OPINIONS OF MILITARY EXPERTS.
, ; :■■■ LONDON, Sept. 6. English -i and {French critics agree thdt a strong ■ delaying resistance is to be expected at the main points <m the Canal- du Nord. . •■ • Some *of the canal consist of cv series of ' pools and 1 / others of a crumbled, dry ditch,' or 'a huge chasm, the steepness of which formidably im- ; pedes the advance. » . *••... AH crossings '/have, been destroyed, •and Germans hold positions <m blockhouses with 'anti-tank guns and an enormous number of 'mjichine-guus on the cast bank, screening fresh divisions from Bailleul and Kemmel. s ■ German critics jldnlit ' that the position,'is the 'gi'arest s»ice the Marne, m 1914, 'but- cling to 'the hope of checking the ; adVatice when the front 'has been ••"further narrowed. . •- • 'It is noteworthy that the Kaiser, m his latest reflections, replying to an address from ' Dresden, emphasises that the battle is only defensive, and refers to the difficulties of the 'army facing an enemy filled Avith haCre'cb aird jealousy.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14713, 19 September 1918, Page 5
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