German Onslaught Anticipated; Allies'
Prepared Defences Vastly Supenor London, Oct, 15.; PERATIONS on the Western Front continue to feature minor movements, according to official communiques issued in Paris. The latest statement says "between the Moselle and the Saar during the night, there were raids and enemy patrols without result, Our reconnaissance units were active over the whole front and there was reciprocal artillery action west of Saarlouis." Earlier, the official statement said, "German patrols have shown activity to the west of the Saar and south of Zweibruecken. They were repelled. There was artillery fire to the south and west of Saarbruecken, The war of "caution" on the Western Front may at any moment become a war of manceuvre, in which the headstrong German generals will hurl vast forces against the Allied defences, writes Reuter's Military Correspondent. The problem of "when and where" is mot made easier by the employment of mechanized forces, which assemble further behind the lines and penetrate deeper if the opposition is weaker than they are. Owing to foggy and rainy weather, there is little activity.
Even German raiding! activities have diminished after intense activity, whose object was to discover the whereabouts of the British Expeditionary Force and its plans. No prisoners, however, were taken, On excellent authority, Reuter's Military Correspondent Understands the Germans have had to leave at east twenty divisions in Poland. The Active army of young men who are 100 per cent. Nazis has been transferred to the Western Front. The five positions and gun placements, while' within a few' yards peasants continue to harvest sugar beets and late forage crops. One optimist was seen ploughing for next year's crops while' British forces dug trenches across his land—United Press. has many defects which were not evident in the Kalser's Army of 1914 'Owing to expansion from seven 0 ninety divisions in four years, it is extremely short' of experienced officers, while the Allies are richer this respect than ever before, Moscow Sends Finns Home with Orders Neutral observers report that alt ts prepared in Berlin for the transfer Of Herr Hitler's headquarters to the Western Front, Some observers oxpect the German offensive to be launched this week-end. The customary raids indispensable to a big attack are being thought to have been complet-
French observers say that now army corps have arrived at the Slegfried Line. It is believed that enough. Germans are now concentrated in the for an offensive any moment, but narrowness and the difieulty "of a country scamed by rivers and hills and the strength of the French pos!- tions are calculated to make a German attack appallingly expensive, Hence, some observers anticipate simultaneous drives on Holland and Switzerland with the object of dissipating Allied resistance,
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