Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Associated Press Man
Views French Battlefield
From German Side
VICTORY CELEBRATED
Result of Engagement conSid-
cred Highly important by
the Invading Army.
~ Associated PRgss.

a aeries OF battles aiOnE the Franco
Belgian battle line Is In progress. but
1aIF comparatively small numbers of
troops are engaged. and no general
movements are apparent Calm pre-
walls Ir scissors region. the Germans
rot harrr made an attempt to extend
rai- victory there Near Notre Dame
DE- Lrrerre the Germans were driven
from tho trCnches. a German victory
ln a small battle In east Prussia is
announced iu Berlin.
Before So sons. Jan is. by Courier
tI Berlin Jan. 20. via london. Jan.
ef-At tle headquarters % a certain
German army yesterday evening Cen
erai Won Eluck and his stan ceiebra-
ted -la battle and their success at
ssdns u typical German military
fsrfau. With a simple soldiers meal.
a bowl OF punch brewed by the expert
hands of Won Kluck himself. a grace
fli little speech By the general and q
silent toast % the dcad-joth French /
ard German.
The earth was still dropping on the
-rarcs OF the fallen. So many men
rershed during the eight days OF the +
bitter struggle for the heights across .
tI. river from scissors that today
tl- fourth after the close OF the bat
t.e. tho plateau and E1rEes are stiil
.~eau thickiy with dead. although
fHn- members Of the landstrum have
been engaged, without a psnse- IN
clearing up the battlefield
Nest Of Germans interred. +.
Most OF the Germans have been
given 20 the earth bat French infantry
men a1 their flr-to-be-seen red and
blue uniforms. swarthy-faced TurcOs.
coiCuials. Alpine riGemcn and beard
ed territOrials. are stu In sprawling
attitudes along the heights. In the
ceeD cut gorges Of the plateau and
across the fat valley 5ed on the north
slcrc OF the Aisne.
The battle OF SCISSORS. so-cailed in
default o. a better same. although IL 4,
var really fought across thu river from !
that city. On the number OF men en- ,
raeed and the extent OF the losses. i
would rank with Bul Ran or Antietam z
of the American civil war or with /
W-e-th In the FrancO-Prussisn war; I
tut r this war H. passes as an lnci-
cea- .n tle campaign. worthy only of !
passing mention IN tie Official report
= p Firss 70 Inspect Field
The newspaper description of the
battle has been written from the Ger
man eide Tle Associated Press rep
r. -rtltlve was the first and up TO
f-s resent the only newspaper man
'1 l pact the battlefield and have Or-
3cHuu.ty 90 supplement the brief Of
.c.af reports with descriptive details
Ia..ered on the spot.
The results 90 the German success
lrs Fezsrted as hishly important. The
french rcre expelled from the heights Il
-arfl OF tlc Aisue-vautaEe ground q
from which they rad hoped 10 launch a
..orsssflf attack against the big y
..tav~r tte German 1iue-aut driven j
i--a tlc river which nov runs hrim- y
.9. and 90 many places ig overfowinsI D
ts banks between the two armies
Tho Freuch retain a fOOthoid north %
70 The rivsr only az one point-St- @ p
'eli-whsre the bridge from Scissors Q
ru. scs. and hold this apparently on
asferuuce. since the bridge head Is +
1upieteiy commanded By German ar
i.ery on the heights. The river az c
ts time forms an effective barrier
o any repetition % an attempted
'reuch offensive on this section OF the p
he "
Description o. Battlefield. D
TIE Battlefield covers a front OF ap- G
fortunately seven miles. on the west a
RI side l. a deep valley running north d'
rard. which Is bounded on either side "a
b turupikes from Scissors TO LaFere el