. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . trenches, particularly those of the Meurthe, Mortagne, andMoselle, which traverse the lower country from the Vosgesmountains to the plateau barriers. Entrenched behind thesenatural moats, which in. the cases of the Mortagne and Moselleare bordered on the southwest by higher ground commandingthe approaches to the barriers, the Armies of the Republic couldhope to contain the enemy offensive, and then from the strongnatural positions on the plateaus and in the Vosges to launchcounteroffensives against th
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . trenches, particularly those of the Meurthe, Mortagne, andMoselle, which traverse the lower country from the Vosgesmountains to the plateau barriers. Entrenched behind thesenatural moats, which in. the cases of the Mortagne and Moselleare bordered on the southwest by higher ground commandingthe approaches to the barriers, the Armies of the Republic couldhope to contain the enemy offensive, and then from the strongnatural positions on the plateaus and in the Vosges to launchcounteroffensives against the enemys flanks which wouldcomplete the victory. Thus in a variety of ways was the Battle-field of Lorraine designed to be the key to the defense of France. When the invasion of Belgium opened the northern frontierof France to the enemy, the French staff was compelled to alterthe whole plan of the national defense. The Battlefield of Lor-raine occupied a different but important place in the new conception of a strategic retreat to the Seine while 426 BATTLEFIELD OF LORRAINE. STRATEGIC POSITION 427
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