The history of operations in the latter region, veiled by a censorship even more exacting than that in Britain, will probably, one day, reveal some of the most furious fighting in the war. The tiff ficulty of the country tends rather to guerilla warfare than regular campaigning. Losses on both sides have been heavy, but the conditions of the struggle—suit the ardent temperament of the French soldiers better than the: less individualist Teutonic nature; and especially in the closing days of the year good 88 has been made against the German left.
Tf we are not allowed day by day to see much of the doings of French troops, subsequent—evidence from many quarters bears witness not only to. their undaunted bravery, but also to (he coolness and quiet determination with which they have faced all fortunes. That General Joffre should have been able to hold his men in hand as he did during the long and trying retreat from Belgium, causing the enemy to pay the utmost price for every step of advance, is a marvellous tri-bate to the morale and discipline of the French army. Not less remarkable was the calm that prevailed throughout France those dark days, when the German hosts swept nearer and near-or to Paris, and still the Allies' bugles sounded nothing but the
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