Excerpt from The Secret of the Marne: How Sergeant Fritsch Saved France
Why did General von Kluck, on September 2, 1914, order his vanguard to deflect to the south-east, instead of continuing their rush towards Paris?
Up to this point, the German plan had been unfolding with masterly precision. The right wing, commanded by von Kluck, - some twelve armycorps strong, - had not ceased, since Charleroi, to outflank its adversary.
In spite of their heroism, the Franco-English forces had been obliged to fall back. And though they had been able to inflict severe losses on the enemy, the road to Paris was nevertheless almost open to the invader. On the evening of September 2d, Hanoverian scouts encamped at Gonesse, ten miles from Paris. The fortifications could not have resisted the German siege-guns.
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