In mid-January 1915, the Germans launched an offensive north of Soissons, France.
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". . . after some painful blows had been successfully inflicted upon the enemy in January by throwing in at several places swiftly concentrated front reserves — with the 5th Army under Lieut.-General the Crown Prince Wilhelm, Chief of Staff Major-General Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, in the Argonne, and with the 7th Army under General von Heeringen, Chief of staff Lieut.-General von Hänisch, north of Soissons, a welcome if only short pause set in."
From December 20, 1915 to January 12, 1915, French commander Joseph Joffre launched offensives in Flanders, at La Boiselle, in the Argonne, on the Meuse, on the Aisne, and around Reims, to prevent the Germans from disengaging and redeploying their forces either to the Eastern Front or for an offensive against the Allies on the Western Front. As Joffre brought his winter attacks to an end, the Germans struck.
General Headquarters and its Critical Decisions, 1914-1916 by Erich von Falkenhayn, pp. 57, 58, copyright © 1920 by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., publication date: 1920
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