NEW BRITISH STRATEGY

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13271, 29 August 1916, Page 5

NEW BRITISH STRATEGY

SPIHIT OF THE ARMY. NO SHINS (IF STALENESS. (The Times.) LONDON, August 28. A correspondent .it headquarters writes: "The over-increasing ferocity ami localisation of the bombardment illustrate the new form of strategy developed by Sir Douglas Haig. The formula comprises sudden attacks succeeding terrific artillery work. No bombardments of the war are comparable with the indescribable punishment inflicted on the German positions during our successive advances on Thiepval. The horror of the hurricane bombardments is increased by their suddenness. They come without warning, as if the sky were suddenly darkened, the earth exploded, and the heavens opened to emit a hailstorm every stone cf which was a thunderbolt." The correspondent pays a tribute to the spirits of the army. The men are full of jesting laughter. There is no sign of staleness or failing of confidence. The greatly-increased proportion of officers captured in the recent actions suggests the likelihood of a new German regulation that officers are not to save their own lives, but to remain and hold their men from surrendering. Another possibility is that the intensity of the artillery fire makes escape impossible.