London, Oct. 19.
Attempting to forecast the point of the next German attack, military critics here direct attention to the 15 miles of plain from the Rhine to Wessemburg, which is fairly open, though dotted with woods, while the River Lauter constitutes a barrier.
French reconnaissance recently was very active in that area: From Pir-masons to Merzig, the district is almost wholly industrial, with plenty of roads to facilitate a German advance, but the first weeks of the war have enabled French artillery to accurately plot all areas.
Other sectors are hilly and thickly wooded, particularly between the Saar and the Moselle.
A report from Luxembourg says that the Moselle is rising and that the adjoining country is flooded. The Germans are said to be feverishly strengthening the Siegfried Tune opposite Luxembourg with deep trenches and formidable wire en-langlements. They are cutting down thousands of trees to widen the field of fire—Reuter,
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