The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-06

that the position could be held with
out reinforcements- General Joffre
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 angle,
one side of which faced the east and
the other the north. Three thousand
men of the 7th corps, pitted against
one entire division, began an attack
at Marville, and the action became
general. During the nine hours the
battle waged incessantly. Encourag-
ed by news of successes of the other
armies, Maunoury's men redoubled
their assaults. General Mangin, with
the 5th division by desperate charge
near Acy-en-Multien, hurled back the
forces in front of him, nearly de-
stroying the regiment of Magdeburg.
Bayonet charges by the African troops
relieved the pressure near May-en-
Mutien, and toward the end of the
day the Germans, having lost nearly
along the line of the army of Paris.
The 4th corps of Landwehr was sig
nailed coming to the relief of Won
Kluck's flank FROM Rethel. Maunou-
ry's army was exposed to a decisive
attack by fresh troops. Maunoury
appealed to General Gallieni. The
governor of Paris requisitioned 5000
taxi-automobiles, drays, etc, and sent
10000 men to his support across
Paris.
Manteuil-le-Haud and its 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 with the dark
ness.
| The British forces, continuing their
progress, threw Won Kluck's center
back upon the. Marine from Vareddes
to -Thierry; they had gained
twenty miles in two days, taking pris-
oners and booty every hour. After
seventeen failures, the British engi-
neers succeeded in throwing a bridge
across the Marine at Vareddes, threat
ening Won Kluck's rear. They cross
ed at a-Ferte-sours-Jouar at noon
in close pursuit. A detachment of
cavalry, meeting two squadrons of
German cavalry toward Chateau-Thi-
erry charged through, and charged
back again. After traversing both
squadrons, then charged them again
in front Won Kluck's entire army
was now in full retreat, abandoning
wounded and material and losing
prisoners. The British forces discov.
cred that Won Kluck's 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 d'Esperey
advanced in unison with the British
troops close upon the heels of the en-
emy, and only the German batteries
posted on the slopes north of the
Chateau-Thierry, saved the retreat
from developing into a rout. The Ger.
man 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 It'll
army after the capture of Mondement
throwing the Prussian Guard into tn,
{ marshes of Saint-Gond. A stubborn
7 resistance was offered there in tn,
parts where defense works could b
organized. Foch succeeded in takini
these works in the rear, driving thous
ands of the guard so precipitatel.
: from the safe routes that they sanl
I into the slime of the marshes. Sew
: eral batteries of artillery were los
there and the 7th army took man!
prisoners.
The army of Langle de Cary, press
ed by fresh troops brought from Bel
gium, maintained its positions, Will
Sarrail repulsed violent attack b.
Won Herringen with the 10Th corps
: AS the result of the bloody battle
) of Dieulouard and Saint-Genevieve
/, Nancy was entirely disengaged an'
! the Bavarians retired from Pont-a
: Mousson into the Bois-Le-Petre, AM
E -Dubail in the Vosges progressed il
the region of Lineville and Baccarat