ERRORS OF THE EARLY CAMPAIGN.
FRANK FRENCH ADMISSION OF INADEQUACY.
C. ' JOmUTS STIRRING MESSAGE ON THE MARJTE.
.._.. . . ~ ~ (Received 9.35 a.m.) -,'-.■ ■-■ ■ -•■ ■. LONDON, March 22. The first-instalment of a retrospect of the war, compiled from official French sources, frankly admits that the Northern campaign in France in the early stages' was characterised by individual and collective failures, rash deployment, precipitaie.ietreats, premature waste of men, and the inadequacy ■of certain-troope-and leaders, wHereby the enemy turned a difficult terrain to account and secured the maximum profit.. ■'General Joffre thereafter concentrated his. energies upon a strategic retirement, and' in September fixed the limit of retreat suitable for the (Offensive. ■ "On the sth - -the desired-situation existed, and that night General Joffre •ent a. message to all the armies: is now come. . Advance at all costs, and die where you stand rather than give way."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1915, Page 2
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