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PUBLISHED AT
LISMORE, N.9.W.
P.O. BOX 423.
Telephone (2 lines) Nos. 2 and 48.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1910.
Italian
Advantages
Y'he Italians have been unable to
I copy their German allies in
the attack on Greece. The Ger
mans, by using overwhelming for
ces in attacks 011 a small front,
countered the positional strategy,
the highest form of strategy de
veloped in the last war, with the
war of movement, and with such
success that they overran some
countries in a few days. The Ital
ians, despite great numerical
superiority and better equipment,
have been unable to copy their
masters' methods with success, to
the present.
However, it must not be forgot
ten that the Italians greatly out
number the Greeks and that
bravery and determination are
not alone a sufficient reply to
modern military equipment, and
big battalions, as was demonstra
ted in Finland. There sheer ex
haustion compelled the withdraw
al from the front line of Finnish
soldiers who were facing the en
emy for days and weeks on end,
without sleep or any respite, and
who were almost asleep on their
feet.
A glance at the map is suffic
ient to show the difficulties of
landing any considerable British
force and keeping the men sup
plied with food and munitions.
The British authorities are doing
and will continue to do all that
they can to help their gallant al
lies, but the Italian advantage in
position, as compared with the
British, should not be ignored.
Realising that the odds are heav
ily in favour of the aggressors,
people should not be unduly opti
mistic, should remember earlier
campaigns in this war and the ex
aggerated reports of British suc
cesses that caused public opinion
to swing to the other extreme
when the truth was disclosed. It
is now known that many of these
untrue reports originated from
German sources and were circu
lated solely to discredit British
news services. The source of news
must always be examined in the
light of the knowledge that every
news item from Europe which
does not come from Greece or
from Great Britain originates in
places either absolutely under
German control, or at least strong
ly under German influence.
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