The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . s re-marks let fall in BerUn social circles and com- pagne, it would not have corresponded with ourstrategic conception. It would have become abreak-through operation on the familiar plan. Butthis we were particularly anxious to avoid; infact, it was absolutely necessary to avoid it, inview of the general sit
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . s re-marks let fall in BerUn social circles and com- pagne, it would not have corresponded with ourstrategic conception. It would have become abreak-through operation on the familiar plan. Butthis we were particularly anxious to avoid; infact, it was absolutely necessary to avoid it, inview of the general situation and the limitationsof the resources at our disposal. Our object, whichwas to inflict on the enemy the utmost possibleinjury, with the least possible expenditure of liveson our own part, could not be achieved on theother side of the Argonne. There the enemy hadample space in which to evade the blow, whilewe had not sufficient troops to follow up our blowindefinitely. Thus there remained as the theatreof operations only the region north of Verdun onboth sides of the Meuse, from the foot of theArgonne in the west to the Orne valley in theeast. The breadth was between thirty and fortymiles. To make full use of the opportunities forattack it afforded it would have been necessary. MEUSE RIVER WINDING ^ WAV lUkuULlII THE OUTSKIRTS 0¥ VERDUNmunicated by some renegade. This circumstance to employ a far greater number of troops and proves once more how indispensable it is thatthe closest secrecy regarding future plans be ob-served, even among ones own people. The work-ing out of the operations was influenced in amarked degree by consideration of the physicalpeculiarities of the country in question and thenature of its soil. The ascent from the Woevreplain—which a wet winter and early spring hadturned into a swamp—to the precipitous easternslopes of the Meuse Heights was so difficult asto be out of the question, so far as the mainof)eration was concerned. There was no pros
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