The Times article exposes military executions and the need for manoeuvre warfare

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  • In early 1918, The Times published an article exposing 170 military executions of Belgian civilians under Falkenhausen's rule as governor.
  • Ludendorff and Lossberg realized that the Allies could break through their first position, but a mobile and clever defense could prevent them from capitalizing on their success.
  • To prepare for this, Ludendorff ordered more training in maneuver warfare for his Eingreif divisions, while Lossberg directed the defensive battle of the 4th Army against the British Flanders offensive.
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In early 1918, The Times carried an article, Falkenhausen's Reign of Terror, describing 170 military executions of Belgian civilians since he had been appointed governor. Ludendorff and Lossberg discovered that although the Allies were capable of breaking through the first position they could probably not capitalise on their success if they were confronted by a mobile, clever defence. Ludendorff immediately ordered more training in manoeuvre warfare for his Eingreif divisions. Lossberg was soon promoted to general and directed the defensive battle of the 4th Army against the British Flanders offensive of the summer and late autumn. (Lossberg had become "legendary as the fireman of the Western Front; always sent by OHL to the area of crisis"). Siegfried Sassoon makes reference to the battle in the poem The General The Anglo-Welsh lyric poet Edward Thomas was killed by a shell on April 9, 1917, during the first day of the Easter Offensive. Thomas's war diary gives a vivid and poignant picture of life on the Western front in the months leading up to the battle. The composer Ernest John Moeran was wounded during the attack on Bullecourt on May 3, 1917.

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>In early 1918, The Times carried an article, Falkenhausen's Reign of Terror, describing 170 military executions of Belgian civilians since he had been appointed governor. Ludendorff and Lossberg discovered that although the Allies were capable of breaking through the first position they could probably not capitalise on their success if they were confronted by a mobile, clever defence. ⇒1918年前半に、タイムズ紙が記事「ファルケンハウゼンの恐怖時代」を掲載して、彼が知事に任命された時から(執行された)ベルギーの一般人170名の軍事処刑を記述した。ルーデンドルフとロスベルクは、連合国軍は最初の陣地を突破することができたが、彼らが賢い移動防衛隊に対峙していたならば、おそらく成功を勝ち得なかっただろう、ということを発見した。 >Ludendorff immediately ordered more training in manoeuvre warfare for his Eingreif divisions. Lossberg was soon promoted to general and directed the defensive battle of the 4th Army against the British Flanders offensive of the summer and late autumn. (Lossberg had become "legendary as the fireman of the Western Front; always sent by OHL to the area of crisis"). ⇒ルーデンドルフは、直ちに彼のアイングリーフ師団に機動作戦の戦いのために一層多くの教練を行うよう命じた。間もなくロスベルクは将軍に昇進して、夏季と晩秋の時期に英国軍のフランドル攻撃に第4方面軍の防御闘争隊をさし向けた。(ロスベルクは「伝説的な西部戦線の消防士」になった。「彼は常に、OHL〔ドイツ軍最高軍司令部〕によって危機の地域に派遣されたのです」)。 >Siegfried Sassoon makes reference to the battle in the poem The General The Anglo-Welsh lyric poet Edward Thomas was killed by a shell on April 9, 1917, during the first day of the Easter Offensive. Thomas's war diary gives a vivid and poignant picture of life on the Western front in the months leading up to the battle. The composer Ernest John Moeran was wounded during the attack on Bullecourt on May 3, 1917. ⇒ジーグフリート・サスーンは、詩「将軍」で戦いについて言及している 英国系ウェールズの叙情詩人エドワード・トーマスが、1917年4月9日「復活祭の攻撃」の第1日目の間に砲弾で殺された。トーマスの戦争日記は、戦いに先行する数か月の西部戦線における生活について、鮮明で感動的な描写を見せてくれる。作曲家アーネスト・ジョン・モーランは、1917年5月3日のビュレクールへに対する攻撃の間に負傷した。

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