THE YPRES JSALJENT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14591, 29 April 1918, Page 3

THE YPRES JSALJENT.

VIEWS OP AUSTRALIAN .OORRES-

PONDENT.

QUESTIONS FOR- AUSTRALIA - TO

CONSIDER.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.?

:- JiONpON, 27. Mr. Keith Murdock, m a special article,- says : — •• . . • Many are' asking the. anxious question, "Can. the Ypre3 salient be held?" but stout hearts are facing grim prospects confidently. Tfhe Joss of Kemmel threatens, j but • does not destroy, oar communications with Ypres. Its loss less- noteworthy than the ■« fact -that the fury of another week jof - -the great battle has brought a step nearer the grave moment when, exhaustion of either side will begin. u l ,' '. „ ■j) ' It is , manifest that the prospects of the.. Germans renting., the. British and French asunder asg/imlikely, „.The gre^t question., is one of man-power; and quick .movement „of^- reserves,,, .reliefs being worked as ;> . far... as humanly posgib^. JVlarked capacity is, shown; by : the British; commanders for sparing men and relieving them before the breaking point. ■'. . .., „ . ■■: ■■ i ■ s ■': The British divisions are fighting magnificently. On the other side,- the Germans are fighting with a spirit higli and enthralled by their 'advance.. :•-. At last the reipf or cements crisis his 'irieyocably overtaken , the . A^istraliap force. t . Our casualties : are . nofci really high ; compared .with other battles, but we have lost more than- 10,000; lately. I«et. the news §ound .. m Australia that the crisis of . their forces has arrived. Strange stones are. cabled, \ that, recruiting m Australia has, been affected by a statement that' England is. keeping ■an .army pf a million m, Britain.. .These ai-e lies. England . has been , drained { Scotland's ., trusty sons have long since, gone en masse to the battlefields, and our own depots and bases have been toothcombed for. fighting 1 men.