The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-07

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 ing, entered MontniraiI and the army
 of von. BueIow, leaving 1000 dead and
 a large number of prisoners, was in lreterat all along the line.
 General F'ocfl, at dawn, declared to 1 his troops: 1 The situation is excellent. I OF l der again a, vigorous offensive zY 1 The retreat of part of von Bue- 1 lows forces before FTanchet d'ES- percy broke the German line and fa- l cihated the efforts of Foch's army on 1 his right. The key to the heights of
 Sezanne, the Chateau of Mondement, 1 where the Prince EiteI Friedrick of von K1uck's staff had conferred and I dined with von Buelow, was the cen ter of attack. The artillery drove ] out the staff, after which the Moroc- 1 can rifemen penetrated the park of the chateau-were driven out, attack 1 ed again and were repulsed. A third assault succeeded and in the park lay 5000 dead Germans, including two generals Whole battalions of French troops were annfhi1ated there. 1 Fere Champenoise and Sommesouss after 'Sezanne, fell into the hands of Foch's army. Son1m mesous, counter , attacked by the Prussian Guard, re- mained in their hands only the time T | form, Two regiments of the Eleventh Corps charged and drove out the Fourth regiment of Grenadfes of the Queen Augusta and the Fourth regi- nnent of Grenadies of the Emperor Francis. A vital development of the days fighting was the discovery, by aYi- ators, of a gap between the armies of von Beulow and won Hausen, the effect of Von BueIoW'S retreat, leaving von Hausen's right flank exposed. By an audaciouS and opportune manon- uvre, General Foch massed his right in this gap under cover of the night, before won Hausen's flank, and threw his adversary back upon the marines of Saint-Gond in disorder. The Ger man losses there were heavy.
 The army of Langle de Cary was very heavily engaged around Vitry i1e-Francois, where the forces of the Duke of Wuerttemberg counter-at- tackled f1ercely. The artillery fire crossed here oyer the town of Vitry- le-Francois, which was partly in flames. At Pargy and at Maurupt- le-Montay both sides lost heavily in hand-to-hand fghtfig. By a night attack the French infantry took the village of Etropy, almost entirely burned and the surrounding region. A little progress was made also to the left of Vitry-Ie-Francois.
 Serrai1, menaced with envolepnent by a combined attack from forces coming from Metz and the Crown Princes army in front, sent his cav7' airy against the forces from Metz and continued his infantry attacks in front Fresh troops from Strassburg resumed the violent but vain attacks upon the heights of Amance. The German losses here were extremely hevay, but less than in the heights of Sainte-Genevieve where de Caste1-. nau's troops inflicted such losses on the Bavarian endorsements from Metz that they were obliged to retire upon the village of Alton.
 Dubail, obliged to abaidon Lune- elsewhere and retook the summit of Mandroy and Fourmeauk.
 September
 The position of the Army of Pauis. which had become critical the even ing of the Sth, had not improved the morning of the 9th. Heavily outnum- bered. it appeared little likely that the position could be held without rein forcements. General Jofre ordered Maunoury to resist just the same to the last man. The formation of the line had been so modified that the Army of Paris described an agle, one side of which faced the east and the other north. Three thousand men of the Seventh Corps, pitted against one
  Marvil1e, and the action became gen era1. During nine hours the battle waged, necessarily Encouraged by news of successes of the other am1es, l Maunoury's men redoubled their as saults. General Mangin, with the Fifth Division, by 3, desperate charge near Acy-en-Mu1tien. hurled back | the forces in front of him. nearly | destroying the regiment of Magde- burg. Bayonet charges by the Afr1- l
 1r~i and toward the end of the~day the Germans, having lost 1 nearily- half of their force, were re- pulsed all along the line of the Army | of Paris. The Fourth Corps of Land | wehr was signal1ed coming to the re- lief of Won Kuck's flank from Bethel. | MaunQury's army was exposed to a | decisive attack by fresh troops. | Maunoury's appealed to General Gal 1ieni. The Governor of Paris requi- 5000 taxi-automobi1es drays' etc, and sent 20, ,OOO men to his sup port across Paris.
 nteuil-Ie-Haudoin and it's vast : petroleum stocks were in flames. The troops, most of them, had been with out food for three days-only the Moors, habituated to fasting, seemed capable of further effort The Ger mans seemed equally exhausted, for their attacks weakened Vbth the darkness.
 The British forces, conC1uuIns thelTe progress, threw Von Kucks center back upon the Marne from Vareddes to Chateau-Thierry; they had gained 20 miles in two days, taking prison CTS and booty every hour. After IT the British engineers sue ceeded in throwing a bridge across the Marnei at Vareddes, threatening von klucl1's rear. They crossed at ouarre, at noon in close pursuit. A detachment of cav airy meeting two squadrons of Ger man cavalry toward Chateau Thierry, through, and charged back again. After traVersing both squad