. The warfare of to-day. irst months of the campaign, the only firingwas with the rifle, through loopholes; now themethods of firing are manifold. Not only does the firing interest the men andgive them practice — it also occasions very con-siderable results in the way of loss to the was never tired of repeating to my men onthe Front this argument: ** If a company by dintof unceasing watchfulness succeeds in puttingtwo Germans hors de combat each day on afront of 400 metres (which is about its scope),that will make five men put out each day ona front of one kilometre. Assuming that theF
. The warfare of to-day. irst months of the campaign, the only firingwas with the rifle, through loopholes; now themethods of firing are manifold. Not only does the firing interest the men andgive them practice — it also occasions very con-siderable results in the way of loss to the was never tired of repeating to my men onthe Front this argument: ** If a company by dintof unceasing watchfulness succeeds in puttingtwo Germans hors de combat each day on afront of 400 metres (which is about its scope),that will make five men put out each day ona front of one kilometre. Assuming that theFrench Front covers 600 kilometres, there willbe 3000 Germans accounted for each day, and90,000 a month. If the artillery achieves a likeresult, there will be 180,000 Germans hors decombat each month, even without a serious en-gagement. In this respect the Germans set an exampleof successful patience and watchfulness. Thefirst wound I received in that campaign, al-though trifling, is a proof of this. It was on Janu- 112. FIRST-LINE TRENXH NEAR YPRES EARLY IN 1915. A WATCHER
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