The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . ble counter-thrusts, heavier and more determined, and delivered bystronger forces than anj^ counter-movements that had takenplace on the Western Front that year. But they were un-able to make any impression on the British line and werethrown back with heavy losses. Haig struck out again withinless than a week after his first attack. For an averagedepth of nearly a mile the British went forward, reachingthe outskirts of Gheluvelt and passing well to the
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . ble counter-thrusts, heavier and more determined, and delivered bystronger forces than anj^ counter-movements that had takenplace on the Western Front that year. But they were un-able to make any impression on the British line and werethrown back with heavy losses. Haig struck out again withinless than a week after his first attack. For an averagedepth of nearly a mile the British went forward, reachingthe outskirts of Gheluvelt and passing well to the east ofZonnebeke on the western slopes of the ridge. The Germanshad to hold this ridge to save themselves. Their entire lineboth north and south was threatened by failure; failure, infact, was staring thefti in the face. The drive of the Britishwas bringing them directly toward the railroad from Meninto Roulers, which was the direct link between Lille and the ridge gave way there was no natural obstacle be-tween the British and tliis line. There would still be a round-about connection between these points through Roulers and. BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR PHOTO A \(; \(;E BRITISH GIN ON THE WESTERN FRONT Courtrai, but it would be under direct artillery-fire at rea-sonably close range. German newspaper correspondents now imprest upontile people at home the necessity of making sacrifices in orderto back up the troops who were trying to hold the line inFlanders. Max Osborne ^ said that, in the ferocious fightingbefore , nothing more or less was involved than theworld-historic decision as to whether England can crush usand break our backbone or not. Nobody at the Germanfront concealed the colossal gravity of this -endlessstruggle. On its outcome depended whether England isable or not to wrest from our hands the strongest weaponsMe possess to frustrate her calculations, In fact, decisionsof life and death were being made—of our life or ourdeath, said he. Nev
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