A. F. (Albert Pollard) Pollard

Capitolo 20

and Nancy. Strategy conclusively sharpened to the run of Belgian routing and its
advantages were confirmed by the fact that France was counting on the
deceptive discard of paper. Its dispositions supposed an attack in
Lorraine and his/her northern fortifications round Lille, Maubeuge and
Hirson is weak comparative with those of Belfort, Toul and Verdun.
Datum one rapid and easy March through Belgium, the German armies are able
you turn the left side of the French defense and you cut away it from the
capital. From now the resistance of Belgium it had a great soldier
importance separately from his/her moral value. To his/her durable honour the
I govern Belgian you/he/she had also despised the German proposal for connivance
in the attractive form of which you/he/she would have limited the German use
Belgian territory to the oriental bank of the Meuse.

The alacrity and contempt for the Belgian army which defective organization
it was due to a natural trust on the neutrality that had Germany
guaranteed, it gave account of the first upsetting of German plans. The
invasion started toward Visé, near the Dutch frontier where the forehand
follows the trace than from Aix to Brussels it crosses the Meuse but the principal
advance-watch followed the platform of trunk from Berlin to street in Paris
Venders and Liège. You/he/she was mobilized however inadequately, and
equipped, and it was only understood to make cleaned plaza an opposition that was
don't be serious. The Belgians fought more stubbornly of
it was preoperating;  and it helped from the fortification of Brialmont of Liège,
even if its plans for defense were not properly performed, they contained
on the Germans for two days in front of the city. You/he/she had entered 7
August, but its fall didn't give free the passage to the Germans them
wanted;  for the strong one on the heights to the commanded north the
binary, and the Germans satisfied him with bringing them
transports and 11 2 in.  howitzers. Brialmont had not foreseen the
explosive strength of modern hulls and the bombardment of two days on the