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I ...the Second Battle of the Marne, was launched in Champagne
on July 15. It came to nothing: a German thrust from the front
east of Reims toward Châlons-sur-Marne was frustrated by the “
elastic defense” that Pétain had recently been prescribing but
that the local commanders had failed to practice against the
offensive of May 27. A drive from Dormans, on the left flank...
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