The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14

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strength against Russia or they uust
J do as Frederick the Great did and de
vote all their military resources to
overcoming the French opposition
Against the Russians they would leave
only sufficient forces to delay their ad
vance on Berlin or Vienna until the
French campaign could be finished. 1t
seems to be the consensus of opinion
of military men that the GermanAus
trian allies will follow this last plan
| Whichever plan they may adopt. says
the writer In the Sun. they must act
on the aggressive and push the cam
paign hard in order to overcome Their
opponents in detail before they can
unite their military forces.
The Road to Paris.
Two more tasks besides the capture,
of Liege lie before the German army
groups now operating in the valley OF
the Mouse before it can hope to enter
France and be on the road to Paris
These tasks will be. first. in the
valley of the Mouse, to overcome the
forts at Huy and then to reduce the
fortified camps Of Namur, the outer
lines Of defense of which have In the
last few days been strengthened by
numerous earth works and the garrison
of which has certainly been brought
up to more than the required strength,
second, after the fall Of Liege, opening
Belgium to the German invasion. to
crush the Belgian military forces and
to reduce the great fortified camp OF
Brussels. the central Belgian defense
This objective would have to be at
tanned before the German army group
operating in the valley Of the Mouse
could advance into France across Bel
GUM without having its right flank
and its line of communications serious
ly endangered.
While the French have DO continu
GUS line of defenses on the Belgian
border. they have secondary line OF
defense in the IL Fere-Re curtain
halfway between Paris and Belgium
The city of Paris is surrounded with Il
gir1le of forts that will protect 1t from
capture except by siege.
AS every day will help France to
catch up with the German start, the
resistance that the latter encountered
In Belgium Is of enormous value to
France in her concentration plans.
Uhlans Noted For Daring.
During the storming of Lege the
German uhlans came to the front IN
the news. just who and what the uh
Ian is at the present time occupies the
minds of many persons here, says the
New York Herald An erroneous i'm
preston seems to exist in some quar-
tiers, it adds. that the word "uhlan
indicates tribe or nationality similar
to the word "Cossack." This is not so
The Cossack is born a Cossack. He
is of Tartar origin. whose ablebodied
men are enrolled in the armies of the
car. The word "uhhn" simply de
notes a certain type Of cavalryman in
the German army. The uhlan Is a
lancer. There are twenty-six regi
ments of uhians in the German army
nineteen from Prussia, three from
Saxony, two from Bavaria and two
from Wurttemberg with a total
strength on peace footing of approx.
mately $4,000 well trained men. These
regiments are ranked as heavy cavalry
and are used principally as independ
ent cavalry, forming the cavalry
screen. This was their employment In
the Franco Prussian war. and from the
reports coming from Belgium it would
seem that the uhlans are still being
used as the vanguard Of the German
army.
The uhlan is armed with lance.
saber, carbine and pistol. He is well
mounted, and his equipment rs espe
cially designed for the purpose for
which he is employed-ready to fight
or run, ride down outposts or scouting
parties Of the enemy. haraSs his TANKS
and screen the movements of his OWL
main body.
The word "uhlan" itself is of polish
origin and denotes lancer The uh
lans in the German army wear til"
czapka, the peculiar fiat topped head
dress which was worn by the Polish
uhlans and which to this day is the
distinguishing mark in the uniforms OF
the lancer regiments OF Great Britain
and other European counties