Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-01
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INVADING
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a,nnnIe, The Germans violated ~
uanfia nv Of Belgium ~
frontier provided the easiest roltes ~
paris. for the right wing Of an nva1-
ing army. The country wa ta.l.y
eyel. and, assuming that h BelglanA
would offer q feeble reslstance.
swift advance to the 80 ~,
~ ta renmblic had been fully mobtlizedMe ~
me- hIow must be struck quickly, Den
carse the Russians would have. to %
dealt with at the same I'M An tnYS
east. $500 FrorNs
peIfort to Verdun was q rugged coun%s
NV with only two gates OF entry the
cans of Toul and Epinal. her
ba no penetration there without hardi
and pr%otracted fighting. rontieis
between Verdun and the
was only less difficult. Nor.Was LnSs
line of the central Meuse inviting: .BuS
the Belgian border and the Inc Mau-j
beuge-Valenciennes-Lille held. OUT
nrosnect of quick and irresistible G
ttion So the die was cast and with
o,,t anv stirring of conscience. OF
o ou !, an army Of 100000 men
could NOT march over the Belgian
horder and press on down the line OF
hest approach to Parish There would
not he room enough for su9h. q gigan-
liz oneration. But an initial victory
could be won by a large force, the
resistance of the French could be
broken, and the center Of the German
host would join in the advance on the
CAPITAL, while the left held h French
on their frontier opposite the eastern
fortress barrier between verdun ano
Belfort. Invasion through Belgium
--.1S .y1.-, f0v tho avfnnH1nn. NJ kn0
German front from the interior. OF
that country to Metz, and the invad-
ers would be able to use a railroad
system with many lines running TO
central Germany. But to cross the
German frontier south Of Luxembourg
would allow the invaders only a short
front for their masses OF men ana
make them dependent upon an nade-
quate railway service. The invasion OF
Belgium, then, was a fixture In any
plan of campaign against France.
There were four routes from the
Rhine valley into Belgium; through
Luxembourg into the southern Arden
mes and thence to the valley OF the
Malmedy to Stabelot, thence to the
northern Ardennes and to the Mouse
at Dinant; from Aix-la-Chapelle by
way of Verviers, and from AK to
Wise, near the Dutch frontier, where
the Mouse has to be crossed againS
Germany poured her armies into
France by all these routes, violating
the territory Of Luxembourg as we'll AZ
that of Belgium. All down the line,
as far south as Mulhouse in Alsace.
the German forces were advancing on
those early days in August. From.
%Thionville, ear the Luxembourg bor7
der, German cavalry pushed acros4
the line to Longwy. In all, there werd
six armies, commanded. respectively
by General o Kluck on the righl
wing, General Won Below, Duke All
brecht Of Wurttemberg, the imperial
crown prince, the Bavarian crow
prince, and General Won Heeringen
whose forces extended into Alsace I'd
oppose a French advance through
the Vosges and the gap Of Belfort.
1t has been estimated that the
strength of these German armies was
100000 men. They needed a great
deal Of space to operate in, and the
Allied armies invading Germany
would also need elbow room, more in
fact. Therefore the problem Of count
e~r-invasion is not so simple as It
seems. Today the Germans in the
north are retiring through Belgium.
giving way slowly in the center. and
holding fairly. well in the south be-
tween the Mouse and the Aisne north
OF Verdun. In Alsace and most Of
Lorraine they stand on the defensive
IN force. In Belgium the Germans are
being driven back toward the gates
ny which they entered, and in that
olrectlon as strong an army as Mar
shall Foch can employ will, II the Ger
mans decide to fight a defensive cam
paign to the end, eventually expel the
enemy from the country and invade
Germany to the south of the Dutch
province OF Limburg. The Allies will
pass through Maubeuge, Mons, Ma
mur, and Liege, and probably thev
will have to fight hard for every miis
OF advance. 1t is to be expected that
the enemy will make a Determined
stand at Namur and Liege, If Marshal
rocn does not succeed in overrunnfn9
tnose fortress districts and forcin9
tneir evacuation by the enemy. AMI
II Is TO pc presumed that the Ger
mans will make the utmost defensiva
use OF the Meuse and the Scheidt and
tne canals OF the region. The Meuse-
40, wiz serve the enemy in its course
tnrough Mezieres and the northern
hlaennes: II the German right could
- &c =, Lurned IN the north Marshal Foch,s
s,na Moulo DC greatly simpliied. Pres
sure Inere would have its erect IN =
German center falling hack thra, .no
Luxembourg to the valley Of the RItsan
1arly IN the war the French essav.
Tu d rather ambitious offensive n
Lorraine and Alsace, Genarsi pa ~
selz n q passes in the Vosges and ~
,eli ,s n valley of the Bruchs whiaL
.eads TO S~trassburg. In unner xI.asu
nv. french took Dannemaria 90
nan. n %reoccupied Mulhon.a a1t1
eowaro Selling Saarburg, on the all
stra Midway between Net and
offens,uag But a. vigorous counter.
marchinn oy The fifth German army
French from Metz ended Tia
Pau had 4 Nv abruptly. General
nal.Belfort barrier. The innia one Epl-
sests Ina Marshal Foch NAV aIsa sue-
tLsnipt an invasion of German 80 ~
sn 4n,us SOUTH: between Net ana Ign ON
nmiss border. Before the war ha ~
Snatueu at Nancy and knows an .n-
fooos VI the terrain. That the Gar rsoIy
thai. sucn an operation il shown a ~
MI a concentrations -
t ,,ee sector. The Allies cannot sno
i,n,e.s avanc very far into Torrs1nI
ar damn metz be reduced or contatnaS
I.be sirn,I. III. .ne Rhtne unless Strasahnrs
rha ta ay disposed Of.
frontier G and tha q the German
more or less ., me Rhine valley are
to be supposed 1a 2 t secret, although it i
wei informed. New Breisa ~ are
nlng In the south). sGarm, begin
are a.. nS, coolsnz, Cologne and srs Wnl;
a,e. barrier fortressea. not na Wesel
beam aed as bases. Hetz has npoSaSiyy
an tina mace as strong a fortre..p s,oo.aoly
now .nsre is in Europe. a.. district district
Be .. hara N IT'S defensive works we,,1S,
EGermana y to crack. After 1so MoNs
with a sy, tteren : their front se
i has Been sa SAID d d%sfsnses "ieguiateds
to the disposltioan, VI a't n. special regard
ana to the stratersc rench fore
tne German side Of the ,ra,lways on
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