Identifier: storyofmapofeuro00bn (find matches)
Title: The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bénézet, Louis Paul, 1878- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Chicago, New York, Scott, Foresman and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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across thenarrow stretch of ground where her territoryapproached that of Germany. Belfort, Toul, ^f^taHLEpinal, Verdun, Longwy, they ranged through man-madethe mountains northeast of France as guardians naturalof their country against another German attack.To rush an army into France over this roughcountry and between these great fortresses wasimpossible. Modern armies carry great gunswith them which cannot climb steep grades.Therefore, if Germany wanted to strike a quick,smashing blow at France and get her armiesback six weeks later to meet the slow-movingRussians, it was plain that she must seek someother approach than that through the VosgesMountains. From Aix-La-Chapelle near the Rhine in Germany, through the northern and western The otherf T^ 1 • path to part of Belgmm^ there stretches a flat plain, Francewith level roads, easy to cross. (See map, p.220.) Now, years before, Belgium had beenpromised by France, Prussia, and Englandthat no one of them would disturb its neutrality.
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(218) The Map of Europe 219 In other words it was pledged that in caseof a war, no armed force of an)^ of these threenations should enter Belgian territory, norshould Belgium be involved in any troublearising among them. In case any one of thenations named or in fact any other hostile force, bargaininvaded Belgium, the signers of the treaty were ^^^^^bound to rush to Belgiums aid. Belgium, Powersin return, had agreed to resist with her small Belgiumarmy any troops which might invade hercountry. In spite of the fact that their nation hadsigned this treaty, the Germans started theirrush toward France, not through the line of fortsin the mountains, but across the gently rollingplain to the north. They first asked permissionof the Belgians to pass through their country.On being refused, they entered Belgian territoryjust east of Liege (li ezh). The Belgians „ , . * . . Belgium telegraphed their protest to Berlin. The Ger- protest mans replied that they were sorry but it wasnecessary for

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