The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-14
BATTLE OF AGES,' FOUGHT ON MARINE.
 TITANIC STRUGGLE
British Version of Terrible Conflict Begun A Week Ago Says Ger mans, Though Trapped In First Position, Fought Gallantly and Retreated With Main Army In= tact

ter for Meux Is to Paris. as Reading is to London.
 British Give Aid
 f'The second attempt on the OurcQ shared the fate of the first. Through all Monday night and well into Tues day the great German guns boone ed 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 Sezane was bearing splendid fruit. The German resistance onS this cTues- day) morning was broken. heard the news in two ways, the German guns were silent and from the wound ed who poured down to bases.
 '.The wounded men were no longer downhearted but eager to rejoin the fray. On every French lip was, the exclamation that They are in full re- treat and They are rushing back home and in the same breath came generous recognition of the great help given by, the British army.
 fI am convinced that the full ex- tent of this rout is not yet appreciated in England. It was~of 8 truly terrific character and such a blow will not fail to have a lasting effect.
 ffThe number of wounded entaiIed colossal transportation work my self counted 15 trains in eight hours, a fine, grim set of men, terribly weary but very aniabIe except the officers.
 The enemy crossed the Marne on the return journey north under great difficulties and beneath g. witherin g fire from the British troops who pur- sued them hotly. The German arti1- lery operated from 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 F'erte-Sous-o -ouarre and Chateau Thirry and the Germans had fallen back 40 miles, leaving a long train of spof1s behind them.
 AOn the same day. in the neighbor- hood of Vitry-Ie-F'rancois, the French troops achieved a splendid victory In c1dentally, they drove back the famous Imperial Guard of Germany from Se- zanne toward the swamps of St. Gond where, century ago, Napoleon achiev- led one Of his last successes. Many of the body guard passed to the north of the swanps but heard of men and horses engulfed and destroyed.
 Fight to Last Ditch
 ''On Wednesday the English army continued the pursuit toward the north. taking guns and prisoners. On that day I found myself in a new France. The good news had spread. Girls threw flowers at the passing sol dfers and joy was manifested every where.
 @tThe incidents of Wednesday will astound the world when made known in full. I know that two German Attachments of 1000 men each which were surrounded and cornered but re- fused to surrender and were wiped out almost to the last man.
 t'The keynote of these opera tions was the, tremenous attack of the allies along the Ourcq on Tuesday which showed the German commander that his lines of communication were threat ened. Then came the browning stroke The army of the Ourcq and Meux and the army of Sezanne drew together like the blades of a, pair of shears, the pivot of which was in the region of the Grand Morin. The German re- treat was thus forced toward the east and it speedily became a rout.
 TT repeat that England scarcely re- alizes yet what has been achieved alike in breaking up the enemy and in heartening our troops. The tactics of the Mons and Charlerof are com pletely justified