IRRESISTIBLE ARTILLERY.
PATH MADE FOR INFANTRY. London, April 2. "Eye-witness" writes: "It is necessary to warn the public against attaching undue importance to the capture of machine-guns. A gun is merely a piece of machinery, and its loss or destruction does not count. It can be replaced instantly, but the slain cannot be replace\ for a generation. The guns are of the Maxim type, on small inconspicuous sledge or stretcher mounting." An artillery officer, describing the fight a: Neuve Chapelle, says: "It was the biggest thing of the war. We again proved that barbed wire is useless against an artillery bombardment such as ours. The infantry simply walked in at Neuve Chapelle. " Trench warfare suits the Germans better than us. Sitting still is their best chance, while slap-dash, running scraps are our forte. Mud is their element, and chaos is ours. Deep holes made by the shells from the ' Jack Johnsons' are everywhere dangerous at night because they arc filled with water deep enough to drown a man."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15885, 5 April 1915, Page 6
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