CHANGE IN WAR METHODS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11616, 15 August 1918, Page 5

CHANGE IN WAR METHODS

MANOEUVRE DISPLACES BULL,

BUSHES.

A MASSACRE AT BOTTLE NECK,

New York, August 13,

Mr Duranty, the New York Times’ correspondent at the French front, emphasises that the character of the nghting is undergoing a change becoming an affair of manoeuvres rather than the frontal assaults of trench warfare. These tactics caused the fall of Montriidier, and are now threatening Roye and Lassigny. Meanwhile the' enemy is duplicating his retreat tactics of the Marne desperately endeavouring to hold back the advance in order to permit the removal of guns and mu> i r"'3. The wonderful bombing work of the British airmen demoralised a convoy, which- presented a hellish scene at Bottleneck road, where there was indescribale confusion, panic stricken men, stampeding horses and bomb shattered vehicles. Britisli airmen also flew low, overtaking trains and firing through windows.