The story of the great war . The Battle of the MarneFrom a sketch by the Author out from between in time to avoid being cut in two. Their rightwing having been compelled to run, the German center was leftunprotected, with the now victorious French and English on itsflank and in danger of getting in behind it and attacking it in therear. The German center, therefore, also had to retreat, and therest of the German line, in order to avoid a similar fate, had to goback with it. They retreated many miles and intrenched them-selves on the hills north of the river Aisne, which runs aboutparallel to t
The story of the great war . The Battle of the MarneFrom a sketch by the Author out from between in time to avoid being cut in two. Their rightwing having been compelled to run, the German center was leftunprotected, with the now victorious French and English on itsflank and in danger of getting in behind it and attacking it in therear. The German center, therefore, also had to retreat, and therest of the German line, in order to avoid a similar fate, had to goback with it. They retreated many miles and intrenched them-selves on the hills north of the river Aisne, which runs aboutparallel to the river Marne. The German army at the beginningof the battle was well south of the Marne and at its end was wellnorth of the Aisne. Their loss in territory, therefore, was 64 THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR One of the most picturesque and dramatic movements of the warwas the daring charge of General Gallienis army in Paris to the
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