The Roumanians have paid a severe penalty for neglecting to learn the military lessons of the war. The first lesson was taught at Liege, Namur, and other towns in Belgium, and if General French had not profited by it he and his little army would have been enclosed and captured at Maubeuge, on the retreat from Mons. It is that an army is in peril if it shelters within a town. The Germans claim that they and the Bulgars have captured by ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 9 Sep 1916, Page 7
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