"Type of Young Officer In addition to the study of the daily fluctuation of the battle front, the arrival of reinforcements and the disposition of fresh troops, the observer of the campaign in Chibli naturally desires to take somewhat longer views, such for instance as estimating the chances of prolonged resistance on the part of one side or the other, the amount of materiel to the hand the opposing commanders etc. Regarding materiel there is little ta go upon, for. although we have the statement that Chang Tso-lin's army is well equipped with field guns, there is no information respecting the amount of shell which would enable him to keep up a bombardment of the enemy positions for any length of time.
The bombardment of Wu Pei-fu's positions by Chang Tso-lin's artiltery brings one immediately to the very important subject of morale. Judging from the reports received, Wu's troops have been subjected to
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