Show FLUX AND GERMAN ARMY english writer shows how forces were swung to and fro WEST TOTAL NEAR MAXIMUM on sept 1 the fighting troops there he figures reached 1369 batal lons Rou manlas entry causes swift change with the french armies the flux and reflux of the german forces on the western and eastern fronts together with their rapid augmentation on either side whenever occasion called for an increase of effectives have been now clearly set forth the figures given refer to the various phases of the war starting with the invasion of belgium in august 1914 going right through the allied offensives of 1915 and 1910 the german before verdun the movements on the russian and doumanian Rou manian frontiers and concluding with the position as it was on september 1 this year it will be seen that in 1914 the mans threw onto the western front including the army that forced its way through belgium 1190 battalions of infantry while on the russian front from which they did not await much activity they left only battalions by september 1 this year these totals had been enormously raised tor on that date they had on the franco bel glan british front no fewer than battalions while on the eastern front they had in position battalions thus at the present moment they are employing 2334 battalions on both fronts whereas at the opening of bos only 1512 were engaged from one side to other A glance at the totals of the battal ons in line on the two fronts at different periods of the war Is interesting ns showing how the principal effort of the german hag swung from time to time from one side to the other the attack on belgium and france absorbed the attention of the german staff when war broke out in august 1914 and the russian front was left to a very great extent to take care of itself at that time the infantry effectives were disposed as follows divisions of 4 lists each batons on the western front 96 1130 on the eastern front 26 32 the battle of the in Iso vember 1914 caused the germans to intensify their effort in the west they brought up their effectives to a higher total there but at the same time they were becoming rather anxious about the russian front and therefore added to the number of their troops on eliat side making the position as follows divisions of 4 rests batons on the western front 1233 on the eastern front 32 then came the russian offensive which compelled germany to 1001 round in order to find more troops to meet it she therefore reduced her effectives somewhat on the western front and sent them eastward at the same time bringing some more battal ions from the interior to add to those on the russian frontier in september 1915 by which time the maximum of the german effort had been r ched on that side the position stood divisions of batons on the western front 1120 on the eastern front 67 verdun was the next great movement the germans bad in view and in order to win a victory there they changed the disposition of their infantry effectives by bringing many divisions westward so that alie position in june was divisions of batons on the western front 1376 on the eastern front 48 brings further changes A fresh awakening of activity in the east was occasioned when roumania Rou manla came into the war this brought further change in the proportional strength of the german forces on the respective fronts in december 1910 they were na follows divisions 0 3 or 4 egts batons on the western front 1312 on the eastern front 79 in july 1917 which saw the opening of both british and french offensive movements the germans were compelled to re enforce their armies on the western front and this brought with it a reduction of their strength on the eastern frontier the totals were then alvs generally at 3 egts batons on the western trout tle 1456 on the eastern front 79 owing to events connected with ahe revolution in russia germany threw bome more troops into the eastern field af operations and on september 1 the ritu atlon was as follows divisions of 3 egts batons on the western front 1369 on the eastern front 92 yea these figures refer merely to the troops engaged in the fighting line and leave out of account those in garrison in alie interior of the country as well ni those on the lines of communication at the beginning of the war the strength th of the german battalion was about 1000 men on the assumption that strength has been maintained the correspondents statement indicates the presence of 1309 german trompa on tho w estern front in septem her |