British officers are that the Germans hope to crush Kounania, so that when they have to face a common allied offensive in the spring, they may not have to defend the immense length of the Kounanian frontier, in addition to what they have had to defend this summer.
It is a universal remark among the British that never has the morale of the prisoners varied more than now. "You will notice that we are always taking prisoners," said a staff officer.
"Thousands of small parties of our men are found to be in a difficult position in this kind of intricate operations at close quarters, they are rather than yield. This shows their morale and the temper of the situation.
Sons of Germans have never fought better and some have never fought so badly as at the last few weeks. Today, for example, twenty Germans practically threw up their hands and walked into the British lines. But the soldiers who took them prisoners or their command had no illusion that these prisoners typified the condition of the German army as a whole.
There were other Germans who were ready to fight with that ferocity which I expect no quarter."
However, all believe that the war had entered a stage where no compromise is expected, and where victors will go to the side with the ability to stick the longest. 