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pecially in the battle of Charleroi.
While the French armies were in re-
treat a national ministry was formed
and the civil population or France or
ganized for war. The French and
British armies stood on the line of the
Marine from a point near Paris to the
eastern frontier OF France. They re-
ceived the shock of more than 1,200,-
900 German troops, and defeated them
with somewhat inferior forces. The
French troops were too exhausted by
their Is days of marching and fight
ing to make their victory decisive.
The Germans checked their retreat
upon the line OF the Aisne. and had
sufficient time to dig In. The battle
OF the ,Aisne developed by the Ger
mans endeayoring to turn our left and
by the simultaneous French effort to
turn the German right q Asa
This contest resulted in race for
the sea in the obstinate two months
battle along the User in October. and
November. The Germans again failed
and finally gave up that part of their
offensive on account or their terrific
losses. aas, as7is
Simultaneous with the battle Of the
Marine, though forming no part of the
battlefrOnt Of what has been called
the Battle Of the. Marine, were the ops
erations in the Argonne. the Woevre
and the Grand Couronhe de Nancy.
The army OF the German Crown
Prince, marching ON verduns and the
army of Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria, marching on Nancy, both
were. defeated in some OF the bloodi-
est engagements of the entire war.
"The Mltimate result 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
out before the first of November, but
since then the French have Invaded
Upper Alsace. of which they now hold
a considerable part This country,
taken from France in the war of 1870
II, has been reorganized and is under
control of a civil government, which
restored the. school and judicial sys-
tenn 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 ad.
vance 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 asphyxiating gas.
"The successes of the allies since
the Battle of the. Marnea are In the re-
capture of Thanh, Steinbach, Harts-
mans-Weilerkopf, Metzeral, La Fonten-
ellie, together with the considerable
territory in the Alsatian Vosges; the
capture Of an entire German position
in the Forest OF lie Pretre, along the 4
wedge the Germans are still holding
in the French. lines at ST. Mihiel. an
advance of mile along a front of ten
miles at Beausejour, in the Cham
payne country; the capture Of Nueve
Chapelle by the British, the capture
of Notre Dame de Lorette, Carency,
and Neuyille 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 clearing
Of the left bank of the User or the
enemy by the Belgian army.
Never since the war began has the
French army been. so fit to continue
it to a triumphant conclusion as today. |
We have not only carried on the war
with success during the year but we
have accumulated immense reserves
of every necessity for continuing the |
war until it has been won. Our re-
serve troops in depots and under train
ing are relatively greater than those |
Of the Germans. The army is abso-
lutely confident The people, behind |
the army to man, are equally so. i
The French people, through no
fault of theirs, have suffered and are
suffering today, but they are equal to
every hardship, every effort necessary |
20 drive the war to a final victorious
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