THE WESTERN THEATRE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 91, 23 May 1916, Page 6

THE WESTERN THEATRE.

THE MUNSTER FUSILIERS. VIM) I CAT 10 T1IKII! LOYALTY. TKACIi GKiiMANs A LKssOX. LOX DON, May 17. A cable t<• lu-.I un the •"itli inst. moiltirjn e>(l that tin' Germans liail displayed jihn-rinls >ratiri^: "The Knjilisli arc shooting down your wives iiliil sisters. ' The sequel is jiow j>ul>lislieil, I wo oliicers aii<l l?o of the Minister Flisiliers were ordered to c;i|>ture tiie placards. They crept out at 11i •>ht, an.l were halfway across " Xo Man's Land " when the German sea li I ii; ht s found them. Two machine 11 s opened lire, ami several of the force were badlv wounded. The rest lav silent for hours, iiliil then crept on, cut the entangleinents, anil s|h;uil; into the trenches. The Genitalis were so certain that the attack hail lieen driven oti' that thev were panic-stricken, and iliil not wait for the cohl steel. The Minister* brought back the placards in triumph to the Jrisii 1 reaches. GERMANS' DESPERATE STRATEGY. WHAT TIIKY IXT KM) HI). NOT SFFFICIKXT RKXKRVL'S XOW. LONDON, May l(i. Colonel |{epiiij>ton points our that the British are holding up -111 German divisions iu the north of France. The Germans' plan was to overwhelm Verdun and then send the surplus divisions, with heavy batteries, against the British. It was a desperate strategy. They have not moved a single man from the British trout, despite the crvinjr need for reinforcements at Verdun, so the second part of the programme niav now be played. Colonel characterises Verdun as a German defeat, adding: "They Jiave a lloat.iiiM balance of some I.*) divisions which they will throw here and there iu search of a decision, but such strategic reserves are quite insullicienl for t he situation.''