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Show fill l SACRIFICES TROOPS Prodigal Waste of Men Follows Hindenburg's Desperate Efforts to Save Line , of Re'treat By J. W. T. Mason 1 United Preea War Export. NKW YORK, Oct. 1. Von Hindenburg ia throwing his reserve into the battle apuinst tliii Americana north of Verdun with unexampled prodigality in a doeperate effort tu prevent Oaneral I'erahing from cloning Luxemburg exit out of Kranaa. Tha American front la ecareely more than ten mllee wide between the Ar-gonne Ar-gonne foreat and the Meuae. Yet Von rlindenhura haa already piled aeven freeh dlvlaione Into thle area and la preparing to aend more. In conaeqiienre of tha deepormtlun with which the tier mana are onnleetlng the American movement down !ha Meuae, Ihe pro-groee pro-groee of General I'erehlng a advance la neceaaartly al"W. It calla for a higher degrea pf aklll and etrateglc direction than any other combat in which the Americana have been engaged. fORIST AIDS HUNS. Tha Americana might be able to force a wedge formation northward along the banka of the Meuae with aome degrea of rapidity, but If they did they would themaelvea be in a pocket and would offer the opportunity to Von Hindenburg for a atrong counter attack. at-tack. Tha fact that tha Argonne foreat for-eat la on tha left flank of the Americana la alan ata ImiMtilBi.al to their advance The Germans are heavily entrenched in the Argonne and have not yet been x piled from Its admirable concealments for machine gun neste. If General Pershing Per-shing were to move forward to any oonelderable degrea without fully protecting pro-tecting hts left wing from attack from ibe -Argon ne, ha would ivaVtin Hindenburg Hin-denburg an opportunity to direct a telling firs against the American flanks. PINCEft PLAN. The French are now advancing on the weat aide of the. Argonne. It la possible that with the French on the west flank and tha Americana on the east flank of the forest, the Hermans can be pinched out. If tfits maneuver ta succesefuUy conducted, It will be much easier for the Americans to speed up their offensive along the Meuae Von Hindenburg, however, will certainly cer-tainly continue to ataughter hla own manpower recklessly in an attempt to hold the Americans. - The posses ton of Luxemburg highway, high-way, passing through- Ntaney, twelve miles north of the American front, Is too vital for him to count the cost of its retention. |