Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-29
DOCUMENTSSHOW
HOW J0FFRE COT
READY FOR f TIGHT
Official Orders Just Made Pub
lie Describe Preparation
Made for Great Victory of
Allies at the Marne.

Associated Press Correspondence)
Paris, June l9.-The way in which
General Joflre prepared for the bat
tie Of the Marine is now fully dis
closed for the first time. although
more than ten months have elapsed
since the French and English sue
ceeded in that battle in checking the
German advance toward Paris. The
victory of the Marne remains the out
standing success of the allies cam
paign thus far. and the official orders
with which General Joffre directed
the movement. as they now appear in
the Bulletin des Armes, will form an
important part in the history OF the
conflict Hitherto that history has
lacked detail as TO the parts which
each army was to play.
in addition to the formal orders,
dramatic feature of the prepare
tions is the text of General JOnre's
appeal to the devotion Of the troops,
which, the Bulletin des Armees says
was taken wrongly for tactical or
der. 1t urged courage upon the sol
diers TO stand still and be shot rather
than retire an inch in face Of the Ger
man advance.
The documents now published be-
gin with General Joffres order Of
August %, as follows
Joffre's Orders.
al. The projected offensive ma
neuver not having been possible of
execution, the subsequent operations
will be regulated so as to reconstitute
on our left, by the junction of the
fourth and fifth armies of the Eng
fish forces and new forces taken from
the region of the east, mass capable
OF resuming the offensive. while the
other armies will resist the efforts of
The enemy during the time that may
he necessary
The retiring movement is regu-
lated so as To realize the following
disposition of troops preparatory to
the offensive.
In the region of Amiens a new
group of forces, constituted by ele-
inents transported by railroad (Sev-
enth corps, fourth division of reserve
and perhaps another corps of the ac-
tive army grouped from the 9th of
August TO the Ind Of september. This
group will he ready to take the Of
fensive In the general direction OF
t-Pol-Arras or Assas - Ba-
paume.'
"The same general instructions Of
the 22nd August fixes the zone of
march of the armies and prescribes.
The movement will be covered by
the rear guards left upon favorable
ground so as to utilize all obstacles to
arrest the forward march OF the en-
cmy or at least to retard him by short
and violent counter-attacks in which
the principle element will be the ar
tillery.'
Offensive Prepared.
''The object of the maneuver is
thus with the beginning of August
clearly fixed it is to prepare not only
an offensive action but an offensive
which will be taken as soon as favor
able circumstances shall arrive.
From the 18th Of August to the
ath of September the orders for re-
tirement were executed, but the ra-
pidity Of the advance of the left wing
of the enemy the time necessary fof
the British army to be completed ana
reinforced, certain difficulties in our
transports arriving from the encum-
hrance of railroads by the excavations
from Paris necessitated the disem-
barking of a part Of the troops sent
from the east to General Manourl
more to the south than had been fore
seen the 25th of August. The offensive
was retarded by that fact.
"On the 4th of September the re-
connaissances of our cavalry, those OF
the flying corps, of the British, Of tine
Mannoury army and OF the military
government of Paris developed the
information that the right of the Ger
man army (von Kluck's army de-
Elected It's advance toward the south
east (Meaux and Coulommiers)
abandoning the direction Of Paris
"Bv this time the original army OF
the French left Cthe Fifth army was
ready to face the German columns in
front, and it was prolonged toward
the northwest by the British army
and MannOury's army directed 70 the
northeast of Paris.
Object Realized.
This disposition sought by the in
structions of August 25th for the re-
sumption of the offensive was then
realized. The line escaped the pro-
iected development and il was thelr
own army that now assumed an en-
welcoming disposition The wings found
strong support in their contact with
Paris on the left and Nerdun on the
right. AT once the general-ln-chlel
decided to begin the attack, ana on
the evening of September 4 gave the
following general order e..
81 The question now Is TO prollt
from the SlludlioU VI tiit ~ - - 49,
army to concentrate on it the EFFORTS
of the armies of the allies on the eN-
treme left. Two dispositions VIII pc
taken in the day of September oth
with a view to beginning the attack
un the eth.
"'2. The dispositions to be realized
for the 5th Of September in the even
ing, shall be:
(a) All the forces available Of
The sixth army to the northeast Oh
Meaux to cross the Olrcq between
I.iZy-sur- Ourcq and May-en- Multleh
in the general direction of ThaIeau-
TERRY The elements available OF the
First corps of cavalry which are III
proximity shall be placed under me
orders of General Maunoury Tor that
operation.
"'(b) The English army SHAH De
upon the front Changis-Couloinm
facing the east, ready TO attack m tie
general direction Of Montmirail
go The fifth army, closing IL
slightly upon its left viii establish
themselves upon the general front oil
Courtacon- Esternay- SeZanne, READY 10
attack in the general direction OF
south to north, the Second corps OF
cavalry maintaining the junction be
tween the fifth army and the Enghsh
army.
"'(d) The ninth army VIII cover
the right of the fifth army. holding
the exits to the south from the SAINT
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