CHAPTER X

GENERAL DUBAIL’S STAND

Combination of reverses for France—Soldiers’ ignorance of 100 contemporary events—Reliance on barrier of fortresses—Determination to fight in the open—Different conditions—Position after Morhange—German advance—Trouée de Charmes—Epinal—Vesouze, Mortagne, and Meurthe—Brave resistance of Dubail’s army—The reverse of the picture—The terrorists’ _Credo_—Condemnation of frightfulness—An example—The German excuse