Legion for legion lost!
"Toll for my tale of sons,"
Roar out the guns,
"Cost what it cost!"
Copyright, 1914, by The New York Times Company.
The Greatest of Campaigns
The French Official Account
The Associated Press received in London on March 5, 1915, an official French historical review of the operations in the western theatre of war from its beginning up to the end of January, the first six months, which in terseness and dramatic power will rank among the world's most important military documents. The first chapter of the review was released for publication by The Associated Press on March 16 and appears below. It is one of those documents, rare in military annals, that frankly confesses a succession of initial reverses and official incompetence, only retrieved by exercise of the utmost skill in retreat.