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Show GERMANS FIGHTING ON THEDEFENSIVE ALLIES ADMIT THAT ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER GERMANY IS VERY STRONG. But Claim is Made That Kaiser Will Have to Send Every Man He Can Spare to Silesia to Meet Oncoming On-coming Russians. London. Even with the reserve formations which Germany may be able to raise. It will be a tremendous strain to take the offensive in both .the east and west at once. The chances are that the German staff will endeavor to continue the opera-tios opera-tios now in progress on the Aisne after the great colholon with the roain Russian armies. The general attitude of the Germans Ger-mans on the Aisne is distinctly- defensive de-fensive and local counter attacks which are being delivered at the allies al-lies are not evidence of an offensive, but the reverse. It would suit the Germans very well were the campagin in the west to degenerate into a war for positions. On the western frontiers Germany is very strong. Reichsland has been strongly fortified and all the way back to the Rhine are good positions which can be prepared for defense in advance. In the rear is the great barrier, the Rhine, with its remarkable remark-able fortresses. All this frontier is very suitable defense, which must be overcome before the allies can penetrate pene-trate the vitals of the German empire. em-pire. i The Germans are bound to send every man they can spare to Siliaia to meet the great armies which soon will move forward from Russian Poland Po-land toward Berlin. Whether the Russian armies from Galicia and Poland Po-land will unite for this advance depends de-pends upon the direction of the Austrian Aus-trian retreat. The probability is the Austrians will fall back into their own territory in order to receive reinforcements. rein-forcements. In this event the Russians Rus-sians will detach a force sufficient to keep them at bay while all the rest get ready for the main military operation oper-ation of the war. This operation will not be long delayed. |