The Russian Offensive Also Steps Out 1 1 1 showing; finally, the great German offensive move- ment had not yet reached French territory, its cav- alry had been very severely handled in a preliminary campaign and the roads to Paris were blocked by French armies fully mobilized and, at least with its allies, equal in numbers to the German. Briefly, then, Germany at Brussels on August 20 had terminated victoriously, perhaps gloriously, a campaign wholly outside of the calculations of her General Staff and in a direction parallel to, not to- wards Paris. She had lost some days in Belgium. These days had brought Russia into the field. Henceforth it became necessary to watch the Russian offensive toward Berlin quite as closely as the Ger- man toward Paris.