THE ARTILLERY PROBLEM.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13786, 11 September 1915, Page 10

THE ARTILLERY PROBLEM.

J Mr Frank Fox, formerly a Sydney .journalist, and now, according to a foot- , note to his article, m the fortnightly, an officer of the Royal Artillery, Writes ol'i the subject of tSie artillery task of the Allies m the great war. He opens by writing: The road to Berlin will have to bo rough-made by artillery. The infantry, the essential infantry, must come -after to press it smooth and firm." ne goes on to give the 'gist ' of ' his notes' on artillery work drawn from' his personal observation as a^war-'correspondent witli the Belgian army from August to December, 1914. Mr Fox quotes events, and incidents ' from which 'he draws the deduction that the German artillerists are • greatly; Superior to those- -of the Allies' -in' ' : preparation aiid 1 ctjuipnient, : .but distinctly -inferior to ! them m initiative and prdmptitude iiv 7 the aeliial battlefield.'- In all' that has -been'-doho at headquarters tHo German .artillery -is superior -YiriPall that is. dorte in/the' field they ar,e ' infetior. 'Mr Fox accordingly deduces that when the artillerists of t>ho Allied forces -'have 'achieved' ;,/ equality with the Germans m equipment and preparation they' will 'a'chieye' gun superiority m the field as the result of their higher intelligence. Particular occasions are noted iii. .which -the Germans failed to rh'akc fyH. use of their artiljeiy— notably one occasion lip'pn.- which, nc-, cordlpg to this \vriter. Ihe whole of the BelgThit> -'army escaped through the ,remissipn i.tif the German .gimhers. • Sufliciont^helis to secure prodigality of fiife, aivrHap severest precautions against .spies on >^^ actual' field of Operations, arefindicatecT. as .measures which wiil greatly! conduce to gun superiority. * -I