Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-03

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Real Resistance at the A-sac.
1.-THE G,u. held the Zines of the
Marine. which was crossed uy our
forces on September @, as "a purely
rear guard operations Our passage
OF the Ourcg which here runs almost
due east and west. was not contested.
Tho N,slo was Oalt H-lfiy held. Will.
resistance along tine AIsno both
against the French and BRITISH. has
been and still is of determined char
acter.
On Friday September II. ijtle ou-
position vas met along any part OF
our front and the direction of the adj
vance was ior the purpose OF cooper
ating with our allies turned slightly
TO the northeast The day was passed
in rushing forward and gathering in
various hostile detachments. by night
fan our forces had reached line
north OF the Ourcq. extending from
Oulchy-Le-Chateau 10 Longpont.
General Advance Of French.
"On this day there was also a gen
eral advance of the French along their
whole line which ended in a substan-
tial success. in one portion of the field
Duke Albrecht of Wurtemburg's army
being driven back across the Saulx,
and elsewhere the whole of the corps
artillery of a German corps being cap
tured. Several German colors also
we're taken.
1t was only on this day that the
full extent of the victory gained by
the allies on September s was appre-
ciated by them and the moral effect
of this success has been enormous.
An order dated September 6 and
issued by the commander of the Ger
man Seventh corps was picked IN L
stated that the great object Of the
var was about TO be attained. since
The French we're going to accept bat
ale. and that uDon the result Of this
battle would depend the issue Of the
war and the honor of the German ar
mics
Germans Make Heroic Effort
1T seems probable that the Ger
mans not only expected to find that
The British army was beyond the pow
pr of assuming the offensive for some
time but counted on the French hav-
ing been driven back on to the line
nf the Seine and that. though sur
rrisad 10 find the latter moving for
ward against them after they had
crossed the Marine they were in no
visa deferred from making a great
effort
ON Saturday Senteuber 70 the on
ernv u.ara fonnd IN ne occunving for
midable nosition onnosite rs on the
north of the limo at Scissors They
had botb sides of the river and an
e,+rancbsd line ON the hills tn thc
,ortb or tho eiebt road bridgas and
tu.o railway bridrae croeeino the
Aisna within orr section ofrbe front
royor Of tho former and botb of tho
I,ttor had boep demolished
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