New Britain herald., 1915-09-06

Gallieni. The Governor of Paris re- quisitioned 5000 taxi-automobiles drays, etc., and sent 20,00O men to his support across Paris.
 Nanteuil-le-Haudoin and its pe troleum stockers were in flames. The troops, most of them, had been with out food for three days-on1y the Moors, habituated to fasting, seemed capable of further effort. The Ger mans seemed equally exhausted for their attacks weakened with the darkness.
 The British forces, continuing their progress, threw von Klucks center back upon the Marne from Vareddes to Chateau-Thierry; they had gained twenty miles in two days, taking prisoners and booty every hour. After seventeen failures, the British en- gineers succeeded in throwing a bridge across the Marne at Vareddes. threatening von Kluck's rear. They crossed at rte-sols-Jouarre, at noon in close pursuit. A detachment of cavalry, meeting two squadrons Of German cavalry toward Chateau Thierry, charged through, and charged back again. After travers- ing both squadrons, then charged them again in front Won Kluck's en- tire army was now in full retreat abandoning wounded and material and losing prisoners. The British forces discovered that von Klucks troops lacked ammunition for their Mausers Many cannon and prisoners fell into the hands of the British army during the day.
 The army of Franchet q Esperey l advanced in unison with the British troops close upon the heels of the enemy, and only the German bat ter1es, posted on the slopes north of Chateau-Thierry, saved the treat from developing into a rout. The German losses on this front exceeded even those of the left. At Esternay they left 5000 unburied dead after four days fighting. Near Chateau Thierry they had emptied the reser- voir that supplied Paris with water from the Nesles, filled it with dead and covered the bodies with earth.
 Foch pushed ahead also with the 7th army after the capture of Mon- dement,, throwing the Prussian Guard into the Marshes of Saint-Gond. A stubborn resistance was offered therc in the parts where de-
 fense works could be organized. Foch succeeded in taking these works in the rear, driving thousands of the Guard to precipitately from the safe routes that they sank into the slime of the marshes. Several batteries of artillery were lost there and the 7th army took many prisoners
 The army of Langle de Cary, pressed by fresh troops brought from Belgium, maintained it's positions while Sarrail repulsed violent at tack by Won Heeringen with the 18th corps.
 As the result of the bloody battles of Dieulouard and Sainte- -Genevieve, Nancy was entirely disengaged and the Bavarians retired from Pont-a- Mousson into the Bois Le Petre, and Dubail in the Vosges progressed in the regions of Lineville and Bacca- rat.
 September 10th.
 The morning of the 10th General l Maunoury was informed of the gen. eral retreat of the armies of von l Kluck, Von Buelow and von Hausen. l Vareddes and Levy-sur- -Ourcq, evacu- ] ated in haste, were found crowded l with German wounded At Etrepilly i piles of carbonized bodies were seen and dead and wounded were found in ! all the ravines and thickets, behind 1 hedges and generally at every spot l where the soldier seeks protection.
 The British troops, continuing their pursuit, took thirtee1 7rmore cannon conveys of supplies and ammunition. The army of Franchet d'Esperey, in spite of the fatigue of five days fight ing tier fourteen days retreat, forced it's a1<ance and reached the line of Chateau-Th ierry-Dormans, taking four cannon, 1,50O prisoners and a con-