The Glenwood post., 1914-10-10

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noitsf and carried o. their work sse-
cessfslly, although they we're sub
tscteA b . terrific Ars from the Ger
naa guns especially made for the
purpose Of bringing down airships-
Finally the allied army. foot by
foot. began to advance toward the
river hank. Thanks to the presence
Of the small. unbroken bridge. the
English troops were able to effect .
crossing Of the river comparatively
early. while the French, showing
great bravery. began crossing the
river in single nle BY using the steel
girder.
Germans Fsresd to Rstirs.
In the meantime the engineers rs-
newed their task of pOntoon bridge
building and columns Of troops
crossed the river. By nightfall the
crossing Of the river had been a.
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for ths allisa, - al aight loaS search
ligAts sveet IL river. aal opposing
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ost The nigAt
AT . certain DssioA lsrins the
night II bsaaas s1ses1tAolx iapsetaat
that the sesag sAnsla hAss % k.sWl-
sAes q tAs psstsloa sf O. 6staohnant
Of the British infantzy. which vas up
sanss - - Aaeay. A. stray shot
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and sbowses ss,i eecssisnally. 1As
Germans began building little Pits.
while the al1lDs aiso sa6snehol tAsnr
selves aGainst heavy bonhardmsats.
AT times TIE enemy Attempted to
take the oasasivs. and svsa sue.
cesdsA. within saall aRana, in fuecins
hack the aalSss. jsst - tie sllies suc
ceeded elsewhers In forcing hack the
enemy.
1T now became evident that this
was no rear guard Of Germans that
was engaged. but that It was . de-
ternined stand Of the army Of Gen.
eral Won Kluck. Moreover. 1t was
strongly suspected that German re.
endorsements were coming up.
On Tuesday afternoon a very Sc
we're attack was made by the enemy,
who evidently had been REINFORCED
and who seemed determined to break
through the allied lines between Vic.
sur-Aisne and Soissons This attack
was heralded by . tremendous out.
burst of the heavy German artillery,
followed by a systematic advance OF
the infantry.
The infantry Of the allies, aided
by machine guns, stood their ground,
however. in . most splendid fashion
pouring . deadly fire into the attack.
ing Germans. At certain points the
allies repulsed the Germans at the
eoint Of bayonets.
with unabated fury this battle
continued all night and throughout
Wednesday and Thursday. On
Wednesday night the Germans, in
great fury. attacked the. French in
the region near Reims. Three times
they attacked. and on each occasion
they were repulsed with heavy losses
On Thursday the Germans attacked
the English with equal herceoess In
the neighborhood Of Soissons, and
again they we're hurled back with
| tremendous losses.
The first sign Of weakening on
the part Of the Germans was noticed
Thursday afternoon after their fierce
attacks On that day had been re
pulsed with huge losses.
The battle then waS almost . week
old. The soldiers weasied BY their
pursuit Of the fleeing Germans and
eysa more wsaried and careworn By
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