A. F. (Albert Pollard) Pollard

Capitolo 31

it apparently needed a visit from God Kitchener 1 September
to hold back the British army in co-operation with French. The autumn
of Namur, the battles of Charleroi and Mons and the defeat of the
French on the Semois was followed by the rout of Ruffey it is and
The armies of Langle on the Meuse. They stretched north - the westwards from
Way Montmédy of Sedan and Mezières down the Meuse toward Dinant
and Namur. But their left side had been turned by Von Hausen
the victory and the fall of Namur;  and around 27 Vons Hausen, making to turn to
his went away, it rolled on the French left while the Duke of Württemberg
and the Crown Prince attacked all along the forehead. Ruffey had to look for
the safety in the Argonne, while the army of Langle constituted Rethel on the
Aisne. Around 28 Longwies, the last north of French fortitude of Verdun,
capitulated after a strong resistance. The defense of the frontier had
collapsed, and the hopes along which have been entertained of resistance the
Superior Aisne and for this motive from Laon and You Fère toward St. Quentin, tried
deceptive. The fifth army of turned on Lanrezac the 29 among Vervins and
Ribemont, and near Semblance inflicted on the Germans the most serious
you check to their advance. This reaction was not helped by the English
withdraw on the left of Lanrezac, and its principal value was to protect
that withdrawal. Neither you/he/she was sustained better on the right. The third one
and fourth armies French were also severely inclined in their retreat to
still makes a stand and the reserves they went far street to the south. On
the 28th-29 that the Aisne has been forced to Rethel and Reims and Chalons
it was abandoned to the enemy;  and You Fère and Laon followed on the
30.

The British skin back from the Aisne and the Oise through the forests
of Villers-Cotterets and Compiègne toward the Marne. To Néry 1
September out which a battery of Equine and Real Artillery has almost been dried, and
the guns were only saved by a 1 brave cavalry position
Brigade;  and in the same day a defense of hard rearguard had to be fights