The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Premier Orlando of Italy. HISTORY OF THE WAR 51. Capt. George Guynemer, the leading French avia-tor, and Lieut. Vossc, (in oval), a leading Germanaviator met death at almost the same time. At any rate, the whole aspect of the Ger-man attack was suddenly altered. Takinga chance on exposing his right flank to thearmy in Paris, von Kluck, by September 4,was cooperating with the other Germanforces in an attempt to break tlirongh theAllied line to the east of Paris. Had theysucceeded they would have folded back them
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Premier Orlando of Italy. HISTORY OF THE WAR 51. Capt. George Guynemer, the leading French avia-tor, and Lieut. Vossc, (in oval), a leading Germanaviator met death at almost the same time. At any rate, the whole aspect of the Ger-man attack was suddenly altered. Takinga chance on exposing his right flank to thearmy in Paris, von Kluck, by September 4,was cooperating with the other Germanforces in an attempt to break tlirongh theAllied line to the east of Paris. Had theysucceeded they would have folded back themain French forces on the line of fortsand gained a greater Sedan and then couldhave turned to capture Paris at their lei-sure. Their movement went so far that onSeptember 4th, the advance guard reachedDienville, thirty miles south of Vitn--le-Francois, center of the Marne battle line,and put up a stiff fight with the Frenchforces rushed to meet them. Furious as the struggle had been, anddespite the fact that von Kluck was actuallyin retreat, the crisis of the battle did notcome until the evening of the ninth. Fochsfront was tl
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