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bear to bring all of these forces, in many cases using that single
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track railroad that went all the way to Vladivostok,
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to prepare to invade Germany, or to defend against German
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incursions into Russia.
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And, so, it was if-- someone once said, and I don't
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remember who--as if Schlieffen's dead hand automatically pulled the
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trigger when the Belgian government on the 2nd of August rejected German
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demands that its armies could march through Belgium.
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And the Belgium Army fought bravely, indeed very heroically, against
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overpowering military strength.
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The big fortress of Liège-- when I get so close here I can't see--
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but Liège there falls, and falls to the young--