FRANCE AND GERMANY.
»-.i 3.-1. j;s-■>...■ ..:.«»,. ~. ~ - GERMANS; MANOEUVRING IN
ALSACE-LORRAINE
FRANCE RESENTS THE PROCEED-
INGS,
GERM^Y TO THE
J,,FUTURE.
FRENCH ;HbLD-COUNtER,MAN-
y OEUVRES
(United Press Association.—Copyright.)
Received Sept. 6, 4.30 "p.m
PARIS, Sept. 5,
Fraiice resents Germany concentrating 80,000 soldiers for manoeuvres in Alsace-Lorraine' and declines to send the customary military mission.
It'is understood that tha German authorities are working out a "problem of What might have happened had the 'battle of-Spicheren been a French victory; 'It is considered conceivable that Germany might be obliged to act on tho defensive in Alsace-Lorraine in the evenib;x)f.'\var, and,it is a fundamental principle of defensive tactics that troops should be familiar -with the country they: Care called upon to defend.
The French, on. their side* have summfried; 125,000 for manoeuvres in the,.region round Boise, lying between Lemans,i Neyers, Orleans and Chateauroiixi- working out a scheme somewhat an analogy of .the situation of the French 'and German armies in November, ' 18701. : '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 7 September 1908, Page 5
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