The enemy have failed in their abrupt attack upon Nancy.
They failed in their swift march on Paris.
They failed to envelop our left wing in August.
They failed in the same attempt in November.
They failed to pierce through our centre in September.
They failed in their attack by way of the coast on Dunkirk and Calais.
They failed in their attack on Ypres.
_The Bulletin des Armées concludes its account in these words:_
Germany has exhausted its reserves in this fruitless effort. Her newly
formed troops are raw.
Russia more and more asserts her superiority against Germany, as well
as against Austria.
The German armies after this check are fatally doomed to retreat.
All this has been accomplished during the last four months. The moment
had come to sum up these operations; the press is now free to comment
upon them.