Show HALF WORKS WHILE OTHER HALF SLEEPS London The The secret of the tremendous tremendous tremendous dous German dash through Belgium and on the outskirts of Paris now appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to be explained according to a British officer who has returned wounded to England The German army was organized as are the workers workers work work- ers in a factory or a coal mine That ThatIs Is they worked in two shifts Throughout Through Through- out the advance from Liege half haIr the theann ann array army was sleeping while the other half haf was attacking or advancing and by these tactics they kept the allies constantly awake and wore them out by sheer want of sleep The fall o of Namur was almost entirely entirely entirely en en- due to the two shift tactics of the German army The rhe bombardment of that town it will be remembered was for three days from days from Thursday August 20 until five o'clock on the following Sunday afternoon It Is obvious that the German attackers attack attack- ers era must have worked two Iwo wo shifts to have carried on such a bombardment Even if the gunners were ere beyond the range of Belgian fire and arid safe from attack attack at at- tack the they could not have kept it up for 70 consecutive hours In lu the garrison garrison gar gar- rison noon of or Namur sleep would woud have been Impossible under such a terrific cannonade cannonade cannonade can can- and want of sleep is a stronger engine of war than even the German Inch 11 howitzers From Namur right down through the northwestern part of France the German advance was conducted on the two shift principle which means that twice twice- a day when the shift that has just slept comes up to the front frent to relieve the shift whose time for sleep has come the firing line is re- re enforced to the full strength of the army army and vast attacks can be launched These It will be observed have been the tactics employed for forthe forthe forthe the great German dashes have not soot been continuous although the general movement forward during that stage of the war was Only soldiers who have fought through arduous campaigns can ran realIze realIze realize real real- ize that sleep is a n. thing to which the bravest soldiers must eventually suc suc- cumb It is a n struggle to beat off orr the healthy approach of sleep sheep only for 24 2 hours 70 hours Is longer than most human beings can resist it and by that time it is so strong that it outweighs outweighs outweighs out out- weighs other |