STRATEGICAL PROBLEM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6

STRATEGICAL PROBLEM.

I I RUSH FOR NARROW SEAS; I GERMANS IN A DIFFICULTY. j (Received October 23. 3.5 p.m.! I London. October 24. ' The Sun's special representative, I commenting on the position, says ! that the rush made by the Germans to Ret possession of one side of the j narrow seas has landed them in a I difficulty which will require all the i strategy of the German General I Staff to surmount. Meantime, the | battle on the Aisne drags its weary I course. British soldiers state that I there is no strategy or good purpose Ito be served by ousting the Germans from the Aisne trenches, though the allies' bayonets are effectively used when it is considered necessary to capture a few trenches. If the Germans are unsuccessful fur ther north, the retreat to the | Fatherland cannot, conceivably be made through Belgium; and' the road through Luxemburg will be longer than " the road to Tipperary." The evacuated German | trenches suggest that there has been j heavy drinking by the enemy's sol- ! diers upon almost empty stomachs during many weary days. In addi- | tion, there are many dead men found, some of whom are still propped up with their heads peeping above the trenches. — »