The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-21
GERMAN SUCCESS
VERY IMPORTANT
BATTLE AT SOISsoNS IN
NUMBER OF LOSSES RANKS
WITH BULL RUN
GENERAL. ESUCK
AND HIS STAFF
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Celebrate Battle Whils che Earth
Was still Dropping On slse
Graves Of FalIen.
tBy Aasosia.sa Prs.s., z

BEFORE SoIsSoNs, Jan. 1s (bycoa-
rier to Berlin. Jan. 20. via London Jan.
81, 1896 a. MI - At the head
quarters of certain German army
yesterday evening General Won KIuck
and his staff celebrated this battle and
their success at soiHsons In typical
German military fashion. with afslnl-
pie soldiers meal. q bowl OF punch
brewed by the expert hands of Won
Kluck himself, graceful little speech
by the general. and q silent toast 4 70
the dead French and Germans. 8
The earth was stlll dropping on
the graves OF the fallen. So; many men
had perished during the eight days oe
the bitter struggle Tor the iieights
across the river from soiesons that
today, the fourth after the ci0ss of
the battle, the plateau and gofges are
still strewn thickiy with dead. sai-
though 1000 members OF the land.
strum have been engaged without q !
pause In clearing up tho battsegSia.s
Most of the German dead have been
given to the earth, but sfroIich isifan.
trymen In their far yf,esaesisl red! Ind
blue uniscrp1p sEs = f;iapf Tiift ~ &
cnlpniata, iie iii III 81 issd ma q a.
ed terrltoriaiB ate still hpfa iIRE sc,
attitudes along the heighta ID the Saeni
cut Gofgea OF the piateaa ana II efn6a
s,.:e = i,sd on me ncFsn alIoge
"The battle Of soisBons. so calf
ed ln default OF q better name, al-
thouglI II really was fought across the
river from that city ins the u6mbsr
OF men engaged md the extent OF The
losses. would rank Win Bull Is,lr, az
Antietam 0f, the American civil yyar
or with Wcerth In France 4pfus6iiaf =
war: but In this war Il p4hBes as IN
incident worthy only of passing m6l,.
ton In the Official report 81
NO newspaper deseript lon or the bat
tie has been written from the Gsrzaaf,
side. The Associated Press feDreaeFlth.
tive was the first and ~ 70 the pFaa.
ient the only newspaper ilien To n,
spect the battle field ard have oppor.
tunity to supplement the bsief ofiicIal
reports with descriptive details Eath. I,
cred on the spot. 'Fs
The results OF the German arcceag
are regarded here as highly Important
the French were expelled ffs5sn the i
heights north OF the Aians varstaRe
ground from which they had hrned 10
lauEch 4 siiccesgfui attack AEainst cha
big elbow In the German Hna-- and
driven across the river, which now
runs brinfIl and at many places ie
overflowtng Its banks betweei, the two
aImies. s,Sss
S The French retain fpothoid noftls
OF the river only at one.s II polht
Paul-where the bridge from Goie.
sons crOSseg. and hold thig ahnerenkiv
on suffeFance. since the bril- 6ge head IL
completely commanded BY German ars
tiliery on the heights.
The river at this time forms an ef-
fectiye barrier 10 any repetition OF au
attempted French oliehsive on this
part Of the line. The battle Held coyoRs
a front Of approximately eeven fsiilsas
On the western side la deeD yalfeV
running northward which ib bounded e
on either side by tuFnpikes from fiois-
soBs 20 la Fere and I.agts
A high, level plateau fjaea ateenly
a couple hundred feet from the valley
OF the Aisne and from tIkla aifa pS:eho
valley forms the center Sid eastern
flank OF q battle field = s
The plateau is deeply n0tcssea fsT
three sseep-sided Javfiies glinafFe
down to the Aifne and tAroaEh Yktels
the French brought up sipgosla ans
noticed. s. q .S
49, sfss III 'y2s,