Word: gallieni
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...time has not demolished. In that long, swaying line that ran from Verdun past Fere-Champenoise and the marshes of Saint Gond almost to the gates of Paris--German cavalry were in the town of Claye for a few hours, but fifteen miles away--it was the army of Gallieni, on the extreme right flank of Von Kluck, that began the counter attack which dislocated the German line and gave Foch his chance to break through. Thus these old cochers of the boulevards who drove an army of thousands to the battle-ground saved, if you will, not only Paris...