The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . he dominating height of Douaumountand of the good artillery positions in thenorth about Beaumont. All the rivercrossings were under German tire. TheGermans increased their numbers to 30divisions, and it was under the stress ofcontinuous and reiterated attacks thatGeneral Petain reorganized the defense was conducted with as muchcoolness as intrepidity, and though thesuperior armament of the enemy, the im-mense advantage of his enveloping posi-tion, and the comparative isolation of theFrench on the ri
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . he dominating height of Douaumountand of the good artillery positions in thenorth about Beaumont. All the rivercrossings were under German tire. TheGermans increased their numbers to 30divisions, and it was under the stress ofcontinuous and reiterated attacks thatGeneral Petain reorganized the defense was conducted with as muchcoolness as intrepidity, and though thesuperior armament of the enemy, the im-mense advantage of his enveloping posi-tion, and the comparative isolation of theFrench on the right bank of the river, en-abled the Germans slowly to gain ground,the losses which they suffered were out ofall proportion to their gains. In May, General Petain was promotedto the command of the Central Group ofArmies, which then held the front fromVerdun to Soissons inclusive, and the im-mediate command of the Second Ai-mypassed to General Nivelle. The CrownPrince, who still was in command of theattacking forces, continued his violent andsuccessive attacks on both banks of the. Prince Maxs German Bomb-proof Headquarters in the Argonne Forest.
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