Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-08 | Page 4 | Can the Germans be Driven Back?

ICAN'THE GERMANS BE DRIVEN BACK? Can the allies puth back the Germane Ger-mane from northern France and Belgium? Belgi-um? The answer is. Yes, but that nerds Qualifying. The battle of New Chapelle. in which the British troops drove the Germans four miles, routine . the Teutons out of their trenches, is said to have been attended by a loss of 18,000 to the Germans, and 13,000 to the British, but the list of British casualties, covering only those of the officerh. includes 1843 names, of which 578 were killed and 1107 wounded. Ten to one, would make the number num-ber of soldiers killed 5730. which may be accepted as approximate correct. cor-rect. This would represent a loss ! in killed and wounded of .lose to llg.OpO If the German losses were equal, than the pricp of victory WS none loo large and the Kaiser's arm? can be expelled at a cost not out of proportion to the result to be achieved P-ut are these figures reliable'' reli-able'' Writers on the war f-a.rjnot do much accurate forecasting vhen their source of information Is uncertain. Assuming that the British suffered no greater casualties than are given, then there is reason to look for an early expulsion of the Germans But iT the losses wer as much out of proportion to those of the Kaiser as were the German losses as compared with the allies in the early part of the war. then It Is doubtrul that the allies can force, the Germans into a retreat without receiving a staggering stagger-ing blow