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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 180, 4 September 1914, Page 6

Indications point to Lord Kitchener having little difficulty in finding recruits to supplement the British Army in France, and, at the'same time, raising another Expeditionary Force to take the field at the appointed time. It is satisfactory to know that the heavy losses sustained by the Britishers in their struggle against overwhelming odds have been more than filled by reinforcements from England. Lord Kitchener is prosecuting a wearingdown policy, even as the Allies are conducting ,their operations along similar lines. By virtue of their "general idea," the German invariably assume the offensive, and as invariably are they the greatest sufferers. Apparently, these frontal attacks in massed formation are at last having,a detrimentral effect on the elan of /the German troops. They are becoming a little sick of the ceaseless butchery entailed by the relentless methods of the German staff, and, according to a reliable correspondent who was present at the fierce engagement that continued over the beginning of the week, on more than one occasion there was a disposition on the part of the attacking forces to waver under the hail of bullets poured along and through their front. Progress has been made by the invaders, but obviously'at a : terrible cost. For the last three weeks the Germans, de'spite a notable superiority in guns and men, have gained ground at about the rate of three miles per day! By this, their first line armies must have been battered and cut up to the point of attenuation, whieh has necessitated the mobilising and calling up of the last reserves, as was cabled a week since. If the resistance of the' Allies continues as stubborn as it has been heretofore, that is, if their front remains intaet, it will take the Germans nearly three weeks before their combined armies can set about the investment of the French capital. Much can happen in three weeks. In that time, the Canadian Expeditionary Force should have reached the front, or wherever it is intended to send them, while the Indian reinforcements are probably on their way to the French zone of war at the present time. While awaiting further details, we may take - comfort in the thought that the Germans have had to pay dearly for their successes, which have left them somewhat exhausted.