CALLOUS GERMAN COMMANDERS^

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 27 March 1918, Page 7

CALLOUS GERMAN COMMANDERS^

SUMMARY OF WHOLE SITUATION?

BRITISH LINE GIVES, BUT DOES NOT BREAK. .;

BERLIN WARNED AGAINST INJUDICIOUS JIOPES.

AS TO EARLY OF BRITISH. .(Received March .27, 12.25 p.m ) LONDON, March 26. An eye-witness of .the fighting tells remarkable stories as to -.the callousness of the German generals .to the losses. In one case 48 guns were -placed in a field in order to cover a qua'rjfcerrmile rush of attackers. The Britash Jieavy guns wiped, out,the twelve hatteries in a few minutes, but the twelve batteries were immediately replaced, winch the British ; .ajso demolished, men, horses, guns and .•all, and the Germans putiin a further .^4B^uns. ' - The Germans have now jieached the Allies' ring. whic-L they held prior to ithe.battle of jthe Somme &t Maricourt. This is the head of a battering ram, hence the Kaiser's reference Albert, '.but the summary of the whole situation is contained in the fact that tfhe British .line .gives, but <Soes not break. "Even li'esponsifcle Germans are preparing the •public for a possible disappointment. Berlin .telegrams state that -the -emotion of the people has reached fever heat, and a large portion of the Berlin populace all night ©n Saturday crowded the outside of the newspaper offices, awaiting news. The newspapers warned the public acainst injudicious hopes of an -early collapse of the British army. . Several German war correspondents imply that the successes have been paid for heavily.« The war correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung states that the "British, French, and American reserves maa« a serious and grave attack on the German left wing west of La Fere, the spot being clsosen with ' much ability, but-we were prepared. During the next days, he aclded, we > will have to face strong counter-at-tacks: ■ "■ • ' ■ • i

Ihe correspondent also adds-: We.Uiave a resolute adversary, who will mike desperate efforts to turn -,the