Marshal von Kluck, Man Who Nearly Won War Berlin, Oct. 19.
The death has occurred, at the age of 8, of Field-Marshal von Kluck, "the man who nearly won the War." whose name recalls to all patriotic Germans that thrilling frst" month the Great War, when their vie~ {orious armies, sweeping through Belgium in an apparently irresistible mass, came within an ace of enveloping the French capital, was von Kluck, Commander-in-Chief of the First German army on the Western front, whose name was fon. everybody's lips when ofelat bulletins announced on September 3, 1914, that his cavalry patrols wer "already sweeping westward of Paris."
The Fatherland went mad with delight, for the end of the War seemed just round the comer.
'Then the tide turned. Von Kluck was called of to assist Gen. Karl von Buelow of the 2nd Army, had got' into dimculties through a French counter-move. As strategians have stated, von Kluck here missed a chance which was never again to given him.
"The outcome of the battle of the Marne "frustrated German hopes of capturing Paris and von Kluck ultimately withdrew to the Aisne position, where he was seriously wounded March 29, 1015, by _shapnel splinters while surveying positions im the front lines near Chateau He was obliged to resign his coun mand and was placed on the retieed Hist in October of the following year.
"on to Paris"
Von Kluck's short-lived fame rose Uke a meteor in the first month of the War. Brussels fell into his hands fon August, 20, but von, Huck lost '"on' to Paris" was his next five days, "Old one as he was called by the English tommy for always attacking at this hour of the night when th of his enemies was at its ebb, swept everything before ejected the combined British and French troops. {rom Jemappes, Frameries and Mons, and the historic British retreat from the latter strong hold spread dismay among the Allies. 'A few days later, the British were again defeated atest. Quentin.
On August 23, von Kluck had three Army Corps and von Buelow one, oF total "of about "150,000 "men and some 600 guns within striking dis stance of the British force of some 75,000 men and 300 guns. The latter army was not only heavily out numbered by the Germans. but it was becoming isolated as a result of Gen, von Buelow's successful march against the French, who had been Pushed back to south of the Sambre
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