The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-25
FRANCE GLQRIES

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who have been Killed or taken pris-
ouera All scea orders ngree that
Their" Tas to hs a decisive action
against the French lost,' to pierce cur
i.nc an the direction nj Dunkjrk, or
Ypres. for AS nuc # these orders said
The decisive blow SIN remains 10 he
strucE.' And the 'ue was TO hay"
been ri reed at ans price ana IN ali
haste
THE Germans wished to obtain d
decision ia Tive western theater of
operations before returning against
the adts rsarieS IA the East ABOVE
eNctNtHiAR else. the Emberof Vas
there to encourage his soldiers by his
presence He announced That he
wished 10 be At pres on November
!, Everything WAS prepared SO that
on This date the annexation of Bel
GUM should be proclaimed, In fine.
everything vas prepared. everything
except the victorious resistance OF the
allied army. .
I'm order to make resistance pos
stble, we had To oppose the enemy.
with forces, If not equal to his, III
least sufficient 10 hold hsm Such
was the sltHstioh al the beginning OF
October
THE Belgian army left Antwerp in
tact, but too Sorelv tried 10 he able 10
TAX" part in the fiEntinr The British
army left its positions on the Aisne
10 move 10 the north. The transport
and the dauarking of these troops
caused considerable delay. The army
uf General peCastelnau extended
north as far as To the south Of Arras,
The army OF General DeMaudhuy
stretched from this point to the south
of Lille. Farther on We mad cavalry.
territorials, and fusiIier marines.
Troops Arrived in Time to Save Day
section . This was not enough
60 enable General F'0ch, appointed ny
General Joffre to command the armies
q the north. TO halt the operations of
The enemy Re~enforCemf were
then seat - him. For three weeks by
troops were sent north. They arrived
in time and cons sted Of divisions and
army corps less numerous than those
Of tns enemy bat animated bgrAn ad.
nra ole spirit Hardly were they dis
embarked when they threw them
selves into the fighting, which lasted
for month.
Toward October ~ the front wa.
thus determined: From Nieuport to
DiXmude. one OF cur infantry divisions
and our marines held the rallroeN line.
W lille the Belgian army was being re-
organized in the rear. To the south
OF DlNtnude we we've entrenched alons
the canal Thence our line stretched
toward the east. marking II vast semi
circle before Ipres, which was occu
pied by four French army corps and
an English corps. The line then
south from Messlnes to
forming two sectors,
held hy the rest of The British army
and by our troops
THE German attack attempted first
ia CaptuFe Dunttrk in order to reach
CALAIS or Roui0gne, to enVelop us an0
to cut the direct communication of
The British arfny with the sea. All
the heavy artillery brought from Ant
werp Was there ready To he used in
its new positions About November
the. attack was rcpulsed. From the
railroad line we marched toward the
User. pushing back the enemy who
had succeeded in passing over to the
left bank of that stream, drowning his
rear guard by inundating the terri
tory, one can Still see near Rams
cappelle German cannon sunk in the
mud and half submerged bodies
Attempted 90 Pierce Line.
Next tnt enemy, not DelnE able TO
turn our left, attempted to pierce It.
This was the battle of Ypres. The
battle was furious and bloody. In it
the German army threw heavy masses
against our line without regard for
losses, sacrificing everything to attain
its end, provided its end was attained
This attack was a failure. During al
most three weeks we have been the
Object Of repeated precipitate and
frenzied attacks, and all have been re-
pulsed Our front, with it's circular
form teasr OF Ypres) was not easy TO
hold. We have. however, been able
10 maintain it.
"On october 80 the British troops.
particularly their cavalry, were
obliged to retreat short distance AZ
a result of the powerful attack OF
the enemy. Our troops, making i
counter attack at the same time as the
troops of our allies, re-esta blished an
impossible barrier which prevented
access to Ypres, That which our
army corps, in close formation with
the British troops, have done there
Is worthy of the most brilliant pages
of military history.
'On Novcm Der IL the enemy had
succeeded north of Yprcs in passing
the canal at tTo points. On Novem-
Der 10 he was thrown back to the