Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
WAR WAS A BREEDER
OF TERSE EP|CRAMS
Tense Crises in Battle Nursery
Of Such Phrases as They
Shall No, Pass"

iority of these grew out ~ tense crises in
battles, or morked hst1rio norDeni9
when tho fate f nations hung in tho
balance.
Take for example the slogan, THY
shall not pass. during the trcmeudp'3
fighting ~ front Of Verdun whoa The Ter
mans made their great desperate dnvC -
break through tho french battle lines tu
1915, this saying parsed from lp ~ hp
among the french soldiers gathered hGru
I'm a long-drawn battle 10 check tho terrific
onslaught of the Germans. How y
originated ~ not clear. SornC have o.
iributod 70 n Marshal Joffrc, others ="
Mnrshsl Petsin. Whp was m command ~
the french lighting forces ~ hcrti'in.
Others believe the saying originated with
the men in the ranks ~ any event thsy
adopted H. and fOr months while the ''ef
rnans yainly threw tbrir ba'tslipns upon
thc stubhornly defended forts around The
French cty, the saying, They shall not
pasa became tho watehvord ~ Ferduf'-
And they did not pass.
10 Americans thc sen'eptiO'r ut.eranrr
II General pcrshing vhen be plaocd
wreath an the tomb a. lafayette p ihn
Plcpus cemetery IN Paris, opnvFyCd
Significance and an inspiratjon Laiar-
ettc, We are here, was all he said, hut -
the American ae we'll as ~ thr lrrnrhngn
II was better than orator. u rnsau, ~
tho American, "We arr hero for busi1og
and our business is ~ fight II fhr'lFd
tho hearts a General pershinr's Dopplc p
home and the modesty n n filled 'brrr
with a glow of satisfaction.
Another dramatic phrauo whirh s3irred
the patriotism ~ the American Je0rir
was that attributed - An American ooW-
rnsnder ~ Chateau Ihlerry, when h~
responded % the advicr ~ frrn~h ON
rnanders ~ retreat bv declaring h~
American f8g has been compelled ~ re-
tire This Il uncndurahlr WE arr gong -
cnrnterattark Inese statements ha'r
been attributed n both MAJOR f,enerS
Robert 4. Billiard and n haior Grnersi
Omar Bundy. some observers hav~
rardcd this incident "a the turning point
~ the war. hrOnn that tirne the Arnerran7
advanrcd. The victory Of hsieai lhser-
nv followed and thereafter the German
Army retrnated
Nice- Admiral William s. Sirrs. ~'n,-
rnandinv me American naval i1rcos ~
European waters, vas asked when ~
first Yankee warships arrived ~ Englsnd
early in Nav, 1917 ~ ben viii yOu ~
rradv for husiness2' lie repled No
can start ~ onoe We made oar prepare
tlons On the way over
1here was dramatic moment, great
crisis IN the worlds history when General
Pershing placed tho American Army nndrr
the command ~ tho then General prh,
who had lust been made commander q az
thc Alhcd forces. hut none ~ tlra phrasrg
that General Pershlng used were wi'ieiy
quoted al epigramatIc. one which might
~ have been eelected was tho words, ~
that We have arc yours. dispose oi them ~
you will.
The report Of Major Charles WhittJesrv,
commander of the lost battalion ~ tnr
! American Army, N inc Argonne forrst
I when the Germans surrounded his Isolated
/ command ana their commander, demand
4 ed lts surrender was one ~ the war ms
4 tore phrases. 10 - he'll, he replied
4 The hrst great battle ot the war III
+ battle that stopped tho Germans A. the
+ Marine, elected from inc lips ot Marshal
/ Ionre the historic words: he hour hsss
/ come % advance AZ al costs; % lie Ehere
7 YOU stand rather than - give way.
General, aitcrward Marsnai retain, N
snIred ms weary troops a. Nerttln ~ sn
order II the Gay, concluding wltn fac
I words: Courage, we viii get them.
General + Och, commanding the french
Army in the hrst battle of the harne. had
been almost overwhelmed by tnc onward
g
I able message 20 JOnEe be said. Ny ught
1 s crushed. My left ~ IN retreat. pa ~
/ lacking with nv center. tie dld tf ARA
and drove wedge through the GerIn-A.,
lines that started their retreat to ~,
Aisne. he people OF Pans were stunned
! by the rapIdity with which the Germans
( advanced m their first rush toward The
/ french capital. The railway stations Wen'
besleged, but the great ma!Onty n ne
, PEOPLE knew they must remain. Ia this
tragic moment General GallIeni, military
commander Of the city, inspired oonhdenas
/ and cheered the faInt-hearted with he
! watchword, JusqtIa bout or To ~
very end The popiIiace took up the cry
and GallienI with his army, played .
signal part in hurting back the le~,ons -
. Won kluck at the Marne.
No less inspiring, but bOn q lex
traqc circumstances was The ssyIEg rt
+ General GOuraud who, 1pon enterRa
Strassburg after the Liberation Il Aisace
and Lorraine declared The day d gior
has come.
Field Marshal oIr Douglas HAg, ON
] mAnder-in-chief Of the British srullCs ~
France, gave utteraucC % 40 appeal ~
addressing his soldiers which stirred
responsive chord IN the hearfs a ths
+. Allied peoples throughout the uorsd- FoI
three weeks the enemy had battered So
( French lines, 10 a desperate eforf -
separate them from The french aud drlVs
! through 10 he channel ports. Day itsg
ciay the British had been driven back. o.
April 10, 1918, Marshal uaig called upon
his men for one last efor'. Ever p.lsl-
ton must be held 70 the last msn, b.
| ordered. There must Be no retirement
| With our backs 10 the wall ana believing
Ia the iustlce Of our cause, everyone ot u
must fight to the end.
When Vice-Admiral sir ROSSlyn Ven
yss went to tell the German commander 4
the naval terms OF the armlstlce, one Of thl
Teuton adlnirals sand, IL IS inadmissable
that our feet should be gwen Up w.thou,
having been beaten.
lit had only TO come out, was M
laconio retort of Admiral NemysS
Later when the suTrendeTiRg Cernla-
warships we're escorted by the British
fleet into British waters, Nlce-AdInIrs-
Beatty's historic signal, after The enemy
feet had been moored read The German
flag Is to be hauled down at 3.57 and s not
to be hoisted again without permission
Premier Nen.zelos, spurning thc Ger
man ambassadors invitation 70 slde sith
. the Central Powers, when Monastlr and
a part OF Serbia was offered ~ Greecc A. 4
German bribe, replied. You ask me a
dishonor my signature, 70 dis lonCi my
| country and 70 violate It's cbigatons
towards Serbia and, As remuneration, Nol
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