Georges CLEMENCEAU - Typescript with autograph corrections October 1914

Typescript with autograph corrections and additions, signed "G .C. ". (October 1914); 3p ½ in-4 ° on sheets.

Interesting analysis of the Tiger concerning the evolution of the situation on the battlefields.

Article, with multiple corrections, published in L'Homme Enchaîné of October 11, 1914, of which Clemenceau is the editor-in-chief.

Following the victory of the Marne, Clemenceau is confident, in fact, the German army must fight on three sides at the same time, it was beaten by the Russian army in Augustovo, and it did not succeed in break through the French front: "The military qualities of General Joffre seem to correspond admirably to the conditions of this obstinate struggle, in which it is the most enduring, the most obstinate who will win. A leader who remains master of himself and absolutely does not want to give in, can undergo, at certain points in a disproportionately extended line, alternatives of advance and retreat without this having any consequences if there is no of "holes" in the forehead - and it is our case - no matter if, by patience we are assured of winning the game ". So far the forts of Antwerp have held out and the people of Belgium are resisting. On the German side, Moltke's layoff is an admission of defeat. The correspondent of Time draws the same conclusions. However, even if it is a rather good success: "to have made pass Germany from the offensive to the defensive, in two months of war", according to him the war will be no less long. In postscript, Clemenceau is indignant that Lyautey has banned the Free Man in Morocco (an officer during the colonial wars, Lyautey was appointed by the government resident commissioner general of France in Morocco in 1912): "L'Homme en chaîné ne can wait for better treatment. I had believed until now that there was only one law in French territory ".