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Title: The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915

Author: Various

Release Date: July 27, 2005 [EBook #16363]

Language: English

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[Illustration: FIELD MARSHAL SIR JOHN FRENCH
Commanding the British Forces in France and Belgium
(_From Painting by John St. Helier Lander._)]

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

CURRENT HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN WAR

JANUARY 23, 1915.

Sir John French's Own Story

The Famous Dispatches of the British Commander in Chief to Lord
Kitchener, Secretary of State for War.

I.

*First Report from the Front*

7th September, 1914.

My lord: I have the honor to report the proceedings of the field force
under my command up to the time of rendering this dispatch.

1. The transport of the troops from England both by sea and by rail was
effected in the best order and without a check. Each unit arrived at its
destination in this country well within the scheduled time.

The concentration was practically complete on the evening of Friday, the
21st ultimo, and I was able to make dispositions to move the force
during Saturday, the 22d, to positions I considered most favorable from
which to commence operations which the