This was necessitated by the expiration of the Reinsurance Treaty and although ordered to cross the Sambre River, Charles Lanrezac decided to retreat, saving his army from this. The capture of Mulhouse threatened this by confusing the OHL whether or not to accede to Crown Prince Rupprecht's request for reinforcements. It was inspired by the Ulm Campaign. In the Battle of Mons, an army led by Sir John (*) French delayed the crucial right flank in this strategy. It countered Plan XVII but was eventually stopped at the First Battle of the Marne. For 10 points, name this strategy employed by von Moltke the Younger during World War I, which sought to quickly knock France out of the war before rem
This was necessitated by the expiration of the Reinsurance Treaty and although ordered to cross the Sambre River, Charles Lanrezac decided to retreat, saving his army from this. The capture of Mulhouse threatened this by confusing the OHL whether or not to accede to Crown Prince Rupprecht's request for reinforcements. It was inspired by the Ulm Campaign. In the Battle of Mons, an army led by Sir John (*) French delayed the crucial right flank in this strategy. It countered Plan XVII but was eventually stopped at the First Battle of the Marne. For 10 points, name this strategy employed by von Moltke the Younger during World War I, which sought to quickly knock France out of the war before remobilizing against Russia.
This was necessitated by the expiration of the Reinsurance Treaty and although ordered to cross the Sambre River, Charles Lanrezac decided to retreat, saving his army from this.