THE MAN OF MISTERY
ENEMY COMMANDER ON SOMME 1 FRONT.
"THE BRITISH WILL NOT GET
PAST ME."
(ADSTRALIAMEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) i LONDON, 16th August, The Berlin correspondent of the New Yoric Times says: "I have spent two evenings with the 'Man of Mystery' who is Commander-m-Chief of the German armies on the Somme. His name is riot known even 'to the German people, and lam not permitted to disclose it. .1 asked him if the English offensive was weakening. He replied, 'No. In spite of very heavy losses, the British ha,ve come back again and again. They are stubborn foes. Though the British offensive may last two months, perhaps longer,. but they are not prepared for a winter campaign. The British are tough, dogged, and determined, but they will not get past me.' "
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 41, 17 August 1916, Page 7
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134THE MAN OF MISTERY Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 41, 17 August 1916, Page 7
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