The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
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GERMAN RETR0GADE H0FENENT
PRESSED BIZ ALLIDS
GREAT BATTLE At HAND VI
Chalons, Field Of Battle Between At
tilla, "The scourge Of God" and
the yisigoths and Their Roman
Allies, the Scene Of Napoleon's
Brilliant Defense. is Battlefield.

Allies, the Scene Of Napoleon's
Brilliant Defense. is Battlefield.
Il The correspondent of The. Chrcn-
icle at the front in France telegraphs
/ as follows: The tables are tn rec.
The right wing of the. German army,
| which was considerably battered by:
the heavy fighting Of the lag two
days, is continuing its retragra5e
tlLovement. 1t is falling back, with
the British army fast in its fax.
Everything points to the move
ment being a definite. retirement
rather than temporary retreat. The
greater part OF the German force
holding Amiens withdrew Tuesday
| morning, and the German wounded
were rushed, to Arras. When left
the neighborhooa of Amiens at noon
a small French force was waiting in
the vicinity to reoccupy Amiens as
1 soon as the last German soldiers had
withdrawn, whichwss expected Tdes-
day night. -
''The allies left wing is giving the
retiring enemy no respite, the Brit
ish cavalry being especially active.
The allies are making every effort to
detach the larried German right
wing from the main body and ami
hilate it,
In an effort to prevent this, the
German commander seems to be di-
irecting the rearward march upon
tCambrai and Journal, evidently with
the intention Of attempt to repass,
the Belgian border east of Lille. Each
instant the rearward progress of the
Germans is gaining momentum. Is
it the beginning of the end?"
The Germans progress at the be-
ginning of the war seems to have
been too rapid and too precipitate in
it's eagerness to get to the gates OF
Paris for they arrived out OF breath
and to all appearances out Of amnu-
milton which may explain why they
did not pursue. their original plan.
All prisoners, Of. whom zoe or,
more arrived in Paris Tuesday, APP.
tpeaped tagged and harrassed and the
spirit of the army seems to be every
thing that is different from that of
1 the conquerers who pushed back the.
army of defense from the frontier
and reached the, gates Of the capital
in 10 days.
Whether they hoped to gain time
by tangent movement away from
Paris, or as sorne military critics.
suppose, aimed to effect a Junction
with the army of the Crown Prince
which was to come from the direc-:
tion of Yongwy, the Developments of
the last four days prove that it was
a grave error. ss':&
The army, already weakened By
/. forced marches, constant fighting en-
route and now further enfeebled by
| the engagements of the last four:
days, is not, in the opinion of ex-
perts, prepared for such a big enter
prise as the siege OF Paris, even il it
retrieyes it's fortunes in the battle
now in progress. +.
The only hope of the Germans.
| therefore, lies in the armies on the
northeastern frontier coming to the
rescue and this home now seems too
long deferred.
| If inspiration means to the French:
soldier what it did in the time Of the
first Napoleon. the situation to-day
on the allies center, on the historic
field of Chalons should offer con1pen-
sation for disheartening month of
rear guard actions. - !: ::
At any rate, the allies, now super,
ior or at least equal in numbers to
the Germans, evidently have begun
| the offensive. At least 100000
men are engaged on both sides, and
as the center Of the allies hes on
the plains of Chalons, true to many
prophecies, another Armageddon may
take place where Attilla, surnamed
"The Scourge of God," was van
cuished by the allied yisigoths and
! Romans in the bloodiest battle in the
worlds history.
On these plains, centuries later,
Napoleon conducted the most bril-
liant defensive campaign of his ca
reer. The French soldiers wIb7ot
be allowed to forget also that .onftls
| field French army went into Victo-
rious action after its commander had
Surrendered his sword.
| Logically a great and decisive bat
tie ought to be under way from Paris
to Verdun. but the veil Of secrecy
I and the meageTness Of the official
communications preclude positive
predictions regarding the nature Of
I the engagement proceeding in the
eastern war theater. -