The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-15
THE BATTLE
OF THE MARINE
A London Times Correspon-
dent Tells of the
Fight
STORY OF THE
GREAT BATTLE
German Retreat Greatly Re-
sembled a Rout-Des-
perate Fighting

London. Sept. ia Times CORE
spondent. telegraphing from five miles
south of Provins, in the department OF
Seine ct Marine says:
81 have travelled to this point prac-
tically along the whole line OF the al
lied army, though, of course, always III
the rear General Won Kluck's host, W
coming down over the Marine and the
Grand NORM rivers to Sezanna, 70 mlies
southwest of Epernay. met little opposl-
tion and believe little opposition was
intended.
nTbe allies, in fact, led their oppo-
nents straight into a trap. Inc fng
fish cavalry led the tired Germans mile
after mile, and the Germans beheFed
the Englishmen were running away
when the tremendous advance
reached provins, the allies plan was ac-
eompIished and it got no further
"The fighting on Sunday, Sept. D, was
of a terrible character and began at
dawn in the region of La Fertegauehef'
The allied troops, who were drawn up
TO receive the Germans, understood II
would be their duty to hold on their
very best, in order that the attacking
force at Meaux might achieve it's task IN
security. The battle lasted all night
and until late Monday. The German
artillery fire was very severe, but not
accurate. The French and English
fought sternly on and slowly beat the
enemy back.
A. as hn
cross the Marine at Meaux entailed ter
rble losses. Sixteen attempts were
foied by the French artillery fire a.
rected on the river and in one trench boO
dead Germans were counted.
1.-The whole country was strewn with
the dead and dying. When at last the
Germans retired they greatly slaekened
their rife fire and in one place retired
II miles without firing single shot.
MONDAY saw a tremendous encounter
on the Ollreq. In one village, which the
Germans hurriedly vacated, the French
in large house found dinner table
beautifully set, with candles still burn
ing on the table, where evidently the
German staff had been dining.
"On Monday night General Won
KIuek's army had been thrown back
from the Marine and the NORM and to
the region of Sezanne, and his position
was serious. Reinforcements were hur-
ried north to the Meaux district and
Ourca and tremendous efforts were made
to break up the French resistance in this
quarter.
The second effort on the Ourcq shared
the fate of the first. All Monday night
and well into Tuesday the great German
guns doomed along this river, but the
resistance of the allies could not be
broken. Hold, was the command, and
every man braced himself to obey.
While the Ourcq was being held the
struggle at Sezanne was bearing splen-
did fruit The German resistance on
Tuesday morning was broken.
heard the news in two ways;
''The German guns were silent, and
from the wounded who poured down to
the bases, | am convinced that the full
extent of this rout is not yet apprcciat-
ed in England. 1t was of truly ter
rife character and such blow will not
fail to have lasting effect.
1.-THE number of wounded entailed col
lossal transportation work. ! myself
counted Is trains in eight hours.
THE enemy crossed the Marine on the
return journey north under great dill
culties and beneath whitening fire from
the British troops, who pursued them
hotly. The German artillery operated
from a height, there was again much
hand to hand fighting and the river was
swollen with dead.
"On Tuesday night the British were
in possession of La FerteSous-Jouarre
and Chateau Thierry and the Germans
had fallen back 40 miles, leaving a long
train of spoils behind them.
"0n the same day, in the neighbor-
hood of Virty-Le-F Francois, the French
troops achieved a splendid victory. In
cidentally they drove back the famous
Imperial Guard of Germany from Sc
zanne toward the swamps of st. Gond,
where a century ago Napoleon achieved
one of his last successes. The main body
of the guard passed to the north of the