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No. 1. L'Attaque Brusquée: d'après "le Bystander". The Sudden Attack, August 24, 1914. In French territory, with Luxemburg and much of Belgium behind him, a helmeted Kaiser Wilhelm knocks Joffre back with a powerful uppercut. The western end of the Allied line was held by the British. Their retreat from Mons, Belgium on August 24 brought the full length of the Allied line into France. From L'Attaque & la Riposte — Originale présentation des phases de la Guerre (The Attack & the Retort — Original Presentation of the Phases of the War) Ehrmann, Édition Lorraine, a set of six postcards and envelope. Over maps of the French theater of operations on the western front in 1914 — Luxemburg, Belgium, northern France — cartoon figures of the French and German armies struggle. General Joffre represents the forces he commands. The German's upward-pointing mustache indicates Kaiser Wilhelm. The titles of the cards appear only on the envelope. 1re Série On the reverse of each card: Carte Postale Tous les Pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la Correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner a la Poste). Edition Lorraine

No. 1. L'Attaque Brusquée: d'après "le Bystander". The Sudden Attack, August 24, 1914. In French territory, with Luxemburg and much of Belgium behind him, a helmeted Kaiser Wilhelm knocks Joffre back with a powerful uppercut. The western end of the Allied line was held by the British. Their retreat from Mons, Belgium on August 24 brought the full length of the Allied line into France.
From L'Attaque & la Riposte — Originale présentation des phases de la Guerre (The Attack & the Retort — Original Presentation of the Phases of the War)
Ehrmann, Édition Lorraine, a set of six postcards and envelope.
Over maps of the French theater of operations on the western front in 1914 — Luxemburg, Belgium, northern France — cartoon figures of the French and German armies struggle. General Joffre represents the forces he commands. His adversary's upward-pointing mustache indicates Kaiser Wilhelm.
The titles of the cards appear only on the envelope.
1re Série
On the reverse of each card: Carte Postale
Tous les Pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la Correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner a la Poste).
Edition Lorraine

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24 Aout d'après "le Bystander" (August 24, after "The Bystander")

[No. 1. L'Attaque Brusquée: d'après "le Bystander". The Sudden Attack, August 24, 1914.

1re Série]

On the reverse of each card: Carte Postale

Tous les Pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la Correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner a la Poste).

Edition Lorraine

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Friday, August 28, 1914

". . . the [German] First Army reported on the 28th August [1914] that it had defeated the British Army, and that it was already half-way between the Belgian frontier and Paris . . . The idea that the French retirement was according to plan was only expressed by a few solitary individuals."

Quotation Context

Excerpt from the report of the Chief of the Operations Section on the thinking of the German Supreme Command that it had already achieved a decisive victory over the French and British. German forces advanced through northern France, the First Army on the right wing preparing to envelop Paris. The 'few solitary individuals' who doubted France had been defeated noted that few prisoners and little materiel had been captured, and that the Allied retreat was orderly.

Source

Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914, Vol. I, August to October by J. E. Edmonds, page 223, copyright © Second Edition 1925, publisher: MacMillan and Co., Limited, publication date: 1925

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1914, August, 1914-08-28, The Allied Retreat, Allied Retreat