drishti current affairs magazine published this article page no 6 on august 18th dubails 1st army advanced into sarrebourg and on the same day the 2nd army took control of dieuze. as the french armies continued to advance they were met with increasingly heavier resistance from the german troops. rupprecht grew impatient with the retreating strategy and requested orders to attack. there are contradictory reports whether the order to counter attack came from army chief of staff helmuth von moltke or if rupprecht used his own authority. on august 20th the german sixth army attacked the french 2nd army. since the french army had been advancing extremely fast they had no trenches or other defensive positions to thwart the german offensive. the xxth corps led by foch was able to maintain its position but the 1st and 2nd armies were pushed backed. gaps began to form in the french lines. on august 22nd only 8 days after the french offensive began the commander-in chief of the french army joffre was forced to order a retreat to belfort epinal and toul where trenches were in place and a stalemate between opposing forces followed drishti current affairs buy online.
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