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Show SAYS WINTER SAVES GERMANS FROM DEFEAT LONDON Dec 89 10 OS p m. Dis patches from both east and west ex press the belief that the winter weather is likely to prove the most severs ob (tacle to war operations on the prin eipaj fronts during, the next few weeks ' The most dreaded period of winter is from the end of December to the and of January waa General French s reply a year ago to the demands for a great offensive The same remark would probably apply equally this year Banter s correspondent at western headquarters, after remarking that the British staff is confident that the al ; lie ae now so strong in men and mu nitions that they ran break through the German lines whenever the nght time comes, declares that the weather is the chief reason for postponing the big movement lie adds Such a movement needs careful planning and extreme caution Boiling up tactics always involve the possibili ty of counter attacks which may end in rolling up the aggressor W th the face of the country in a porous and mushy condition it is impossible to ef feet the essential quick movements of artillery without which any big of fenae is foredoomed to fail The all ed troops would probably have little trouble in occupying any part of the German front trenches forthwith because tho enemy hold these 1 ghtly B t thenl W th the ranges registered to a ret) such a step would be sheer sui ide until the op portun tv is r pe A Russian correspondent wr tes The most so "re part of winter has begun n the R ss an theater All reports agree that the weather this year is more se ere than usual It s increas ngly do btful if anj ser o s events will occur until the end of Jan nary Despite tho weather tho duel n he Vosees mo nta ns in the western mne cont nues and may event ally prove to be one of the b operat ons of the war The ga us n either d rect on thna far have 1 ee small b t the IVench cla m trog eBS n the r effo t to establ si 11 e nsel es on the crest of the foothil s wh ch here don nate the pla n |