The Glenwood post., 1914-10-10
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LOnAon.-Germxn troops are dying
70 the music of their regimental bands
u the valley of death along the Aisne
~ day and Aight.
Their losses are colossal. says IN
Enslish correspondent who sends his
story from La Ferte-Milon. south Of
0oissons.
Describing cOunter-attack made BY
the Germans, he says:
They came On singing. with their
drums beating behind them. Evsa At
nkght they haA their hands 70 play
them On to attack.
We met them In the holes they
had themselves aug. aAd. - . Preach
colder Who TOLD the story. said: 'Yos
know, II . 1ght like that - bad
then q o atanAvantAge. ese saS W.
onsts are longer than thsiFA salV al
tAses s&rsps, ahout our chests and
sAoulAsrs get In oar vay ssAd hin-
sAsr oar novsnents. Ths 0ernaAs
ere bsetsr 81 II that rsspset - %
ass yoar soilssrs. ~ tAsy 90 uss
their aF1s freely. ~ 0ssnaas
would hrsak Tor wallis aAA % haok.
ut -, ssaa ~ ~ saat thsa hoek
a4ethsr lst would eeos -. aAd - 4
vsat. Hoe after tins."
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ne aaas esffsspoaAsat ssa1s tAis
Gjaf- -stinfks 'tssy Of Ne SsAtis tAaa
~ satee61 fts SsooaA wosk: '
-Ffoa the battlefield Of Aaras I
vsFks1 NJ Hay, Aosthward through
Chantilly aai 1aaAs 70 Creoy-sa.
VNsob 'tssthAg vaDSS u iASaeA. e4ns
Hv'Ai0Ak shpsAgh aan1s wusts1 ~ tAs
DoSt 4pe taoa q thanoaaAo q aHned
~ 80, ~ iaasssrab,s vhssas of
~ wori1's greatest armies.
1T vas . straase. terrible sxpsrt-
eaee. All aIoaS the route I saw
a4ath sA1 destructioa. sav deaA
mea aal AsaA Asrsss, villages n ruin
~ railway sesltaS stock scattered
'sser baf0 6sa6s. A 0reat WaAse tank.
b1sssA froa its, bass, vas lying 6srs-
'lict aDonSst rHined hay stacks. l
saw q transport wagon. its wheels
smashed. leaning dixxily over the
bodies Of the brave men who failed
to save II from destruction, and who
refused to leave 1t.
II have seen on this road sights
that convince me that the retreat
was not only swift. but precipitated
to q point Of actual panic.
R.e-ons .er Retreat.
'l, was Aisne or destruction. It is
necessary to realize that just as the
allied army. on its way from Mons
to Paris. was in danger of the Ger
man fianking movement which threat.
ened to overwhelm it. so was General
Won Kluck's right flank, in its re-
treat from Paris to Aisne. in extreme
danger To avoid annihilation, he ned
to a position Of tremendous strength
toward the west 1t was absolutely
essential to his safety to gain the
position of Aisne.
"One must net lose sight Of the su-
preme fact of the present situation
that just - the junction Of the Ourcq
and Marue at Meaux made that town
the key Of encounter last week. 20
the junction Of the Disc and the Aisne
At Compeigne has endowed the lat
ter with cardinal importance. Once
across the Aisne. the German army
had the River Oise on its right. and.
for the moment. the danger Of being
out -hanked vas averted.
This was the position on Sunday.
September Is. the first day Of the
great frontal battle.
"On the right the army was pro
tected by the forests Of Aigle and by
the River Oise. which descends al.
most due south from Noyon. 1t was
and is an extremely strong position
and one capable Of osly . frontal st.
tack.
ops~ Attset - svs1sy.
1T VS. clear fron the outset that
these ,foskiASA positioas must b
fought for, and taken. NO matter how
great the effort or how terrible the
sacrifice. Happily. the time afforded
General voa Kfsck's army for prep.
aration was shert. due to the fact that
the alhsa. although tired BY the long
pursuit Of the Nh. 1eth. 11th and 18th,
Lost NO tine b opening the attack
on Sunday.
Sunday proved to be 4 day Of tre.
mendous importance. With the *.
eeptiou OF one small structure and
Q railway bridge Eirder. all the
bridges acroas the river near this
point had been blown up. It was Oh
vious that pontoon bridges must be
constructed, and, to work out this
aim, an artillery duel was begun with
n Germans. whose position was such
that hey commanded the river dur.