The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01

heard the story of the plucky Bel
gians, who did everything they
could think of and dared every
thing to keep, the Germans out in
the late summer of, 1914. But their
number was so much smaller than
the great, number of Germans that
were pouring in upon them that it
was impossible for them to keep
the enemy from over running their
country, and so they were made
lprisoners and the German army
continued to advance toward
France, which was the place it was
aiming for. You see, Germany's
well laid ,plan was to crush France,
and then Russia and then Great
Britain, and so it was France
where she was going first.
England Comes to Rescue.
Five armies, thousands of men
began marching through the won
oderful countryoof France. France
had immediately called out her
army, when the Germans had first
stepped into Belgium and England
had begun to summon herImen to
defend herself and her allies. She
hurried, too, and in the second
week Of August, 100,000lof her men
arrived under the command of Cen
eeral French. Sir John, now Wis.,
count French, commanded the Eng
lish forces well4until in. 1915, the
man we have heard so much about
for over two years, Sir Douglas
Haig was given the command. Sir
John is known as Viscount French
of Ypres, because he helped win
that battle which turned the Ger
umans back from the French sea-
port town Of Calais.
"Papas Joffrc" at the Marine. ]
Did you see him, that splendid
looking ,generaIwith his white hair
and navy-blue uniform with its red
aand gold trimmings and his milf
ttary1 cape of the same blue, as he
passed through here about two
years ago? Yes, you have prob
ably remembered his name already,
1t is General Joffre, the famous
general of France. whom his peoT
pie loving CALL n"Rapa"l Joffre. May
be you gave some Of your pennies
and nickles and dimes to the large
sum of money that Richmond gave
into his careaa at that time! to- take
thome to our little friends, theron
aphans of France. my. but2he was
ggladato receives that money and to
take it. back homet to those brave
little children overseas. And they
were probably SO happy to- receive
iit2and especially to- receive 1T form
Thin one of the1heroes France,
under whom THERE daddies thought
land tdied, and whom they admire
and love very much.
He was inAsupreme command OF
the French armies from the begin
ming of theEwnrgguntil 1916, when
General tNiyelle, land then SOON
General Petains succeeded him. 1t
was he that was leader in that ia.
NOUS battle, the lbattleGof the
HMarne, where the forces cot the
French. the Belgiansa and the Eng.
ihsh, Uby brilliant and daringumoye.
ments sent the Germans con the
run.
The armies of thesallies had been
rretreatingbbefore the German and
Austrian armies until that enemy
army had come within twenty
nmiles oof Paris, then the aalhes
turned and faced the enemy at the
Marine river on September g. 1914,
and the severe fighting that took
place there theunext five days, is
called the battle of the Marne.
You've read about bbattie Jfislds
and perhaps you lhaves seengsome
tofoour own, Gettysburg and others
that our government has opfe-
served, and YOU probably thought
A Field Of Beauty !
that they didn't amount to much,
Just a long stretchoofZgrass with a
monument here and There. Well
they don't amount to much uuntii
we think that on a. certain part OF
this field some cfiildfens 'ePafd, =
(their father) or Uncle Jim, way
back in 1852 or 1854 said to HIM