TANKS ON THE BRAIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12407, 27 August 1918, Page 6

TANKS ON THE BRAIN.

ENEMY ADMISSIONS. i, ‘ United Service.' (Received August 27, 1.20 p.m.) ~ ‘ ' Lu.ndGX, August 26. Air i erry 1 ’oouison writes: —--Evidence ,01 considerable enemy demoraaisatiou can no seen m bis throwing m all 'sorts o, - sertuen troops, Ant-ji the hope of cheesing our advance, but tho bcwilncrea. units are' cut, : off and captured before-they are aware inat they are iu the battle. Scraps of battalions and remnants of shattered divisions have been captured,, mixed, up with other troops in ■ endless confusion. A captuidi Herman officer did not attempt to; minimise the gravity of the catasvThc enemy was forewarned of the Australian advance below- the oorame and /massed machine-°iins averaging one to every two yardslThc prehnunary advance of tho tank? largely Centralised them. Th 0 Germans arc now-thoroughly afraid of the tanks and fairly have them on the brain, as captured documents reveal, reporting Sorts of Places . the tanks have never reached. uerniaa officers robuko us as uncoilWomanly in .using tanks, to which thov M,ro unable -to surrender. Thov bitterly cemplam, that they were compelled to • ft "d;' t ak o them aboard! nut the tanks’refused to stop and went crushing- the machine-guns’ nests All the. Prisoners practically agree that Germany s ultimate victory- i s now impossible, : but if the Allies mean to erdsh-her‘Utterly, Germany will fight cm tor ono dr two years.