Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-25
EFFORTS
RESULT IN FAILURE
Fifteen German Army Corps Massed
on f. mt From River
I.ys to Sea.
ADVANCE CHECKED BY ALLIES
Summary of Operations for Past Six
housekeeping Provided For
Except Victorious Resistance of
Franco.British Troops.


PARIS. November 24.-The Bulletin
Des Armees. in its issue OF November
26, VIII publish summary OF the MILL
tary operations of the last six weeks.
This article was given out officially
for publication In Paris this after
noon. and 1t Is as follows:
with the fresh success Of the allies
In the battle Of Flanders. the moment
has come to recite the accomplishments
OF the last six weeks. These may be
summed up as follows:
THE formidable effort undertaken by
the Germans during this time. first to
turn our left wing, and, second. to
penetrate II, has resulted In failure
BY this effort the enemy was endeavor-
Ing to make good his defeats on tho
Marine: Instead he only added another
check to the check he suffered in
September. Nevertheless. In order to
flank us, In accordance with Its recog-
niZed method. the German general staff
neglected nothing along that portion
Lys to the sea. 1t masscd between
the beginning of October and the be-
ginning of November four corps Of
cavalry and two armies. comprising In
all flfteon army corps.
APPEALS TO STIMULATE
MORALE OF TROOPS
THE Crown Prince of Bavaria, Cen
cral Won Fabeck, General Won Demling
and the Duke of Wurttembe rig. to slim
ulate the morale of their troops, Issued
several appeals and eXhortations. We
found their orders on officers who fell
In battle or who were taken prisoners
All these documents agreed that 1t
was question of decisive action
against tho French left 1t was neces-
sary to penetrate to Dunhirk or to
fpres for the reason, according to one
OF these orders. that the decisive blow
yet was to be delivered. And this blow
must BIO decisive. delivered with all
speed and carried through at all cost
1t Is desired to obtain decision In
the western arena of operations before
again turning toward the adversary In
the east
These various orders recited, furth-
ermore that Emperor William was
there to animate his soldiers by his
presence. Ho had announced that he
wanted to be In YprGs on the. lat Of
November. and everything was pre-
be proclaimed the annexation of Bel
GUM.
In short. everything was provided
for. every single thing except the vic
torious resistance Of the. allied army.
To make this resistance possible 1t was
necessary for us to oppose to the
enemy forces. II not equal to his own,
What was then the situation Mt the
beginning of October? The Belgian
army had come out of Antwerp In.
tact, but too exhausted to take part
In any manoeuvre. The English army
was leaving It's front on Aisne for
held OF operations In the north. Trans
portation and the movements OF sup
plies occasioned long delays. The army
under General de Castelnau did not ex-
tend Its left wing beyond n point south
OF Arras. The army of General de
Maudhui extended from this point to
the south OF Lille. Further on we had
cavalry. terrtorialG and marine fu-
sillers. This force was not sufficiently
strong to enable General Foch. called
by General Joffre to take command Of
the armies In tho north. to break the
wall OF the enemy; achievements
were. therefore. sent him.
REIGN OF RAILROAD
AND THE AUTOMOBILE
Then Tor three weeks we saw the
reign OF the railroad and the AUTO
mobile. Day and night troops were
being moved by these methods OF
transportation. and they arrived in
time. Divisions and army corps, not
so strong numerically as those Of the
enemy. but sustained by an admirable
spirit. moved Into action AS they dis
embarked from the train. For thirty
days these divisions were at the front.
About the Goth of October our front
was outlined as follows: From Nieu-
port to Dixmude, one OF our divisions
or infantry and our marines held the
railroad line. while the Belgian army
was reorganlzlng Itself In the rear; to
the south OF DiSmude we were Installed
along the canal. and from here our
line extended to the east, making in
front OF Ypres vast semicircle held
by four corps OF the French army and
OF tho oh
The lien then dropped to a point to
the south of Mesines and Armentieres,
forming two segmens. the first held
by the remainder Of the British army
and the second by ourselves.
The German attack was an effort
first to occupy Dunkirk and reach
Calais OF Boulogne They tried to
flank us. and to cut the direct COM
munications OF the British army with
tho seacoast"