HOW WE WIIL WIN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14236, 2 March 1917, Page 9

HOW WE WIIL WIN.

THF, HAIG '.INTEft VIKW.BREAKING THE EN.ELMY FRONT. LONDON/ Feb.. 20. Tlie Daily Sketch states thai during the recent interview with Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, French correspondents asked, "Shall 'we nreak, the German front during the coming big push?" Tlie British .Cfammano!er-in-Chief replied : "Most certainly wo sha_l ; severely at maiiy points." Sir Douglas continued that the West front was^the decisive point, and .'there »was no doubt the Allies would break it. The war would be decided on the battlefield, and peace might 'be decided m 1917. "But," added the Field-Marshal, "if Germany cannot he entirely beaten this year,th« Allies will not hesitate to carry ot» the war. There can bo no lasting jwace witliout a complete victory. British' troops are Indomitably resolved lo light to the end. "If the enemy starts the offensive, no matter where, Aye Hie ready to receive him. His folly W.ilT. cost him dear. "We are keeping our armies m training, our cavalry awaiting the openingN>f the gate, so that the enemy's defeat may be turned into ..a rout. "The enemy will not be able to entrench himself;, even far belund the lines. "The first attacks of the groat offe"sive may ho limited* and uncertain. It took montJhs tfr c.jeok GermanyV'millions, and it will take several months to annihilate them, .but we must strike without respite, and strike terribly, with the object of totally destroying his army, »■■■■———»—»— ■^——t

_— _hb___hs=s=___=____h______-_s_s__=sb==. I For tho world's tranquility, Germany must, be broken." "What we' have, done is enormous, but there is still much to do. Already we have reached the munition Output we wanted. Wo now want more guns and railways. We cannot have too many ?;uiis owing to the continuous wastage, {egarding tlie railways, tho disproportion between the tonnage landed. at our hasps and the tonnage our railways were capable of carrying had hampered-- our operations. The directors of the English railways have investigated our requirements, and given us more than we asked — indeed, they even stripped their own railways of ilie ballast, of which wo were m want. "We are also supplying material of all •sorts to the Allies, especially Russia, Italy, and Rumania.^ We cannot escape this obligation, owing to the necessity for maintaining a united 1 , solid front. "Do not forget that the Western front is, and will remain, the principal front, upon which I am convinced that the decision ot the war will take place. Hence our policy of making Che Western front defensively the best." A correspondent, asked whether tho decision would be secured by breaking down the German "front, aiid Sir Douglas Haig replied, "That is how I imagine the decision will take place. Trench warfare must give way to a war of movement, which alone will procure the advantages we count upon." Sir Douglas emphasised that an incomplete or halting peace would .-leave Germany able to take a terrible revenge m the near future. After having attacked England, she would- be a,gain on the French frontiers ■greedier than ever for blood and conquest. Let us beware of the suspicious manoeuvres of the enemy, who, feeling himself lost, talks peace and seeks to divide us." • • rrr— •