Word: headquarers
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Germany's Eastern Front. "As a matter of fact, was there a Battle of the Marne?" is the staggering question asked in General Galliéni's War Diary, just published posthumously at Paris. Under date of Sept. 25, 1914 this entry in the diary continues: "General Headquar- ters' instructions [i. e. Joffre's] dated Sept. 2 orders the [French] armies to retreat to the Seine and the withdrawal of two army corps from Nancy. Thus, evacuation of Nancy and Verdun. "General de Castelnau disobeys orders, resists on the Grand Couronne, saves Nancy. General Sarrail gives...
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