We have dealt with the situation on the Eastern front
elsewhere, and will only say here that whatever may be the German design, it is most probable, though we admit not absolutely certain, that the Russian field armies will escape destruction—will, that is, not only remain in being, but compel the Germans to follow them still further into the interior of Russia. Now this process means a daily attenua- tion of the German forces—an army gets weaker as it advances into its opponent's country—and a daily concentra- tion, and thus strengthening, of the Russian forces as they fall back. If the Russian armies are not destroyed, the time will at last come when they will find themselves stronger than the invader. Then they will turn upon him and try to rend him. In that case he must either fall bank or dig himself in —not a very pleasant dilemma to be faced with in Russia in October.
