Italy at war and the allies in the west . its citadel lie in the middle of a valleydominated by hills—like a lump of sugar inthe middle of a platter—upon those hills wasbuilt a chain of barrier forts: La Chaume,Tavannes, Thiaumont, Vaux, Douaumont, andothers. But when, at Liege and Namur, atAntwerp and Maubeuge, the Germans provedconclusively that no forts could r-ng with-stand the battering of their heavy guns, theFrench took instant profit by the lesson. Theypromptly left the citadel and the forts nearestto it and established themselves in trencheson the surrounding hills, taking with themth
Italy at war and the allies in the west . its citadel lie in the middle of a valleydominated by hills—like a lump of sugar inthe middle of a platter—upon those hills wasbuilt a chain of barrier forts: La Chaume,Tavannes, Thiaumont, Vaux, Douaumont, andothers. But when, at Liege and Namur, atAntwerp and Maubeuge, the Germans provedconclusively that no forts could r-ng with-stand the battering of their heavy guns, theFrench took instant profit by the lesson. Theypromptly left the citadel and the forts nearestto it and established themselves in trencheson the surrounding hills, taking with themtheir artillery. This trench-line ran throughcertain of the small outlying forts, such asTavannes, Thiaumont, Douaumont, and Vaux,and that is why you have read in the papersso much of the desperate fighting about the much-talked-of fortress of Verdunwas no longer a fortress at all, but merely asector in that battle-line which extends fromthe Channel to the Alps. Barring its historicassociations, and the moral effect which its. fl -5
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