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<p>[Page 42]</p><p>war tactic, which seems to have taken the English and French by surprise. Hindenburg has suddenly decided to retreat considerably from our positions in the west and instead dig in at the Hindenburg Line, which has been fortified over years and consists of almost invincible natural and man-made obstacles. The retreat was carried out so deftly that the enemy lost touch with our troops in several places and was left totally bewildered. The English press talks of a resounding victory, but the fact is that we retreated absolutely voluntarily and unimpeded and that the Allies gained neither prisoners nor any other spoils, and only reluctantly even followed us. For military reasons, the huge vacated area had been laid to waste. The remaining buildings were destroyed, trees were felled, fountains bricked up, and ditches and minefields made it difficult for the enemy to proceed or to camp in the area. These measures</p>