4. Germany has exhausted her resources of officers, (there are now on an
average twelve officers to a regiment,) and henceforth will only be able
to develop her resources in men to the detriment of the existing units.
5. The allied armies, on the contrary, possess the power of reinforcing
themselves in a very considerable degree.
It may, therefore, be declared that in order to obtain complete success
it is sufficient for France and her allies to know how to wait and to
prepare victory with indefatigable patience.
The German offensive is broken.
The German defensive will be broken in its turn.
[It is evident from the report that the numbered German army corps are
Prussian corps unless otherwise specified.]