Germany in Defeat a Strategic History of the War First Fourth Phase volume
Germany in Defeat a Strategic History of the War First Fourth Phase volume
Charles De Souza
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CHAPTER XI THE GERMANS, BAULKED OF THEIR SCHEME TO TRAP THE FRENCH IN BELGIUM, AND ELUDING THE FRENCH TRAP, AND COMPELLED TO A PARALLEL FIGHT, SEEK TO CUT OFF AND ENVELOP THE BRITISH WING OF THE LINE AND FAIL, THE BRITISH GETTING TOUCH WITH THE FRENCH LINE TO RIGHT AND LEFT THE 25th of August marks the abortion of all the initial plans of Germany. On this date the first German attempt against the French eastern line of defence failed definitely. The Crown Prince of Germany was held up, and even... driven back, by General Sarrail in the Woevre and in Belgian Luxembourg ; the Grand Duke of Wur- temberg did not pin down and surround de Langle's army in the Ardennes, as he had hoped; Hausen and Bulow failed to cut off or crush the 5th French army between the Sambre and the Meuse ; and, finally, Kluck and Bulow were unable to pin the British to their line of Mons and to cut off their retreat on Maubeuge. Thus, after high hopes of an early and decisive victory, the Germans were on French soil without 109 110 GERMANY IN DEFEAT having effected anything except the costly reduc- tion of a couple of fortresses and the occupation of ground which was now strewn with their slain and littered with their wrecked war material.
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