Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-24

"psoiuteiy Droken' In spite of unheart
= OF sacrifices we had achieved nothing.
, 1 cannot understand how our army
: AFTER fighting three great battles an,
peing terribly weakened, was sen
against a position which the enem,
had prepared for three weeks, but ma
turally l know nothing Of the inten
lions of our chiefs; they say nothine
has been lost.
IN word we retired toward.
Cormontreull and Rheims by forced
marches by day and night. We hea,
,nat three armies are going to get In.
10 me- entrench and rest and then
start afresh our victorious march or
Paris 1t was not a defeat, only a
strategic retreat. have confidence IN
our chiefs that everything will be sue.
cessful
s 1874 MEN LEFT FROM 1900.
Our first battalion. which has
Fought with unparalleled bravery. 10
reduced from 1900 to 1914 men. These
numbers speak for Themselves
Amongst the minor happenings OF in
terest Is the following: During a counter
attack by the German h3rd regiment IN
portions of the Northampton and Oueen,a
regiments on Thursday, the 18th, a force
OF some 100 Of the enemy were allowed 70
approach right up to the trench occunied
by platoon of the former regiment. ow-
ing TO the fact that they had held I'm
thelr hands and made gestures that were
interpreted that they wished to surrender
Nhen the were actually on the parape.
OF the trench held by the Northamptons
they opened fire on our men at point
blank range
"Cnluckily for the enemy. however,
ranking them and only some 400 wards
away, there happened to be a machine
gun manned by detachment of the
queens. This at once opened fire. cutting
d Iahe through their mass, and they fell
pack TO their own trench with great loss
shortly afterwards they were driven fur
ther PACK. with additional loss, by bat
TALON of guards which came up in sup.
port.
NEVER SAW ZEPPELIN.
In view OF the many statements
made in the press as to the use Of
Heppelns against u.s. it Is interesting
TO note that the Royal Flying Corps. ,
VINO mad been out on Reconnaissance
every day since their arrival in |
france, have never seen a Zeppelin |
though airships of non-rieid tvno
nave been seen on two occasions near
Marine
The orders of the ROYAL Flving
corps are to attack Zeppelins at once ;
and there is some disappointment a.
the absence of those targets.
The following special order has hoo,
issued to-day to the troops:
Special order of the day nv I,io,d
Marshal Sir John French. G G u u
=. ', w. Is C. NJ. G.. commander in
chief of the British army in the field
lth September, 1914:
once more I have to express my
ieep appreciation Of the splendid no.
'aNior OF the officers. non-commissioned
'n''efs ana men of the army under my
-o'i"iahd throughout the great battle of
ne Alshe winch has been IN progress
'ince ,he evening of the twelfth instant,
'hu the oattle OF the Marne which lasted
rom the morning of the sixth to tho
'eH'hS Oh the tenth, and finally ended
n the precipitate flight Of the enerv
When We We're brought face to face
Nth position of extraordinary strength
arefully entrenched and prepared for
License by army and staff which are
X, h. !
ut the 18th and 18th that position was
most CALAMITY attacked by the British ,
orces and the passage of the Aisne {
hected. This is the third day the troops c
ave been gallantly holding the position I
hey have gained against most desperate {
ounter attacks and the hail Of heavy !
,
" I am unable to find adequate words 10 :
xpress the admiration l feel for their f
magnificent conduct 6
The French armies on our right and z
~ are making good progress and feel |,
ire that we have only to hold on with u
nacity to the ground we have won for s
very short time longer when the allies
III be again in full pursuit of beaten n
lemy. The sefsacrihcing devotion and to
'lendfd spirit of the British army IN re
rance will carry all before 1t. A
'Slsned) j. d. p. French. field marshal, 81
of the British army re
the field" 81