Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25
FRENCH SUMMARY OF MILITARY
OPERATIONS OF LAST SIX WEEKS

Paris, Nov. 24.-110 P. M)-The
Bulletin Des Armees, in its issue OF
Nov. 25 will publish a summary OF
the military operations Of the last six
weeks. The article in part follows
The formidable effort undertaken
by the Germans, first to turn our lett
wing, and second to penetrate 1t, has
resulted in failure. BY this effort the
enemy was endeavoring to make GOOD
his defeats on the Marine, instead. he
only added another check to the check
he suffered in September. Neverthe-
less. in order to flank us, in accord
ance with it's recognized method, the
German general staff neglected moth
ing.
: THE Crown Prince Of Bavaria, Gen.
Won Fabeck Gen. Won Demling ana
the Duke of rttemberg, to stimu-
late the morals of their troops, IS
sued several appeals and exhorta-
tions. We found their orders on om-
GERS who fell in battle. All these docu'
ments agreed that it was questloh
of a decisive action against the
French left. 1t was necessary to PEN
citrate TO Dunkirk or to Ypres Tor tns
reason. according to one or these or
f1ers that the decisive blow yet was
to be delivered. 1t is desired TO op-
tain a decision in the western arena
of operations before again turning to-
ward the adversary in the Eass'
1,hese various orders recited further
more that Emperor William was there
III
,nce. He had announced that he wanc-
cd to be in Ypres on the first OF NO
vember and everything was prepared
so that on that date there coulo DC
unclaimed the annexation OF Beigl-
UNI.
What was then the situation NJ
the beginning of October. The Belgian
army had come out Of Antwerp IN
tact hut too exhausted to take part
in any maneuver The English army
was leaving its front on the Aisne
for a field of operations in the North
The army under Gen, De Castelnau
did not extend its left wing oeyoho
q noint south of Arras. The army Oh
Cen. De Maudhui extended from TINS
noint IN the south of Lille. Further
ON we had cavalry, rerritorials ana
marine fussiliers. This force was not
sufficiently strong to enable Gen.
Foch to break the will of the enemy.
peinforcements were sent him.
nav and night trops were oeing
moved by automobile. On the oo.h "a
october the British troops, particularly
the cavalry had been obliged TO Win
draw for several hundred yards pelore
a powerful onslaught OF the enemy
Our troops. attacking in con)unctloil
and at the same time with our allies
zero successful in re-establishing the
ir,nassable barrier which closed the
onnroa ches to Ypres. That which was
dore here by our army corps, work
inc, in close harmony with the Eng
fish corps which it encircled, is worthy
of place in the finest RECORDS OF mi
itary history.
ION the 18th of November the enc.
NV had succeeded, at point north OF
WIRES. in crossing the canal over TWO
bridges BY the 18th he had been driv-
an hack to the other bank. On the
18th. the attacks of the enemy was
less intense and our position. already
strong. became impregnaple.
1.-The decisive dSSioNohSO
were able to lend, under these clrcum-
stances to the British troops, tight
ened further the bonds uniting the al
lies in a brotherhood Of arms.
1.-The losses of the Germans nave
been considerable. They undoubtedly
exceed 10000 men. In certain trenches
100 metres long there have been found
more than 1000 corpses.
1.-THE German attack was an enor'
first to occupy Dunkirk and reach Cal
ais or Boulogne. They tried to hanR
ne and to cut the direct communica-
tons of the British army with the
sea coast.
beginning the fifth Of November
the attacks were repulsed.
From the railroad we marched to-
ward the User, rolling up the enc
my. who had succeeded in crossing I'd
the left bank of this stream and
drowning his rear guards in the floods
One can still see near Ramscappel
German cannon half buried In the mud
and the corpses Of German soldiers
half submerged.
Then the enemy, finding 1t impos.
sible to get around our flank, endeav-
ored to cut through. This was the