The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-09-18

I'm French OF the n01OAc hShts
X the British expeditionary
/. keep from being ahnihilated.
Wildcat pursued w hounds. the
..S force backed stnbbornly To-
1ss IN River Oise. constantly show
n teeth, but realizing that 4 must
he river or perish.
Text Of the Report
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unerette. the ofloial organ. It u
allows:
transportation Of ths troops
england by rail and ssa was Of
n the best order and without
A.ek. Concentration No. practi-
y completed on the evening Of Fri
August n, and 4 was able TO
|. dispositions to move the force
,nx saturday to positions ! con
sSsrsd most favorable from which to
smmsnce the operations which Cen
u - Jofre requested me p under
n.reraI French then described In
At,il the position taken up BY his
$500 At and on the east and west
y Mons. and the retirement Of the
1.nter behind Mons on Sunday. Au-
\ An Is. He continues:
surprised BY Joffrs's Massage
meanwhile. about I'VE In the after.
,ac,. / received q most unexpected
r,aaare from General Jonre by tele-
r.ph. telling me that at least three
carmsn corps were moving on my
rcrition In front and that another
sorus was engaged In q turning move
nent from the direction Of Journal.
He also informed me that the two re-
serve French divisions and the Fifth
french army corps on my right were
rtiring, the Germans having on the
previous day gained possession Of the
massage of the Sambre between
Charleroi and Namur.
Had Reserve Position Ready.
I'm view of the possibility Of my
bslng driven from the Mons position
\ had previously ordered q position In
The rear to be reconnoitered.
,When the news of the retirement
81 The French and the heavy German
threatening on my front reached me !
sndeavored to confirm 1t by %aeroplane
reconnaissance and as a result Of this
I determined to effect a retirement to
the M~aubeuge position at daybreek on
the Gath.
Fighting on the oath.
"A certain amount OF fighting con
tlued along the whole line throughout
the night and at daybreak or the Gath
the second division from the neigh
borhood of Harmignies made u power
ful demonstration as If to retake
Binche. Under cover of this demon.
stration the Second corps retired on
the line of Dour. Quarouble and
Nsmeries. The third division on the
right Of the corps suffered consider
able loss In this operation from the
enemy who had retaken Mons.
The Second corps haltei on this
iine, where they intrenched them
selves, enabling Sir Douglas Haig with
The First corps to withdraw to the
new position and he effected this with
out much further loss, reaching the
Tine from Bavay to Maubeuge about
1eysn In the evening.
About $50 In the morning General
Alenby received d message from Sir
Charles FERGUSON, commanding the
Nth division, saying he was very hard
1fessed and In urgent need OF sup
Dcrt- On receipt Of this message Gem
MI Allenby drew In his cavalry and
s~ndsavored to bring direct support to
ths nth division.
disbursements Brought UP. Il
THE Nineteenth infantry brigade,
which had been guarding the line OF
communications. was brought BY rail
y valenciennes On the 22d and 2Sd
"a the morning Of the 18th they were
moved out to d position south Of
Quarcuble to support the left flank
0f the Second corps.
With the assistance Of cavalry
sir Horace Smith Dorrien was en-
ahled to effect his retreat to 4 new
position, although having two corps
q the enemy on his front and ont
threatening his flank. He suffered
treat losses In doing B I.
~ nightfall 4 position was occu
pea by the Second corps to- the wesf
n Bavay. the First corps to the right
Ths right was protected BY the for
hesa Of Maubsuge. the left BY ths
Nineteenth brigade III positions be
fSeen Jenlain and Brnay and BY cav
alry OF the outer hank. The French
were still retiring and I had no sup
pcrt except such A. No. afforded ,,
tds fortress of Maubsuge, and deter
IN mined efforts 81 the enemy to &c
asound my flank assured me that !
was his intention To hem me agains'
snat place and surround me.
Not 1 Moment 10 Bs Lost.
felt that not I moment must b
lost IN returning - another position
Ine retirement was resumed in tn
early morning of the 25th to a posi-
tion IN the neighborhood Of LeCateas
ald the rear guard was ordered TO bt
SSeisar Of Maubeuge and Bavay BY S:S'
SgA a. Two cavalry brigades, with tn
N divisional cavalry " the Secont
scFpa, covered tho movement Of th'
Second corps, and ne remainder q
We cavalry division, with the Nine
I teenth brigade, the whole under com
nnand Of General Ailenby. covered n
vent fank.
The fourth division commenced "
aetrainment II LsCateau On Sunday
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