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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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e enemy remains upon the soilof France, of Alsace and Lorraine. In order to allow the Allied offensive todevelop freely, and to result in early anddefinitive victory, we shall continue to resistthe assaults of our imjilacable enemy, who, inspite of the sacrifice of the half-million menthat Verdun has already cost him, has notgiven up his vain hopes. And not contentwith resisting, soldiers of the eleventh army,you will bite again and witho\it ceasing, so asto hold by a continvial menace as many of thoenemys forces as possible until the Hearinghour of general offensive. The past is aguarantee of the future; you will not fail inyour sacred mission, and you will thus acquirenew claims upon the gi-atitude of the co\mtryand the Allied nations. On July II the enemy attacked along theThiaiunont-Vaux front. The centre of hiseffort was the little village of Flevu-y-devant-Douaimiont, through which easy access could behatl to the inner dt^fenco lines. The Gennan THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR. 447
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CIENHKAI. NIVELLE.Appointed Commander-inoChief of the French Armies of the West after his success at Verdun. attack drove t?io Frorich out of th« fow liouaosthey Htill occuf;iod in tho villag*;, and swoptthorn flown boyond tho railway Htation. Thoenoiny got to within a kilometre of Souvillo Fortboforo hiH j)rogrf«H wa«« 8tayod. Tho first andrnoHt inixnodiato )>u»inoHH of General Nivollo,once his troops liad again oHworted their ascen-dancy, was to dinlodgr) tiio Corrnan.s from thovillage of Floury and tlie slopes nor1,h andsouth of it, and at tho same time to (lUsh himback in the dir*x;tion of Thiaumont. On July 15, General Mangin, the groat hard-hitt<^ of the French Airny, began a fujrirw of terribly arduous attacks upon Fleiuy whichgradually spread along tho whole front on thoright bank of tho Mouso, and six jnonths afttn-tho Verdun battlo began showed how completelythe situation was altered. Tho Germans,i/istead of being able to launch their big attackupon the last defen

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