THE GERMANS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2463, 3 October 1914, Page 2

THE GERMANS.

PREPARING THE PEOPLE FOR DEFEAT.

FATE OF PRINCE ADALBERT DEALING WITH THE ENEMY. (Received Oct. 3, 9.15 a.m.)

London, October 2. Mystery enshrouds Prince Adal- • j Ijert, the Kaiser's third son. ■ ! A nurse writes from Brussels : "The ! Kaiser demanded the surrender of j Antwerp, and King Albert replied ! that on the first shot being iirefl Prince Adalbert would be ghpt." Ucsidents of Antwerp aro speculating as to the identity of a prisoner in a non-com missioned oflioer's uniform whom his fellow incarcorecs treated with extraordinary respect. French papers declare that l'rinco Adalbert is dead. Ratterdam, October 2. The Germans here are aghast at tin.! tone of the latest Berlin newspapers, which an. , preparing the German people for defeatOfficial messages admit that tin , German troops may be compelled to abandon certain positions, but ask j for a suspension of judgment until the result of combined operations is known. The Berliner Tageblatt says the announcement of an extensive attack against the- German Hank is not calculated to relieve anxiety, but we know the German lines are protected '>y broad echelons. Even if fresh French and British forces advance from the north-eastward they arc bound to encounter these echelons, which tho German commanders withheld in expectation of such advances. (An echelon is an arrangement of troops in battalions or' divisions placed parallel to one another, but no two on tho same alignment,' each having its front clear of that in advance.) j Tho influence of British reinforcements is showing itself more and more (adds the Tageblatt). They are eftective to impede, though "their results will not be lasting. Why not admit this, because victory miist be ours? Tho more difficult it is tTie greater the honour. Around Yordun the decisive 'moment is approaching. We forced our way through the outsorts, but found on the heights westward of the Meuse a voiT strong position prepared br the enomr. The French "are experts at building up B ucli positions, and their obstinacy m defence and attack deserves recognition. It has taught a lesson to all who expected an easy tune.