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SIX MONTHS OF WAR.
A FRENCH REVIEW.
EVE OF THE OFFENSIVE.
Having finished his survey of the oper tions from the beginning of August to the end of January, having described in detail the present splendid condition of the French Army, and having criticized the conditions in the German Army, the French Official Review, received through Reuter's Agency, proceeds in conclusion to consider
(E) The bearing of the German defeat. (1) The bearing of the French success.
The three French superiorities; and (IV. The offensive faith of the French Army
I.
DEARING OF THE GERMAN DEFEAT,
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(8) The capacities of the German Army in the matter of regimental organization, al- ready oferior to ours, are becoming so still more. Granted that our adverarice at the beginning of the war had more cadres than ourselves, the text-books show that their superiority in this respect was considerably less than their superiority in men. It was not as much as threo to two. Now it is an established fact that the German losses in officers are greater than ours, We shall therefore certainly have the advantago from this point of view, if, indeed, we have it not already. { "
IV.
OFFENSIVE FAITH OF THE FRESCAL
Out of all these elements has been born the offensive faith of the French Army and its The one, the German system, demanded a leaders. We have before us two systems. rapid success as the opening of the campaign, a success against France before the fussians. It may first of all be affirmed that the could come upon the field, before the British fundamental plan of the German General reserves could intervene, before the economic Hence the trouble could make itself felt. Deen superabundantly set forth by Germcreation in all haste of new corps whether military writers, as also in the Reichstag by. By predetermination the victory was to be by or not they could be kept up for a long time. the Ministers of War. It aimed at crushing France by an ovorahelming attack, and at immediate. Now this necessary victory the reducing her to a condition of helplessness in
Gerrans did not have. less than a month. Germany has not sue- ceeded in this. Our Anny is, as we have scen, not only intact, but strengthened, full trast in its leaders, mud profoundly pene trated with the certainty of final success. has not attained, then, the essential jest which is publicly set before it. But the defeat which she has sustained does not apply only to her fandamental plan, 116 extends also to the various operations which she las esayed to secure partial advantages over as in default of the decisive advantage in which she und failed. In the
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war the German General Staff nssed great forces in front of. Nancy. With what purpose A sudden attack which from its very beginning should break our lines. This attack did not take place, because the reinforcements of our frontier force at the end of 2017 and the defensive organization -established on the Grand Couronné discour aged the enemy from an enterprise which, though possible a year sooner, had become
full of risk.
And
The other system, the French system, con- sists, with the advantage of the freedom of see, in maintaining in good and complete from a number of sufficient formations, and in creating new ones only in the measure in which they can with certainty be kept up and suitably and dumbly equipped with This system is regimental organization. established with a view to a prolonged war.
Ofthese two systemswhich, aftersizn months Тораб the question of trial, shall triumph?
is to auswer it The Germans can no longer oppose us with forces superior to ours. They
will therefore not be able to do in the future what they could not do in the past when they were one-third more numerous than ourselves.
Consequently our final victory must follow by the imperious necessity of the concordant force of facts and figures. Our effort, too, is from now onwards directed toward that offensive which we shall take at our own good time, and the issue of which cannot be doubtful.
GERMAN BARBARIANS.
CONFESSIONS BY GERMAN SOLDIERS.
A pamphlet published in France sets out tire famous declaration by German Professors and adds by way of commentary extracts from letters by German soldiers.
Being unable to strike at Nancy, the Ger man command directed all its resources to the outflanking maneuvre which, by en veloping our left, would permit of the investment of Patis, Our left was not. enveloped. Paris was not invested. the German Army was obliged in the second week of September to save its own threaten- communications by a precipitate retreat,
With a desperate effort the Goneral Staff of the enemy attempted to off-set the effect of this retreat by piercing our centre in Champagne. There, as elsewhere, he failed, The Professorial declaration affirmed:- and had to withdraw in great hasto. In the
As representatives of German scicace and monthof October, with morcextended lines,heart, we, the undersigned, do solemnly pretest, endeavoured to repeat his enveloping man-before the civilized world, against the lies reuvre and to turn car left; but right up to the and slanders with which our enemies lure North Sea we built up an impassable barrier recently stained Germany's just and good for him. Ho accumulated his forces in Bel- gium to outflank as by the coast and reach our maritino bases. His attack was broken. With desperation he sought to cut our forces to the south of Vries; we maintained all our positions
To sum up, the German General Staff has place upon its record since the beginning of the campaign, apart feurs the failure of its general plan, which aimed at the crushing of France in a few weeks, seven defeats of high significance --namoly, defeat of the sudden attack on Nancy, defeat of the rapid march on Paris, defest of the envelopment of our left in August, tlefest of the same cavolopment in November, defent of the attempt to break through our centre in September, defeat of the coast attack on Dunkirk and Calais, and the defont of the attack on Ypres,
The German Army, powerful and courage. ous as it may be, has therefore succeeded in gaining the advantage upon no single point, and its forget halt after six months of war condoms it to a retreat the pace of whieli may be accelerated by the Russia successos, but the necessity of which is now a foregone conclusion independently of those suCCRISES,
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Against the extent of the German defeat has to be placed that of the French success. have gained, and first and foremost confidence in ourselves. It is certain, and it could not bo otherwise, that at the outset, our troops and the country itself still remained under the impression of the defents of 1870. The victory of the Marne,
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It is not trag that we are waging war con- trary to the law of nations. Our soldiers are guilty neither of indiscipline or of cruelty,
Bchieve ur! Believe that, in this struggle, we will go to the end as civilized people, us a people to whom the inheritance of a Goethe, a Beethoven and a Kant, is as sacred as its own land and its home. Wo answer for it on our names and our Honour.
THEIR CONFESSIONS,
LONGEVILLER, August 24th, 1014. Village destroyed by the 11th Engineers. Three women hanged on the trees.-Extract from a (erman soldier's note-book.
Ciney, August 24th.. In the night; incredible things have taken place: shops plundered, money stolen, violences Simply to make your hair stand on end.--From an officer's diary.
SIR JOHN FRENCH AND THE WAR,
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
correspondent which appears in the In the interview given to the American Daily Telegraph, Sir John Franchis reported to have made the following statements-
There is no doubt of the outcome of the war. I was never so confident of victory as I am today.
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·THS' RETREAT FROM MONS. Replying to question regarding the successful retreat from Mons, Sir John of Japan, Officially Becommended by the French said:-
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The dogged tenacity of our little Regular Army, which contested every foot of ground as we fell back. Not onto did our soldiers loss heart. They understood that we were not defeated, but were making a strategie retreat before heavy odds, and that all the panishment which they could infies on tho enemy by enoi, stubborn resistance from point to point was no less valuaulo to the ultimate object than if they were advancing. Their confidence that their turn to tako, the offensive would coma renigined unshaken.
Next in importance was the work of our cavalry in its aggressiveness and alertness in proventing the cavalry of the enemy from getting around us. Our cavalry established a decided superiority over that of the enemy, which was of vital assistance: .....
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THE MOST CRITICAL MOMENT. Asked what was the most critical moment in the campaign, the Field-FOREIGN Marahal said:-
Oa the retreat from Mons at Le Cateau wo were in open country in a very dangerous position, and the Gor- man ambition for the anihilation of our little Army might have been realised if our cavalry had not been equal to its task of covering the flanks of our steady, disciplined Regulars.
TRENCH WARFACE,
Fow Americans, says the correspondent, are as familiar with the Civil War cam- paiga as Sir John French. He has made a thorough study of them, and from thear has drawn lessons which he found helpful in France. Ho mentioned Stonewall Jackson, Robert Leo, and other com manders, showing an intimate knowledge of their history and military tasties
Trench warfare, said Sir John French, in answer to the correspondent, has not changed the qualities required of the soldier. Human nature remains the same, and it is the man who gives and takes blows, whatever the nature of the weapons. Courage, discipline, and tenacity are still the dominant elements of success.
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summariced. Sir John Freach is report- ed to have said:-
There has been an inclination to exaggerate the importance of artillery No doubt, of the three arms, artillery has increased in relative importance. It may take a dozen shells to get a man, and one bullet will get one man. The weapons which decide the day are the rifle and machine gun, and the infantry is still the quicon of "battles.", DINANT, August 20th.
OVERRATED GERMAN SOLDIER. The Eelgians, at Dinant on the Meuse,----The-Germans are no better than other! fired on our regiment from inside the houses, We shot everyone we could see, or we throw them out of the windows; women as well as men. The bodica iny three feet high in the street. -From a soldier's diary.
"I attribute their soldiers," he said.. valour and their well-disciplined cohesion to the fact that from the cradle they are taught discipline and to worship their Emperor and Fatherland, and that it is their duty to die for the Fatherland when their Emperor commands."
In muy instances the conduct of the
Germaans had been bad, very bad." The male in-
The charming village of the Gud-d'Hossus, has apparently, though innoceat, been de stroyed by fire. It seems that a cyclist fell down, which made his gun go off of itself. He was immediately shot at. babitants were siniply thrown into the amos. Let us hope that such horrors will not take place again. At Leppen, about 200 men were shot. There, an example was barrier set innocents should suffer but a proof of all that such an nnditeriminate shooting of all suspicious of guilt ought to be required, so en might he controlled-Diary of an officer Of the 178th regiment of infantry, 12th Saxon Aray Corps,
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up against the most formidable effort which has ever been attempted in the military history of the world, have created a feeling of security which grows stronger every day. We have seen that the French Army is strengthening itself every day in helvy artillers, in explosive weapons for the tren- ches and in projectiles. It is known that the British Army in France, which at first con- sisted of four divisions, has be heavily re- inforced. It is known also that the number troops now with the colours and being trained in England is very large. It is known that the Belgian Army, which is re constituting itself, will shortly have six divi sions of infantry and two divisions of cavalry. It is known that the Serbian Army, supplied afresh with material and munitions, is once
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THE FEENCH SUPERIORITIES.
If, then, we turn to the future we note that
(1) The wastage of the German Army is in all respects greater than that of the French Army The principal cause of this is the superiority of our artillery and the fighting methods of the German infantry, which attacks in closer formation than does ours. It is now vectain that the losses of our adversaries are double ours.
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LavAL-MORANCY, August 28th. Apparently a day of rest. Conticeation of all provisions: bread, jam, wine, cigary, Killed geese, chickens, etc. Played piano, plundered
of a soldier. Diary We have thus destroyed eight houses with their inhabitants. In one house only, two mon with their wives and
a girl of eighteen were stabbel with bayonets. 1 might have pitied the girl, for she had such an innocent way of looking at us, but it was impossible to do anything against the infuriated mob then indeed they are no longer men bat brates. We are now on our way to Sedan. (Last page of an unknown soldier's note- hook.)
RETHEL, September 8th. Unfortunately, discipline is getting looser and looser. Spirits, wine and plunder are the order of the day.--(From an officer's note book.)
Coffee. At 7.35, starting, again to occupy the bridge. At 10, starting for Orchies. Arrival at 2 p.m. Houses warched. A woman was All civilians are arrested. shot for not stopping at the command of Halt but trying to run away. Thereupon the whole place set on fire, etc. (From a soldier's note book.)
September 8th, 1914. Tuesday, 8/9/14-Reville 5 am.
Very violent fight in the woods. Artillery brought Onder to shoot down all into action. Frenchmen, the wounded excepted, even if they offer to lay down their arms, because the French allowed to come within a short listant, then took us by surprise with in- tense firing. (Last page from a killed soldier's note-book.)
(2) The possibilities of the German Army from the point of view of effectives will go on decreasing more and more. The German population capable of bearing arms is, in comparison with the French population, in the proportion of three to two. Now, at the present time, Landsturrs included, Germany is employing on the French front a number of men representing two-thirds of her resources against one-third on the Russian [The above extracts may be verified by front. Un account of the Austrian defeats comparison with the original documents, Germany will be obliged to strengthen har kept at the French War Office.] forces against Russia more and more. The number of troops opposed to France will therefore continually decrease. Our position will be improved by this circumstance, as also by the number of German losses, which will always remain larger than ours, and nelly, by the large reinforcements which the British will sand to the Continent,
But it has varied. It has seemed to depend upon the commanders. If the commander approves of outrages, they occur, Yes, in the main the German conduct depends upon the character of the German gonerals.
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speak of their splendid generalship.or their courago in driving the Germans back from the Marne. They have the elua of Napoleoa's time.
ENEMY'S DETERIORATION. Thanks to, the spar of renewed coa. fidence, man for man they are better than the Germans to-day, and their army has continually improved inco the war began, while the German army hag deteriorated. We have abundant evidence of the German deterioration on our own front. Their attacks have lacked the former vigour and spirit. Neuro Chapells was au important victory. It proved that with a strong push we could put the enemy out of a well-fortified position and then hold what we gained.
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