Mihiel, and next day the belligerents fought a fierce
engagement in the Vosges without advantage to either side. Prince
Eitel, the second son of the Kaiser, commanded an attack upon Thann in
Alsace on January 25, 1915, but was repulsed by the French defenders.
On January 28, 1915, the Germans made some gains in the Vosges
and in Upper Alsace, but in their attempt to cross the River Aisne
on the 29th they were unsuccessful.
January 30, 1915, brought some successes to the Germans in the
Argonne forest, where throughout the month the most savage fighting
was going on in thick underbrush and from tree tops.
PART II--NAVAL OPERATIONS
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CHAPTER XXXII
STRENGTH OF THE RIVAL NAVIES
Sea fights, sea raids, and the hourly expectation of a great naval
battle--a struggle for the control of the seas between modern
armadas--held the attention of the world during the first six months
of the Great War. These, with the adventures of the _Emden_ in the
waters of the Far East, the first naval fight off Helgoland, the
fight off the western coast of South America, the sinking of the
_Lusitania_, and the exploits of the submarines--held the world
in constant expectancy and threatened to involve neutral nations,
thus causing a collapse of world trade and dragging all the peoples
of the earth into the maelstrom of war.
This chapter will review the navies as they gather for action.
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