ENEMY'S NEW DODGES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1916, Page 8

ENEMY'S NEW DODGES.

Several new features have appeared in the fighting on the Russian from. The Aus triaus, from choice or necessity fea_vs » special correspondent of the •• Yorkshire lost , ), are employing wire rope as thick as one's thumb for making. eutau B lemeuts aud since the.German shortage of men has become manifest, .they have multiplied to au excessive degree their already large proportion of maxims. Moreover, maxims in action are fixed, and not swung about, thereby salnlns something in simplification of construction. It has lieeu found that a much more certain effect is produced by setting maxims at iutervals at certain carefully arranged angles, the result being a scientific crossfire which covers, every ■inch of the front, and eliminates the hazards of the personal element in handling this formidable weapon. Four men now form a German maxim unit, and both weapon and men are abandoned cheerfully, the Germans reckoning that the loss of the whole unit is-negligible provided the maxim has been at work lor the certaia.-minijisiin limit of time.- .