GERMANY’S ARMY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 39, 25 November 1939, Page 5

GERMANY’S ARMY.

LACK OF TRAINED OFFICERS. VERY HEAVY LOSSES SUSPECTED. LONDON, November 24. According to latest estimates, Germany now has 107 divisions in the field, divided into 30 army corps and 10 armies. . These include 58 active divisions. There are also 40 divisions of reservists. Germany, in 1914, had 87 divisions, including reservists. She is greatly deficient in officers and non-commissioned officers, and' is strenuously endeavouring to train great masses of raw recruits. The Rotterdam correspondent of “The Times” says that observers from Western Germany say the impression behind the battle lines is that German losses are much heavier than is commonly supposed. Trains full of wounded are a frequent sight. Reinforcements for* the Siegfried Line are proceeding steadily. Fortifications are being extended northwards to Clove, on the Dutch frontier. EX-KAISER’S FAMILY. LONDON, November 23. According to the German High Com■mand, 14 members of the Hohenzollern family are serving with various forces and the War Department, including the Kaiser’s fifth son, Prince Oscar. The number on service includes 11 grandsons, a grand-nephew, and a grand-daughter. Prince Oscar’s eldest son was .killed leading an attack in Poland on "September 5, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm is interned in Scotland, and Prince. August Wilhelm is a distributor of ration cards at Potsdam.