Show FIRST YEAR OF WAR IN THE the arst 1 month and a bait halt of the western campaign wa was made up p of startling swift moves on september 12 after the defeat on the barnt the germane took up defensive defens ire positions along the alina river the ten and c r balf half montha months since then bare aea seen a long deadlock the battle line of the aline and the olse oise quickly extended northeast to abo sea fighting has been continuous continuo ue with tremendous losses the general altu ItI atlon lation has remained unchanged gains of a few miles for one side ade at one due point offa t by minor ralas aralas for the enemy in other sectors at the beginning of augut ib abi kaiser took 1 of the little fate state of luxemburg and demanded passage through belgium tiel glum to the bran belgian co frontier permission to pas pass denied defied von einem attacked liege augus 4 while other german armelva passed around the city and swept over the level belgian roads at a terrific rate the efti 1 tie lo 10 belgian army yielded drua brus eels sels and fell back to antwerp and ghent first big engagement not N until the cermath had almost reU pJ the french border did tho the first important engager vent take phaoe this Is genen generally lly cnown aa as the battal of moue about august 20 28 but at the ame same time there was pas evere severe fighting along the whole line hile through thionville in tit lorrain lorraine and along the in upper alsace which the fredich had invaded with temporary success this battle resulted in defeat tor for the french ald english wall 0 obtaining some successes 1 la counter attacks on the advancing germans at peronne and at guise the hald the petition position of ot the year river and canal from october 16 to november 10 was fought the docite dp cite P cat bat battle of cypres when the germans buffered suffered enor enormous loss in a attempts to break through the line in flanders and reach calais they succeeded in pushing back the allies only a little and an taft h invasion of silesia by mhd cossacks anally finally induced them lo 10 dealph and end send enforcement re to russia the la in september had performed the feat of punning pushing a into ahn french franch line south of verdun which on the treat rest bank of the meuse river ot tit st mablel Alib lel while tho the french bad taken the offensive with some su cess in champagne at about the same u time for the moat most part throughout the W winter inter the fighting consisted of regu birr I 1 r al esage lega warfare with heavy beavy artillery at combats and mine and countermine counter mine the hooding of tho the river alane from winter snows t gave ave the gerinda german a chance to entrap taj 1 french troops on the north side of that river in the vicinity of Sola So laeona sons for a considerable distance and kill or capture most of them january 14 take offensive in spring with the spring the french ard english attempted to take the offensive at several points in the the dominating height of hartmann swell e wa wax taken and retaken several times in sanguinary charges and ana finally remained in the hand of the F french ench lue ilie of st was also subjected to tremendous french prea pres sure on both legs the french succeeded in gaining a little ground but the germans despite the apparent weakness weak of the harp sharp wedge they had driven into the french line could not be dislodged and later succeeded in re gaining some of the territory they had lost the british alao reported victories at neuve beuve chapelle and hill no 60 in MAP OF CAMPAIGNS IN THE WEST antver way J 4 1 10 on Is ae a 10 amite A 0 t A metz P 3 IZZ r C vol SCALE 00 41 A ffrench were obliged to tall fall back rapidly to the line of the river marne on the loft left the french bad had with drawn to below paris and the vea tern most german army under von kluck followed the garrison of paria parts waa was put in thousands of motor cars and tuia on von klucke flank the latter was not taken entirely unawares and met the attack strongly but at the lame time the array army of general foch attacked the german army on von left and drove it back driven back from part paris the germans had begun the battle with five live armies in line the with drapal ot the two farthest west now caused the retreat of the third fourth and fifth in that order each pach in turn finding tta its dank flank eased by the with drapal of the troops on its right at the same time the movement on the east end otha german line ft an ar accelerated cele rated by a strong attack from froin the french fool fortified fled zone ot 0 verdun the german retreat was as an orderly aa as that of the french and english had been the invaders took took up an ad defensive position it ran just north of the aasne aisne al ano river cu ca a series aeries of bluffs then juat just north of chalon and through the wooded rousi regions of the argonne and the joining handa hands hero here with the troops bes besieging loging verdun veraun the allies have tried thie this line in vain ever alace both combatant combatants now tried to turn the west flank enormous bodies of cavalry on the part of the french flanders on the part of taij french thore there WK was largely the dc desire ire to link up with tle belgian now belna being attacked in antwerp the mighty siege suns of at the germans made short work of the belgian seaport however and it tell on october 9 the remnant remnants at 0 ho the belgian army retreated along the iea sea coast a and tho the germans in a final rush reached ostend october 15 line extended to the sea the battle line of the aasne was now 11 1 1 a the sea a the germane gemans holding the important french city of lille whilo while the tho abiles kept ypres in and partly by flooding the lowlands ri handera anders whether thee should be accounted successes pes res ton fori the allies la is doubtful the british buffered suffered enormous losses and at neuve beuve chapelle bungled affairs to the extent of shelling their own men who bid had taken trenches trench ca the next development was tho the ns im expected use ot at gae gas fumes umes u uj the german ans in attacks just north of s alth with this novel weapon they succeeded la in taking several email small villages and more than compensating for the british gains south 0 of ypres the losses of the Fren french cli canadians and british were severe but they succeeded in stemming the german on slaught effect effectively ivOy a few miles back from their former position begin series 81 of attack the german line makes a ballent salient at Sol Sola sons though not such a pro bounced one as at st mihiel millie the french now began a series of at tacks onabe upper side pt jot this eal ral lent to the north of arras expending bun hun deeds of thousands of shells they time and again blasted aay the baram v ire tre and concree concrete trenches held by clown crown prince rup of Bavar taa anh and then across the defoliate deb def ground tor for slight gains the centered about the sugar re refinery fluery ot of bouchea and the great german work ork called the labyrinth fighting went on in cellars and tunnels below tha the earth and thit casual flea ties were heavy beavy tho the french I bent beat the german verman line and captured the lab linth but whether the gains justified their sacrifice in h human life Is tlona blo an in july crown prince frederick william williams a army attacked attack td in tho the ar AI guano onno forest west of 0 verdun and succeeded in gaining several hundred yards of shattered battered wor U na and capturing several thou thousand sanI frenchmen were rumors tig tier mans etere enforcing re for or great drive toward calais or paris parts but the teutonic 1 la III the west continued to watt upon tha the the much weaker cuemy ene ay in poland |