New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-25

publish n summary OF the mllllhIg
operations of the last six weeks. THIS
article was given out officially for pub
lication in Paris this afternoon, and
il is as follows:
"With the fresh success Of the
Allies in the battle OF Flanders the
moment has come to rccite the accom-
plishments Of the last six weeks
These may be summed up as follows:
"Tho form dable effort undertaken
by the Germans during this time
first to turn our left wing. and second
to penetrate it--has resulted in fail
ure. BY this effort the enemy was
cndeavoring to make good his defeats
on the Marine; instead he only added
other check TO the check he suffered
September Nevertheless. in order
20 flank us, in accordance with it's
recognized method, the German Cen
cral Staff neglected nothing along that
portion Of the front extending from
the River Lys to the sea. 1t massed
between the beginning OF October and
the beginning Of November four corps
Of cavalry and two armies, comprising
in all fifteen army corps.
"Thc Crown Prince of Bavaria, Cen
cral Won Fabeck. General Won Dem
ling, and the Duke o. Wurtemberg, to
stimulate the morale Of their troops,
issued several appeals and exhorta-
tions. We found their orders on of
iicers who fell in battle or who were
taken prisoners. All these documents
agreed that il was a question of a de-
cisive action against the French left.
Aimed at Decisive Blow.
at was necessary TO penetrate TO
Dunkirk or 10 Iprcs for the reason,
according to one Of these orders, that
the decisive blow yet was TO be del "
cred. And this blow must be decisive.
delivered with all speed and carried
through at all cost. IL is desired TO
obtain a decision in the western arena
Of operations before again turning
toward the adversary in the East
"These various orders recited, fur
thermore, that Emperor William was
there to animate his soldiers by mis-
presence. He had announced that he
wanted to be in Ypres on November
/, and everything was prepared so
that on that date there could he pro-
claimed the annexation of Belgium.
an short, everything was provided
for-every single thing except the vic
torious resistance of the allied army.
To make this resistance possible II
was necessary for US to oppose to the
enemy forces. If not equal TO his own,
At least sufficient.
"What was then the situation at the
beginning Of October? The Belgian
army had come out of Antwerp intact.
but too exhausted 20 take part in any
maneuvre. The English army was
leaving its front on the Aisne for a
field of operations in the North
Transportation and the movements Of
supplies occasioned long delays. The
army under General de Castelnau did
not extend its left wing beyond q
point south Of Arras. The army Of
General de Maudhui extended from
this point to the south of Lille.
Further on we had cavalry, terri
torials and marine fusiiers. This
force was not sufficiently strong 20
enable General Foch, called by General
Joifre to take command Of the armies
in the north, TO break the will of the
enemy. Reinforcements were therefore
sent him.
Moving Day and Night.
Then for three weeks we saw the
reign Of the railroad and Of the auto
mobile. Day and night troops were
being moved by these methods Of trans
portation 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 disembarked
from the train. For thirty days these
divisions were at the front.
about October 20 our front was out
lined as follows: From Newport to
Dixmude. one Of our divisions of in
fantry and our marines held the rail
road line. while the Belgium army was
reOrganizing itself in the rear; 10 the
south Of DiXmude we were installed
along the canal, and from here our line
extended TO the east, making in front
OF Epres a vast semi-circle held by four
corps of ,he French army and one corps
of the English army. The line then
dropped 10 a point TO the south of Mes
sines and Armentieres, forming two
segments, the first held by the re-
mainder Of the British army and the
second by ourselves.
"The German attack was an effort
first 10 occupy Dunkirk and reach
Calais or Boulogne. They tried to
flank us and TO cut the direct commu
nications Of the British army with the
seacoast. All the heavy artillery of the
enemy brought from Antwerp was
there. ready to be used again.
beginning November the attacks
were repulsed. From the railroad we
marched toward the User. rolling up
the enemy who had succeeded in cross
ing to the left bank of this stream and
drowning his rearguards in the floods.
One can still see near Ramscappelle
German cannon half buried in the mud
and the corpscs of German soldiers
half submerged.
Battle of Ypres Begins.
"Then the enemy, finding it impossi-
bic to get around our flank, endeavored
TO cut through. This was the battle OF
Ypres. an engagement desperate, fu-
rious and relentless, during which the
German army hurled its units forward
in dense masses without counting its
losses, sacrificing everything in
fierce endeavor to attain its object. But
the effort was in vain.
For close TO three weeks we stood
up against repeated frantic assaults.
Every one of them was repulsed. Our
front, with its circular formation, was
not easy to hold, but nevertheless we
were successful in keeping it intact
On October 80 the British troops. par
ticularly the cavalry, had been obliged
to withdraw for several hundred yards
before powerful onslaught of the
enemy. Our TROOPS, attacking in con-
junction and at the same time with our
allies, were successful in re-establish-
ing the impassiblc barrier which closed