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HistoryThe German armies in response to the strains of 1916 have been greatly augmented, and it is probable that their field establishment comprises nearly 220 divisions, as compared with perhaps 180 at the beginning of the year. The Verdun blunder, the victories of Brusiloff, the entry of Rumania, the tremendous pressures of the Somme of- fensive have extorted these new intense exertions and increased expenditure from the enemy. And it should not be sup- posed even if the Allies can find no better way of winning than by the crude proc- esses of exhaustion and extermination, that they are not able and not ready to tread that terrible road. But the obliga- tion to seek better methods is imperative on the chiefs of the Allies. Is generalship content only with ordering cannon to fire and infantry to charge ? Is science bank- rupt when she has made shells? Let search be made, let wits be used, let risks be dared by those who have the power to find the shortest way. prev next |