The Times history of the war (1914) (14578273687)

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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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a comparatively easy matter. Inthis December attack they had to advance fromone strong line to another, organized with groatskill and offering ambush after ambush to theoncoming troops. The German front was held by five divisions—the 14th Reserve, the 39th, 10th, and 14thactive and the 39th Reserve Divisions. Fifteenbattalions, or between 8,000 and 9,000 men, heldthe first line. The same number was held inimmediate reserve and the remaining battalionswere resting ready for an immediate call. men had the misfortune to have at their headan aged General—Kruger by name—whothirsted for glory. By steady log-rolling andintriguing he and his elderly reservists removedfrom the peaceable front they occupied inAlsace to the more glorioiis region of the Meuse.It was his fate to run up against the doughtyveterans of General de Passagas division,which was nicknam.ed la Gauloise, andeach of whose regiments bore the name of afamous battle of the Great ^^ar. With General de Passagas division was
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notograpH. .MORE PRISONERS FROM DOUAUMONT AND VAUX. There were, moreover, four further divisions-close at hand able to reach the front in a night—the Garde-Ersatz, the 30th, and 5th Divisions■of infantry and tlie 23rd Division. It must bepointed out—and here, again, is one of theeffects of the Sornrno upon this portion ofVerd.ins history - that many of these men•were exhausted. The 39th Division, for in-stance, had been through the northern furnace4ind had been sent to r«j8t in the Verdunsector ! One f>f the most noticeable effects<jf the Somrno fighting was, indeed, thatGennan divisions had to take what n-st theyHt in the priHor* camps of PVance. Anotherweak element in the Gorman forc*)« was thn fif Re«ervo. These another Douaumont division, that of Generaldo Salins. Next him came General

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