bomb-drop- ping. The number of our battle planes was also too small. The enemy's airmen were often able to fire successfully on our troops with machine-guns, by descending to a height of a few hundred metres. The German anti-aircraft gun sections could not continue firing at that height without exposing their own troops to serious danger from fragments of
by machine guns. A further lesson from anti-aircraft defences to be supplemented
English airmen is that the infantry make this surprisingly bold procedure of the too little use of their rifles as a means of driving off aircraft.
make good the expenditure in the event of the railway being blocked for one or two days. The lack of gun ammunition was always felt, and large reserves were over nyilable (Horn follow various comments on the motor-lorry and cart transport which was generally efficient.) There should be ammunition depôts for a large quantity of ammunition close to the detraining stations. from the detraining stations to the addition, light railways are required depots. These were not provided, and consequently a large quantity of ammuni- tion was piled up along the railway lines
beside the detraining. immediately stations.
In
Incidentally it may be noted that our airmen have been quite aware of this fact and that several of such piles have beer kombed and exploded. It should be noted that General von Armin', betrays 'no as to the abundance oË misgivings Germany's supply of ammunition as whole, What he complains of is the faultinews Lofthri arrangements for delivering it when it is wanted
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If there is one detail in which we have always supposed that the German really beat us it was in his military maps. It is comforting then to rend:
Was
The original supply of maps insufficient, not only as regards quantity,
for observing which prevailed (by which particularly apparent owing to the fact that during the unfavourable conditions
men) bring had at first to be carried out he means the ubiquitousness of our air- chiefly by the map. Even if it could not be expected that all the numerous battery- positions (which in comparison to the original front in June are woll behind the line) could not be reconnoitred and fixed beforehand, it would nevertheless have been an advantage if a large number of points on the ground in question has been The fixed and inserted on the nup. He subsequent supply of maps was also
inadequate.
ways by the more fortunato members of which the English rapidly consolidated shells. This has produced a desire for the but as regards detail. The latter was their family. A home has been offered in one case, perhaps a little timely assist ance with the children's education in another; a temporary post found for some struggling professional man to help "tide over the bad times in these and many other ways have the unknown women of England helped to lighten the
As for our artillery- dark cloud of anxiety which threatened
"Particularly noticeable was the high numberless patient and uncomplaining sufferers. For this reason alone the deep-percentage of medium and heavy guns er thinkers among us should refrain from with the artillery, which, apart from this, writing down as slackers" the sheltered was numerically far superior to ours, women who may be doing real, if unosten. The ammunition has apparently improv ed considerably. All our tactically im tatious, work
portant positions were methodically bom barded by the English artillery, as well
all known infantry and battery positions. Extremely heavy are was con immediately behind the firing line, as tinuously directed on the villages situated well as on all natural cover afforded by the ground. Registration and fire con- to were assisted by well organized aerial observation. At night the villages also were frequently unhed by aeroplanes."
General von Arnim goes on to point out the weaknesses developed in the Ger-
Numerous complaints," we hear, were received of rifle breech actions being,
completely clogged with dirt both in attack and defence"; and he urges the use of a cover over the breech of the rifles like that used in the English Army, which can be easily unfastened and then hangs from the rifle." approves of the 1905 pattern pistol for hand-to-hand fighting in villages and woods," etc., and of the new pattern sword-bayonet with saw edge (specimens of which, by the way, are often amor and he understands thuit automatic rifles the souvenirs" collected by our men, are useful weapons for trench warfare." But most important of all infantry weapons are bombs :--
How many homes in England have gathered together their resources in order to help others through this difficult time! Everywhere quiet sacrifices, hidden deeds of generosity, unknown and unrecorded acts of self-denial and self-abaegation. Especially among the better class not necessarily the better-off class of house
The hand grenade was the most hold is there a constant drawing together
important infantry weapon both in attack and rearrangement of life to meet altered
and defence. It is universally suggested and harder conditions, rendered neces- sary by the constant drain on the earning man machine by the strain of the that the supply of hand-grenades should
battle:
be increased. If it is possible to ensure man-power of the nation, the ever-increas- ing price of necessaries, and the decrease in the Battle of the Somne subinitted to the ball and egg grenades for "The reports on the experience gained supply of different kinds of hand grenades, the general opinion is in favour in the purchasing power of inoney Corps Headquarters unanimously agree
In more than one home of leisure and as to the necessity for an increased allat attack, despite their small effort, in refinement, where a very fair level of or ment of weapons, means of communica preference to the cylindrical grenades dered comfort has hitherto obtained, room tion, and transport of all kinds, such as with handles, as a larger supply of the has been made for one or more tempor Planmenwerk, anti-aircraft sectipas, two former can be taken into action." arily reduced member, and the cloak anti-aircraft inachite-guns, captive bal
None the less, rather illogically, it
that he recommends which covered two or three is now stretch-loons, reconnaissance and battle planes, ed to its fullest extent to shelter a larger double telephone sections, motor lorries, cylindrical grenade with a handle is, "on number. Treasured
rights
and horse-drawn vehicles, motor cycles, light the whole, the most effective," it should privacies have had to be given up the signaling detachments, wireless stations, Priester" bomb thrower B
be universally adopted. He thinke the comfort of the few has had to yield to the etc.
valuable necessity of the many, ma
thing, and also the light trench mortar.
37
Even without the "&c. this is a fairly In some ways the domestic upheavals comprehensive list of things which need caused by the war have been the meanscularize, he finds more. The Staffs of the
improving; but as he goes on to parti of re-establishing family life in the
Higher Comnande, we learn, which older and simpler sense of the term, and have been reduced during the war, proved this is all to the good, implying, as it does, a closer union between meubers of inadequate in actual fighting," There is one common stock, greater self-denial,nck of sufficient corps headquarters so and consequently less luxury. The result that two corps sometimes have to share, in some cases has been the recovery of a convenience of both; and this caused. the same buildings, to the immense in typically English tradition which had
difficulties which become almost extinct in a more feverish folt during critical periods in the fight particularly ing." Full use was not got out of the Pioacer companies; and there is need of more machine-guns.
existences
I know, in my own personal experience, of more than one old family feud which Line, and even death had failed to heal, but which has yielded before the stern, if unromantic, pressure of a common neces- sity.
Many " have found it not only po sible but pleasant to live together, where "few" would have had hit a starved existence, mentally as well as physically In discovering new truths we have redist covered wame old ones, one of the latter being that it is quite possible to have real comrades among the members of one's own family topical cynicisus notwithstand ing!
wore.
was
EFFECTS OF BRITISH ARTILLERY FIRE. The British fire, he tells us, almost continuous and of a volume never before experienced." We had thought as inuch, and are glad to have it confirmed on high German authority.
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He dwells on the difficulty of getting reliefs up through the British barrage and says that it must be done in small parties or in single file, and speaks of the disadvantages under which the Ger man guas had to work from "the bad conditions fox observation, the permanent interruption of the telephone communi- heavy fire which was maintained behind our front line Again and again, in- deed, be recurs to the weight of our artil lery bombardment and to the lack of observation from which the Germans have suffered owing to the supremacy of our airmen."
This particular kind of war work is,cations, and the practically contIN NOUS from its very nature, bound to be of the unobtrusive variety. One does not go badge-hunting" when assisting the needy among one's own people; nor does one expert to wear & uniform for helping lame ducks" of one's own blood! None the less, this is war work of the most genuine variety, and gains, rather than loses, in real merit because of its lack of sensationalism. The general public may know nothing of it, but the true and last ing memorial lies in the grateful and relieved hearts of those who have had to sorrow and dread for the loved ones anxiety on account of the material needs of existence; in the mind of the soldier on active service from which a load of apprehension for those left at home has been lifted in the hearts of bereaved parents who have found their sorrow. sympathetically shared, and in the close and more loving bond established between sisters and brothers.
A few days ago I spoke at some length of the evidence that the enemy was more and more adopting the plan of holding his front line only lightly, keeping the bulk of his strength in support for the purpose of counter-attacking as soon and as heavily as possible. I wrote only on conjecture from facts which have come to my knowledge in the latest fighting; but the following paragraphs from General von Arnim on the subject are portone:---
.op
seerts,
25 the
IMMENSE EXPENDITURE OF SHELLH..
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST NERELTING.
Inadequato also seenis to have been the
the
supply of homes. Owing on the one hand establishment of horses (of which wo to the "permanent reduction i have heard before now), and on the other
to the increase in the itsed of transport owing to the demands of the fighting, the supply of horses and vehicles to the
troops secus to have been strained to its utmost limit. In the reduction of the establish went it appears that all spare horses of the machinegan companies had been
all the riding horses, including that of struck off, and this, he says, was badly felt," and in one machine-gun company the Company Commander, had, owing to the lack of spare horses, to be used as draught horses."
One last question must suffice. In his closing recommendations General von Arnim deals with the subject of the Military Police:
The police service behind the front is of the utmost importance. During any protracted fighting, men of sufficient authority and energy should be posted on all roads leading to the rear from the battle zone. Points of concentration for suspects should be arranged by the Divisions as close as possible to the dressing stations and casualty clearing
stations.
As for machine-guns, in spite of the immense service which they have rendered, he considers the present German type of
actine gun too heavy. Machine-guns fighting line, not only should there be
In the villages behind the usually have to be brought up ever open
strict control on all exits but an internal ground under a heavy barrage," and the control should also be
augurated great weight of the gun is serious Detailed regulations should be issued by disadvantage "
under these conditions. the Town Major, who will appoint to drag the heavy aledge over ground. Even if dismounted, it is very difficult
sergeant-majors and other pærsonnel for carrying out this service." The ammunition- which is under fire. boxes and water-jackets are also too sort were necessary behind the German We have opined that precautions of the heavy, and the wheels of the machine fighting lines, from what we hear from gun hand carriages, used by the marksman acctions, are not strong enough deserters who reach our trenches.
prisoners and from the number of for paved ronds," and are therefore also have need of military police and of unsuitable for use on the march. On the Town Majors, for the British soldier whole, indeed, he is less enthusiastic over
when in rest is not always superior to the German machine gun than one might all the frailties which may beset him when expect, seeing what a pre-eminent part it merely a man at home; but as for blocking has played in their fighting throughout the whole battle. Without their machine uns we should have eaten up the German amics long ago,
of
ammunition per gun during the whole
The average daily expenditure period of the 5ghting was
Field guns
145 rounds Lightfold howitzers.... 170 Heary field howitzers... 119
10cm, guns
zlom. mortars
118
51
21
single day's expenditure per gun was:-
This was the average. The highest
Field guns 392 145 rounds Light field howitzers 470 Heavy field howitzers... 233 10cm, gung ------
21cm. mortars
321
110 17
We
roads leading to the rear from the battle zone and controlling the exits from villages, almost the most extra- ordinary thing in the behaviour of our Armies has been the total lack of anything like straggling." Officer who, on July 1st, detailed parties: I may have told before the incident of the Commanding to go round to watch for and arrest, all stragglers. After two days of industrious" searching the parties came in with one prisoner among them, and he was a man caught wandering at large, wounded and demented from shell-shock.
On the whole we have abundant reason to be satisfied with what General von Arnim tells u He is known to be a soldier of reputation and of wide experience of the world. He shows him- self here a thoughtful and conscientious man who comments with straightforward- Corps, and we have no knowledge (I have picture which he draws is of a German The above applies only to the IVthness on the facts as he sees them; and the none) what relation these guns bear to military machine which is far from being the total number opposed to us here, as faultless at all points as many people hood of 3,100 pieces. The figures given, ment in which General von Arnim has which, as you know, is in the neighbour- bave supposed. There is no single depart- however, approximate closely to the basis not shortcomings to point out. On the on which I made an estimate that by the other hand, no Army could ask for higher One of the most important lessons middle of September the number of shells testimony to its quality than that which, drawn from the Battle of the Somme is used by both sidee on the British front in his remarks on our infantry, our guns, that under heavy artillery fire the front in this battle since July 1st had been and our airmen, he pays to the British line should be only thinly held, but by about 25,000,000. They seem to confirm troopt. Nothing binds human nature more reliable men and & few machine guns, that estimato as fairly accurate. closely together than a trial shared, and even when there is always possibility of Incidentally he tells us that one German many women, who would otherwise have hostile attack. When this was not done light field howitzer battery on one occasion indulgent existences, have found happienemy's attack was launched that the known as continued to lead self-centred and self the casualties were so great before the fired over 3,500 rounds of gas shells green cross shells) in 44 tunate than themselves in the possession doubtful. The danger of the front line tion General von Arnim says that the Welshman- a vastly greater thing tha ness in making a home for those less for possibility of the front line repulsing the fours.
It is a great thing to be an English- attack by its own unaided efforts was very
Of the quality of the German ammu
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It is not possible for every wamer,
being rushed when a lightly held untold pattern of field gun ammunition has it was before the war, said Mr. W. H however much she may wish it to go out and machine-guns) distributed in groups using five different fuses with the long a luncheon given in his honour by the be overcome by placing supports (infantry proved efficient, but the complication of Hearst, Prime Minister of Ontario, at and take part in the manifold activities according to the ground as close as shell for the light held howitzer caused a parents-these Their task is to rush forward to reinforced supply he remarks:-- a reserved nature, delicate print the possible behind the foremost fighting line, delay and confusion. Of the ammunition Royal Colonial Instituto. He urged that are only a few of many causes which pre the front line at the moment the enemy
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In all cases where this pro- The supply of artillery ammunition of some way order. Many who could not cedure was adopted we succeeded in all kinds, during the first days of the "Burely enough of the best and richest give largo sums to war charities, or who repulsing and inflicting very heavy losses battle, did not equal the great expendi blood will have boon loat” he added, are unable to reader impring and im on the enemy, who imagined that he had ture Reserve supplies wore only available without permitting a stream to flow to pressive public service, are carrying only to drop into a trench filled with in very small quantities. On July 14th foreign lands, as it did after the South all over our land, their quiet individual The essential conditions for success necessitated a great expenditure of
the English attack took place which African War," work of mercy. Many a house has now are, therefore, that the various formations suimunition. (He explains in detail how become a home in the real sense, lightened should be organized in depth but that ammunition was borrowed from another said that if trus democracy was going Mr. Steel-Maitland, who presided, and inspired by the spirit of self-sacrifice their units should be employed side by Army Group and had to be brought up to succeed we had got to see that a and real charity,
aido. Only in this way in it possible to at nig
night under very difficult conditions) democratic people should be able to The quality of mercy is not strain'deusurs that counter-attack in suficient
From July 15th onwards the organise itself with the same eficiencyt It blesseth him that gives and him that strength and with anmized units can be supply of samunition was better.
an antocracy had been able to do in made if the enemy ex succeeded in but the supply was never suficient to Germany.