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The 1st Army was commanded by Colonel General Alexander von Kluck and was based in Stettin in Pomerania.
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Cobra Commander should have a HOOD AND the KLueless Kluck Klan doesn't have a registered trademark on the look, da&% it!
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On the same day Moltke ordered Kluck and Bülow to turn southwest to meet this danger.
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Kluck gave up his advance to the west of Paris in order to keep contact with Bülow's second army.
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On Sept. 9, Kluck and Bülow began to fall back (oral instruction of Col. Hentsch, from German headquarters).
Military Summary 2001
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By September 4 Kluck realized the danger threatening him from the sixth French army before Paris.
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Kluck entered Brussels after the battle of Tirlement (Aug. 1819).
Military Summary 2001
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Von Kluck realizing his untenable position retreated some 30 miles across the Marne to a line along the Aisne from south of Arras, through Albert, Chemin des Dames, Soissons and Reims, where they remained for over three years.
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It will be remembered that the German armies on the 2nd of September, 1914, reached a point twelve miles from the easterly outskirts of Paris, and their Commander Von Kluck, attempting to execute an encircling manoeuvre to the south west, violated a wellknown principle in military strategy "never to expose a flank to an undefeated army".
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Oct. 16 -- Count Zeppelin is supervising construction of new airships; reinforcements sent to von Kluck; tax levied on Bruges.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Various
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