The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-10-02

reueA wnSa 20 ctuse ~ Paris was o
bitter disappointment FROM iestats
found on dead soldiers there IL so
doubt there was . geAsral Impression
amongst the eneiny's trOoFs thar they
wsrs about 10 enter Paris,
hsnd-vetians Fighting
-on Tuesday. September s, the Ger
man movement northeastvard was
continued. Their rear guards on the
south OF the Marine we're heinz
pressed back to that river BY our
troops and BY the French on our right.
the latter capturing three villages
after q hand.to-hand nxht and the tn
niction OF severe loss on the enemy.
The sighting RAsus the Qarcq con.
tlnued on this day and was Of the nest
gaagu.nary character. for the Ger
mans had massed great force OF ar.
tillery along this line, Few Of their
infantry we're seen by the French.
The French NTH army also made
fierce attack on the Germans, in
Montmirail. resaining that place,
"on Wednesday. September .. the
battle between the French sixth army
and what was now the German nank
guard along the ourcQ continued.
British Take Up Pursuit.
The British corps, overcoming
some resistance on the River Petit
NORM, crossed the Marne In pursuit Of
the Germans. who now were hastily
retreatlng northward One OF our
corps vas delayed by an obstinate. de
tense made by q strong rear guard
with machine guns at La FerteSous.
Jouarre. where the bridge had been
destroyed,
"on Thursday, September 10, the
French sixth army continued !ts pres.
sure on the west, while the htth army.
by forced marches. reached tho line OF
Chateau Thierry aud Dormans on the
Marine, Our troops also continued the
pursuit on the north OF the latter river.
and after considerable amount Of
lighting captured some 1900 prisoners.
four guns, six machine guns and tfty
transport wagons
Many Of the enemy we're killed or
wounded. and the numerous thick
woods which dot tho country north ei
the Marine are hIled With German
stragslers Most OF them appeared
10 have been without food for at least
two days.
Germans Eager to Surrender.
Indeed, In this area OF the opera
tons the Germans seemed to be do
moralized and inclined to surrender In
small parties. and the general situa-
ton appears to be most favorable TO
the allies
Much brutal and senseless damage
has been done in the villages occupied
by the enemy, Property haB been wan.
tonly Destroyed Pictures In chateaps
have been ripped up and houses gen.
orally have been pillaged
Interesting incidents have occurred
during tho lighting On September
10 part of our Second army corps ad.
vanced into the north aud found itself
marching parallel with another In.
fantry force az some little distance
away At FIRST II was thought this was
another British unit After some time.
however. II was discovered that II wn
body OF Germans retreatng
Germans Caught In Trap.
Measures promptly were taken to
head of the enemy, who were sur.
rounded and trapped In a sunken road.
where over 400 men surrendered.
On September 10 a small party un.
der = noneommisstoned oillcer was cut
on and surrounded, After a desperate
resistance II was decided to go on
lighting TO the end Finally the non.
commissioned officer and one man
only we're left. both Of them hsing
wounded '- 'r~' ''.'.-"'
The Germans came up and shouted
TO them. Lay down your arms' Tho
German commander. however. signed
TO them to keep their arms and then
asked permission TO shake hands with
the wounded noncommissIoned officer.
who was carried of on his stretcher
with bis rife by his side.
''Ons of the features OF the cam.
paign on our side has beer the success
obtained by the Royal Flying corps
rraIse 10 British AyIatcTs.
III Is impossible either TO award too
much praise TO our aviators for the
way they have carried out their duties
or to overestimate the value OF the In.
telligence collected. mnre especially
during the recent advance.
The constant object Of our ayia,ors
has been to effect an accurate location |
of the enemy's forces, and. incidental |
ly, since the operations cover % large !
an area. OF our own units.
Nevertheless. the tactics adopted !
for desiing with hostile air eraft are
to attack them instantly with one or
more British machines This has been |
so far successful that In FIVE cases
German pilots or observers have beer |
shot while In the air and their ma
chimes brought to the ground As .
consequence the British dying corps |
has succeeded in establishing an lib. |
dividual ascendancy which Is a. ser /
viceahle To US as IL Ia damaging 10 l