DEPRESSION SETTLING ON THE GERMAN ARMY.
OPPORTUNITY FOR RAID ON ENGLAND PASSED. OFFICERS DEJECTED AT BEING PUT ON DEFENSIVE. London, October 21. The correspondent of the Amsterdam newspaper Tijd at Berlin says that the Germans are depressed by the influence of the Aisno struggle, which the capture of Antwerp failed to neutralise. They are unable to disguise the fact that the opportunity for a Zeppelin raid on England has passed, owing to the approach of winter storms. The battle on the Aisne has crippled the idea of an invasion of England, while the fact that the health of the German troops, in France is increasingly bad is adding to the depression. ".'■"' German officers are dejected at being put on the., defensive... The armies in France and Belgium are retreating, while 17 trsinloaas«f German wounded have reached Bruges. A letter found on a German :s, prisoner from a friend at Dusscldorf states: " If you saw the volun- - teers and the Landwchr now leaving you would turn your head, for they are taking everybody. The last hope for-German? ofall'tne old men becoming soldiers." ..'."l-;". y .-■'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15747, 23 October 1914, Page 5
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