The Washington herald., 1921-09-04

with the facts Kluck turns north His Fourth Reserve
Corps fighting north OF the Marne. along the west
bank of the Ourcq is Immediately reinforced by the
Second and Fourth Active Corps, hurried up in the
night and day of September and thrown in piece
meal as they come into the field. Meantime his other
two corps, the Third and Ninth. turned over b
Bulow for the moment. Between these two corps and
the three now on the Ourcq, Kluck throws in his
cavalry commanded by that Marwitz who VIII race
Pershng in the Meuse- -Argonne) to NIL the gap
Into this gap the British army close on
the heels OF the corps gone north, close enough
IN exchange shots Meantime DEspereys Filth
Frenc, army lately commanded by Lanzerac at Char
leroi and Guse, attacks Klucks two lett corps, the
Third and NINTH under Bulows command, as the
rest of DEspereys force and that OF Foch attack the
balance OF Buows army and the right half OF Har
sens.
The next day, September 2 Kluck, facing all
of Maunoury's army and hard pressed, calls for his
other two corps which have been fighting with Buow
and against D'Esperey. and off they 60 north by
prodigious march, designed to enable them to pass
behind the whole Of Klucks army and come IN on the
west flank Of Maunourys. enyelop 1t and cut if of
from Paris. Kluck has already seen in his fight the
decisive phase OF the whole struggle.
= But when Buow, releases Kluck's two corps then
the gap between himself and Kluck is widened enor-
mously, becomes vast yawnipg chasm. thirty miles
and more wide into which the British army is push
ing not too mordanty, but steadily Thus he has to
draw back his own right to guard against envelop-
ment-and this at the moment when Hausen. at last
up to the point seeking to rupture the French front
about Fere Champenose, aided by Bulow's two left
corps the Tenth and Guard. Thus. on September 7.
Buow has begun to retire his right
TINE next day. September 8. is the decisive day.
i Unless the battle is won, either by smashing
success on the part Of Kluck or Hausen Bulow will
have to give it up. But no such success is won On
the contrary the Maunoury army continue to attack
and Kluck, still lacking his two corps recalled from
the south has all he do to hold on, pending the
great development stroke planned for the next day.
Hausen too although more fortunate does not achieve
decision
The next day the game is up The British have
crossed the Marne between Kluck and Bulow, the
gap is still widening Bulows troops are fought out
Hausen has not smashed Foch. Unless there is re-
treat the enemy will penetrate finally between klucK
and Bulow, roll up Paris and destroy him;
roll the other back Rheims and equally fatally IN
lure him. Accordingly, in agreement with Lieut. Col
Hentsch representing Moltke, Bulow gives the order
for the retreat of his to begin during the alter
noon, the right to go back first
Meantime Kuck is expecting decisive success on
his right when his two corps. reinforced by fresh
troops just arriving from the north, strike Maunourys
exposed flank But in the morning Hentsch turns up
from Bulows headquarters, declares he has full au-
thority and orders Klucks chief of staff (Kluck being
absent) to direct his chief to retire behind the Asne,
through Scissors and on Laon-La Fere. if nee
essary Kuck returns issues the orders, and the re-
treat begins that afternoon and evening, covered by
brief offensive on that flank where the great blow
was to have been delivered.
AS for Hausen, to the left of Bulow, he doesn't
get any orders directions from anyone but inter
cepts wireless dispatches from Bulow which tell him
his neighbor is quitting. Wherefore he in turn. gets
up and goes back, sick with the typhus already des-
tinued to be treated scapegoat later, disappears
from the war almost Immediately. Meantime, a fact
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