LAND AND WATER 
September 19, 1914 
The accompanying diagi-am slioiiW make the point 
One long day's March. 
clear. M. is St. Monehould : V. is Verdun : Tr. is 
Ti'oyon : T. is Toul : E. is Eevigny : V. at the foot of 
the map is Vitry. AAlien the Gennan body A — B has 
retired (as it did retire between September 10th and 
13th) to the position C — D, it is evident that an army 
in tlie position E — F commanded from M. is isolated 
from its fellows and must retire northward to the 
position G — H. Tlie French by September 12th had, 
in then.' advance, already reached the line M — N, and 
there was a moment Avhen it looked as though the 
Crown Pruice's army, dela}'ed either by its heavy 
artillery, or by neglect, might be caught by the 
French advance before it could get away. At the 
present moment, so far as advices have hitherto 
reached London (on the afternoon of Wednesday), the 
Crown Prince's army is no longer in such danger. It 
has withdrawn to positions corresponding to G — H on 
the diagram, and is free to cross the Meuse out of 
reach of the garrison of Verdun. It wUl, of course, if 
that " bunching " takes place upon the Meuse which 
under one alternative must take place, add to the 
difficulties of the crossing of that river : but it is diffi- 
cult to see how the Crown Prince's . nny can now be 
in real danger, unless the French kept locked up in 
Verdun a much larger number of men than is 
generally supposed. And even then, this addition to 
the French ai-mies in the field could do little more than 
l^ress the pursuit. It has no oj^poi-tunity to suiTound. 
Having thus dealt in some detail with the fortunes 
of the retiring German line during its week of retreat, 
and with the comparatively isolated body of the Crown 
Pi'ince, we must tui-n, in order to complete the whole 
pictm'e, to certain operations which were being under- 
taken in Belgium at the same time. 
THE OPERATIONS IN BELGIUM. 
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