Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-10-01

lions or the British army in France |
ana the French armies In Immediate |
touch with it during the period from |
september 10 to -, written by an Of |
rcer attached to Field Marshal Sir
Iohn french's staff, has been issued
ny the Official press bureau. The ac-
count follows:
since Thursday, September 10, the
BRUSH army in cooperation with the
French, made steady progress in its
ehdeaVor to drive back the enemy.
The country across which it had to
force It's way and over which it will
nave TO fight in the near future is I'M
uulating and covered with patches of
thick wood
Within the area which faced the
British before the advance com
menced. right up to Laon. the chief
feature OF tactical importance is that
there are six rivers running across the
direction of the advance, at all of
which 1t was possible the Germans
might make stand. These are, in
order from the south, the Marine,
Ourcq, Nesle, Aisne, Ailette and Disc.
Real Resistance at the Aisne.
The enemy held the lines of the
Marne which was crossed by our
FORCES on September 9, as a purely
rear guard operation. Our passage
OF the Ourcq. which here runs almost
due east and west, was not contested
! The Nesle was only lightly held, while
resistance along the Aisne, both
against the French and British, has
been and still is Of determined char
acter.
ON Friday, September II. little OPP
position was met along any part of
our front and the direction Of the ad-
vance was for the purpose of cooper
ating with our allies turned slightly
to the northeast. The day was passed
In rushing forward and gathering in
various hostile detachments. BY night
north Of the Ourcq. extending from
Oulchy Chateau TO Longpont.
General Advance Of French.
"On this day there was also a gen
eral advance of the French along their
whole line which ended in a substan-
tial success. in one portion of the field
Duke Albrecht Of Wurtemburg' army
being driven back across the Saulx
and elsewhere the whole of the corps
artillery Of a German corps being cap
/ tured. Several German colors also
were taken.
1t was only on this day that the
, full extent OF the victory gained by
the allies on September was appre
ciated by them and the moral effect
G OF this success has been enormous.
o An order dated September 6 ant
issued by the commander of the Ger
man Seventh corps was picked up. i
stated that the great object Of thu
war was about to be attained, since
the French were going to accept bat
tie. and that upon the result of thi
battle would depend the issue of tn
war and the honor OF the German ar
s mics
Germans Make Heroic Effort
Il 1T seems probable that the Gel
E, mans not only expected to find tina
p, the British army was beyond the pow
= er OF assuming the offensive for som
Al time. but counted on the French hay
ing been driven back on to the lin
OF the Seine. and that. though SUI
prised to find the latter moving fo
e ward against them after they ha
Ia crossed the Marine, they were in n
ID wise deferred from making grea
@ effort.
N On Saturday. September -. the 81
n. envy were found to be occupying 70
,e midable position opposite us on tn
4 north of the line at Scissors. The
Al had both sides of the river and a
m entrenched line on the hills to III
fl, north of the eight road bridges an
two railway bridges crossing II
Aisne. within our section of the from
Seven of the former and both of Il
I'd latter had been demolished.
es Foes in Artillery Duel.
III Working from the west to the cas-
~ our Third army corps gained son
IT high ground south of the Aisne, owe
he looking the Aisne valley, to the ca
/. of scissors.
H. Here a long range artillery du
Ill between our guns and those OF Il
French on our left and the enemy
artillery on the hills continued du
81 ing the greater part of the day al
i, did not cease until nearly midnigl
-, The enemy had a large number
- heavy howitzers in well concealed !
&C sitions.
TO- The movement of this army cor
VI was effected in cooperation with Z
~ French sixth army. on our lett VIM
a. gained the southern half of the toN
during the night
"The Second army corps did n
GROSS the Aisne. The First army cor
RI cot over the river Vesle, to the sou
OF Of the Aisne. after the crossing h
NJ. beon secured by the First caval
,i- division. II then reached line sou
i'd NJ Aisnc practically without hgh'il
,s Battle of Brsisne.
A.. AT nraisne the first cavalry al
sion met with considerable OPPOSITE
III IN