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Show ALLIES PLAY FDR DELAY BY FALLING BACK Purpose Is to Give the Rus sian Invaders of Germany and Austria Time to Develop Campaign CZAR'S HOSTS WILL BE IN FULL FORCE SOON Moreover, England Will Be in a Better Position Every Day to Send Reinforcements By COLONEL KEPINGTON M Mary expert of tlie London Times LONDON Sept 1 Tho great object of the all ed arm es n the campa gn n northern Franco is to attract the largest poss ble nun her of troops of Germany and to reta n them as long as poss ble n th s theater of war in order to f ac 1 tate Euss a s attack Th s obiect was forced upon us di rectly t became clear that it was Ger n any s a m to deal France a knock down blow and when t was made clear that ow n to the numbers wh eh Ger any had nassed n the western theater of war ann h lat ng v ctones for one s de were d flicult to obta n We were faced w th a war of at tr t on combat du sure on a very g gant e Bcale and we have to carry 0 t th a strategy to the b tter end s nee every battle we fight and every step wp draw Cern any further from hone n akes her d flicult es more op pall ng and the success of our cause more assured pro ded always that our all el arm es are not actually defeated n the west We must not go back one step un less we are compelled to do bo nor allow tl e Oern ans to w n a yard of French terr tory w thout pay ng a hea y b 11 We must not allow our sel es to become enc rcled or shut up n any fortress Delay Is Valuable f e onger t e French territory re ma ns in our possess on the greater are the resources wh ch we can draw f om it to support the wa and the sma er t e zone wh ch 1 be subjec ed to Prussian e ac ons if m ary successes the fortunes of a the eJiaus on of Ge many or the p essure of t e R ss ans on t e east p ace s in a better pos tion then we can resume the offens ve We have every hope of success in this strategy The French army remans practica y In ta t Tl ere have been no great surrenders 1 ke Sedan and Me 7 ihere must be 4 000 000 Frenchmen n arms inc ud ng the carr sons and depots and an arn y fighting at home is practica y uncon querab e so long as prudence ru es In the h gher leading places Perils for Germany German m s a lot arge detachments to bes eged fo tre ses and protect her I ne of comn un atlon and she rema ns sub Ject to e grind ng m sery caused bj t e destruction of her fo e gn and over sea trade and the onsequent pa a js s of 1 e con n erce at 1 ome She 1 1 go on of co rse because she an do oth ng e se but t e tho ands of fa n es 1 o ha e been b ock ng the roads and are pour g into Ber n fron the east are only the beg nnlng of a mo ement 1 ch wl grow In intensity h e ery onru h of Russ an hosts Howe er terr b e for o r French a lies it s to fight and her campaign in France ond Hons are d fferent f om 1814 be ause tl e a 1 Furope as aga nst France and now the situation is re ersed Moreo er the French territory lends Itse f to pro onged defense tep by step f the worst comes to the worst, the Frencl can retire toward Loire In pajing for time F ance has many ad antages and If we mike good use of o r resources of o r na Tt shie d and of our geofcraphlcal pos tion we can take a much more prom nent and impor tant share n the war than hitherto has fal en to our lot I |