Show FOCH i SEES VICTORY ONLY IN OFFENSIVE INOFFENSIVE By Associated Press ONDON Juno June 9 That That battles L LONDON can be won in the end only by bythe bythe bythe the army which takes the tho offensive often offen sive sivo Is the significant declaration made b by General Foch commander In chief of or the allies in nn an Important article contributed b by him to The Field In which he discusses the problem lem lam of or the soldier and the tho way to victory Modern l warfare to arrive at its end and to Impose Its will on the tho enemy says saY's General j Foch och recognizes only one ono means means destruction destruction of or the ellem enemy's s 's organized forces Corces War ar undertakes and prepares this destruction b by battle which brings about overthrow of the I adversary disorganizes his command destroys destros his discipline and nullifies his units as far as their fighting power Is concerned Our first axiom must be ue that to completely achieve 3 its object a battle must not be purely defensive A purely purely pure pure- ly defensive battle even well conducted con con- ducted does not result In a n victor and anda a vanquished It Is simp simply a game that must be begun over again From this It is an obvious iou corollary that an offensive whether started at atthe atthe atthe the beginning of an action or whether hether it follows the defensive can only give results and in consequence must always always al al- al- al ways ho bo adopted at the finish I DEFENSE NOT ENOUGH To liTo maintain our position is not i synonymous with being victorious and I even eYen prepares for a defeat If It we reman re- re and do not to man where we are pass I II the offensive to fix tho the decision of attack attack at at- I tack to guard against the plans of ot the tile enemy and prevent him from carr carrying out the same maneuvers wo Yo must undertake to carry carryon on and sustain numerous nu flu combats each with determined aim But since there remains no doubt that decisive attack Is the very key key- stone of a battle all other actions which make up a battle must be envisaged envisaged en en- envisaged considered organized provided provided pro pro- vided with forces in the measure In which they will sIll prepare facilitate and guarantee d development of a decisive attack characterized b by its mass Its surprise its speed peed and for Cor which In Inconsequence inconsequence inconsequence consequence it Is essential that there shall be bo the maximum reserve resene force possible of troops of ot maneuvers The reserve that is to say the prepared I bludgeon bludgeon is Is organized and kept carefully carefully care care- full fully Instructed to execute the single act of battle from which results ar are expected namely namely- the decisive attack RESERVES FINAL FORCE Reserves must be husbanded with the most extreme parsimony so 50 that tho the bludgeon ma may be strong enough to mal make maIze e the blow as violent as pos poe possible sible Let loose at the finish without an any lurking idea of saving them with witha a well thought plan for winning the battle battlo at a point chosen and determined determined de de- de- de reserves are th thrown own In all together in an action surpassing In violence and ener energy all other phases of I with characteristics char char- battle an action proper surprise surprise mass and speed All our forces really participate either by preparing it or by carrying it out In this our supreme aim we must not be bo deceived b by appearances Although Although Al Al- though theory fails when applied b by feeble hands and when accessories obscure the main principle history and andreason andreason reason show us that in battle there Is Isalone Isalone alone capable of assuring tho the desired result result the the overthrow of the adver adver- sary san |