Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-03
Almost Entire Military Force Of
Germany Thrown Against
France.
SURVEY OF FIRST
YEAR OF STRUGGLE
Claim Made That Portions Of AL
SAGE and Lorraine Are Oc-
cupied.

finds France is fit to continue the
struggle to the end and confident Of
the outcome,' says Count .Adrien
Lannes de M%ontebe,lo in a review Of
the first twelve months of hostilities
given to The Associated Press. Count
de Monticello, a recognized authori-
ty on military affairs, was n Of the
strongest advocates of the three year
military service law, and it's co-sutil-
or VITA the former Premier Louis
Barthou. He was formerly Deputy
from Rheims and Vice President Of
the Committee of Military Affairs of
the Chamber of Deputies. His grand
father was Marshal Lannes, at whose
death ON the. battlefield of Esli1G
Napoleon is said to have wept.
Not Expecting War.
His review of the war follows:
France was not expecting war,
and her preparations therefore we're
less complete than those Of her ad-
v~ersaries who, knowing their inten-
ticns had accumulated an immense
supply of fighting material and dis.
posed of their troops in such a man.
ner as to strike the most powerful
blow of which they were capable.
Germany threw against Belgium
and France 50 army corps, or almost
her entire military force as moboli2-
ed in August. Uuder the impact Of
the German advance the French ar
mics, with their British Allies suffer
ed initial reverses and great losses,
especially in the battle Of Charleroi.
While the French armies wer in re
treat a national ministry was formed
and the civil population of France
organized for war. Tle French and
British armies stood on the line Of
the Marine from a point near Paris
to the eastern frontier of France.
They received the shock Of NOR than
100000 German troops, and defeat.
| cd them with somewhat inferior
forces. The Germans were Quilted
and outfought in 9 vast action over a
line of more t.lan 120 miles.
Too Exhausted.
"The French troops were too OK
hausted by their fifteen days OF
marching and fighting to make their
victory decisive. The Germans
check their retreat upon the line of
the Aisne, and had sufficient time to
dig in. The battle of the Aisne de-
developed by the Germans endeavg-
oring to turn aur left and by the sim
%ultancous French effort to turn the
German right.
This contest resulted in a race for
the sea in the obstinate two months
battle along the User in October and
November. The Germans again fail
ed and finally gave up that part OF
their offensive on account OF taclr
terrific losses.
simultaneous with the battle of
the Marine, though informing no part
Of the battle front Of what has been
called the Eattle of the Marine, were
the opnration in the Argonne, the
Woevre and tao Grand Couronne dc
Nancy. The army Of the German
Crown Prince, marching on Verdun,
and the army Of Crown Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria, marching on Nan.
cy, both wetre defeated in some OF
the bloodiest engagements Of the en-
tire war.
Ultimate Results.
"The ultimate results of these de-
feats was the liberation of that part
of the ancient province Of Lorraine
left to France after 1870 from the
occupation Of the German army. The
German forces had penetrated Is or
IS miles. They were not only driven
cut before the first of November, but
since then the French have invaded
Upper Alsace, of which they now
lold a considerable part. This coun-
try, taken from France in the war Of
1901, has been ~reorganized and is
under control Of the civil government
which restored the school and judici-
al system of France.
"From the battle of Charleroi to
the end of the first year of the war
the Germans achieved no successes
On the western battlefront save the
slight advance at scissors during the
floods of the river Aisne,' the advance
at Ypres, partially lost afterwards, at
the time Of the first attack, with the
assistance Of asphyxiaing gas.
Successes Of Allies.
"The successes of the allies since
the battle of the Marine are in tn re-
capture Of Thanh, steinback, Harris
mans-Weilerkopf, Metzeral, La Fon-
tenelle, together with considerable
territory, in the Alsatian Vosges; the
capture Of an entire German position
in the Forest Of lie Pretre, along the
wedge the Germans are still holding
in tn French lines at st. Mihiel; an
aad ance Of a mile along a front Of
ten miles at Beausejour, in the Cham
payne country; the capeure of Neuve
Chapelle by the British, the capture
of Notre Dame de Lorette, Carency,
and Melville st. Vast, and an ad-
vance of two or three miles along a
front about seven miles North from
Arras by the French, and the clear
ing of the left bank of the User Of
the nemy by the Gelgian army.
Never since the val begin has the
French army been so fit to continue
it to a triumphant conclusion as to-
day. We have not only carried on
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