The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-27

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ih" 'hitd Was the i.ofgnni,n,i,, nj,
Frances cabinet along m, lima. 81,
'"H'P"''h"'a ana efficiency which
ha'ii Lloyd George in,tu,u,,d IL,
England Premier i!rinnd ,,,,,t,.,
"' we h"ad ~ the ministry. and Jutrr.
i""l "f France. and former general
iFNiin" OF her forces. whiI, attn retain.
'"h S"pi'n" command of French
'"''rH. became counsellor 10 IA, w,r
council General SN-lir. defender Of
'''uhn ana one of 'h" popular heroes
"' 'h" army. was made commander a.,
french forces IN the north and north.
east
"h'l" III" French victor, u, vo,dun
'sf"n entirely by Itself. stands ou, ns
an Unparalleled achievement In the
military history Of the world. vet It's
real sirhifeanr~ IN the present war.
il only apparent when IL In viewed in
connection with all thar had preceded
u,
When the Germans launched their
s'-at Offensive a, vcrdun On Feb.
fGary -. no secret Was made of "A,
least two ~ the objects which ih.
Germans had In view one Of these
~an In prevent the Allies from start.
ins their combines uhiqu.n offensive.
and the other was 10 deliver an nb,
solu,c death blow to France.
While the Germans failed Ia reach
rrtiun. and while their grca, EFFORT
failed to prevent tho launching Of the
Allied offensive. yr, they openly
boastcd tha, n, ican, one Of their
ob,~cii,rs had been attained namely
,ha, they had caused France to bleed
utter exhaustion before vcrdun ana
,ha, h-ne-!or~a,d she would be- In,
capable Of further military EFFORT.
frspitr this boast and despite the
loss~n which Franc" und-niably
sustained before vcrdun. she launched
an July Int. In connection with the
English the offensive on the Sommc
which han never been checked for u
single instant. and In which. in AZ
di,lon ,o all of The villages and ground
rrraincd. all the losses in dead and
wounded inflicted on ,hr enemy. the
French Themselves. independent OF
wha, the English have done. have
captured over 5000 prisoners. over
goo cauhunH and over 600 machine
suna.
II waa while ttill conducting his
vigorous oiIrnsls" On the Somin".
which the Germans had boast"d
France would never be able to launch
~ result Of her losses n, Ncrdun.
tina, France On October ~. launched
even q second offensive this tim"
rhoonins tho Germans own ground nj
y.rdun where all Grrmany's great IN
i,n,ry and artillery strength had been
concentrated for eight months,
This Offensive France launched all
alone, without the slightest help from
ANY of her Allies and carried II 10
,urh n successful conclusion that III"
Germans withdrew from the Fort ol
Naux without even nRhtinH.
While this great operation ut YER
dun revealed to the entire world the
p,,.cn, military strength Of France
nncr over two years Of unprecedented
nrfurc, II revealed also TO the NOR"
cxpcr, eyes Of the military critics ot
ruropc. something equally important.
and tina, IL the present military genius
ot France. Almost without exception
,omrc,en, military critics and "a'
,horitics In Europe are unanimous IN
,ctlarIng the French offensive ~
vcrdun ono OF the most remarkapl'
military operations In tho wor'ds
hirtory
The offensive as planned. Included
the taking Of over half n dozen posi-
,I.ps, such M IInudromont. Quarr'es'
Thiaumont and Douamount, every ono
Of witch the Germans hnd been weeks
nnl months In capturing. and e'er'
,,c Of which would ordinarily be con-
.idercd an objective In itself TOT +"
y,cn, offensive movement. The IN
c,udins Of all these objectives III
,Iou,, movement and tho attainment
Of them In six hours Of hsh'ins, IN
conceded by European military er',oS
10 have only been possible oy W"
attainment Of II degree OF co'ora""
,,on between infantry. artillery anu
aerial service never before "'!a'nea
and by the development OF " des''.
NJ genius on the part Of tho F''"'"
commanders which shows France co.."
clusiyely at the highest point OF 'ne
military power she has d'v''"pe" !"
the present war, ..,