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A General Sketch of the European War: The First Phase

Chapter 23: FOOTNOTES:
By Hilaire Belloc
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The author traces the root and immediate causes of the European conflict, analyzing German aims and the clash of national wills while examining the political composition and historical role of Austria-Hungary and Prussia. He assesses the geographic dispositions and comparative strengths of the belligerents, presents figures for the war’s opening phases, and contrasts competing theories of modern warfare. The narrative then reviews the opening operations in eastern and western theatres, surveying key engagements and their strategic consequences. Throughout, the emphasis is on clarifying broad outlines and interpretive context rather than providing detailed maps, exhaustive orders of battle, or minute operational minutiae.



FOOTNOTES:

[2] The ultimatum expired at midnight (August 4-5) by Greenwich time, 11 p.m. (August 4) by German, or Central European, time.

[3] AA is holding the obstacle OO against a superior number BB. There are six passages across OO. If BB forces No. 5 and No. 6 he creates the situation in the following diagram, where it is obvious that BB is now on the flank of AA, and that AA must retire, even if he still holds passages 1, 2, 3, and 4. That is what happened when Namur fell. The French could hold, and were holding, the Germans along the Sambre, above Namur; but the bridges of Namur, which were thought safe behind the forts, had fallen into German hands.


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