RELIANCE ON SUBMARINES.
GERMAN PRISONERS' BELIEF
"IF THEY, COULD LAST OUT."
(Special to. .tho Herald. l WELLINGTON, t liis day. * ''From vrb'at we ran gathfr J'mni prisoners," writes General, liirchvood m the course of an interesting letter 'to Sir James Allen, "Germany seenis to he' relying entirely upon .a-. -successful ".submarine campaign. -Every miiiv tcld us! he had been, .assured that if they, could ' only hold out for the next two or three j months, we must be starved into sub- 1 mission." In another part of the letterGeneral Birdw;ood states: '"You yr\\l ! have seen from the papers we have .been, j having a' lot 'of real hard fighting here lately, and I'm proud' to think that my" men have possibly been better than : before. You -will realise what it meant to fight their way into the main Hindenburg line, and hold 011 there unsupported for several days against attacks from j the, front and both flanks^ I almost think this requires ; fur greater courage and steadfastness .than - necessary for ...an actual attack, which is carried ,'throiiglx. with more . ela'u'jV though this all the. troops displayed, m original attack's on the 'line." ... ',"'■'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 6
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192RELIANCE ON SUBMARINES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 6
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