Evening star., 1915-03-28
Men Engaged Numbered 100000, and
Result Was Gained by Troops Who
Had Been Retreating for
Two Weeks.

Two
Corespondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 1S.-The Associated
Press has received the second. thirt
and fourth installments Of the historical
review. emanating from French official
sources. OF the operations in the west
ern theater of war. from its begin
ming UP to the end of January.
II should be understood that the mar
rative is made purely from the French
standpoint. The additional Install
Inents Of the document are as follows;
The victory Of the Marne. September
8 to 10.
Right Of Kluck's Army Threatened.
If one examines on the map the re-
epective positions Of the German ana
French armies on September as pre-
viously described, 1t will be seen that
by his infection toward Meaux and
Coulommiers Cen Won Kluck was ex-
posing his right to the offensive ac-
tion of our left. This is the etartlns
point Of the victory of the Marine.
The evening of September our leit
army had reached the front Penchard-
Saint-Soufet-ver. The 9Th and 7th It
continued its attacks vigorously. with
Ourcq as objective. The evening of the
eth it was some hlometers from Ourcq
on the front Chambry- ry-Marcilly-Lisieux-
Acy-en Multien. The Sth the Germans
who had in great haste reinforced their
right by bringing their I'd and 4th Army
Corps back to the north. obtained
some successes by attacks Of extreme
violence. They occupied Bets, Thury-en-
valois and Nanteuil-Le-Haudouin But
in spite of this pressure, our troops held
their ground well. In a brilliant action
they took three standards, and, being re-
inforced, prepared a new attack for the
10th. At the moment that this attack
was about to begin the enemy was al
ready in retreat toward the north. The
attack became pursuit, and the 18th we
established ourselves on the Aisne.
Left Of Kluck's Army Threatened.
Why did the German forces, which
we're confronting us and on the even
ing before attacking SO furiously. re-
treat on the morning of the 10th? Be-
cause, in bringing back, on the 9Th.
several army corps from the south to
the north to face our left the enemy
had exposed his left to the attacks
of the British army, which had Inn
mediately faced round toward the
north, and to those of our armies
Whlch were proiOneuS the InsAsh
lines to the right. This is what the
French command had sought to bring
about. This Is what happened Sep
tember and allowed Of the develop
ment and rehabilitation which 1t was
TO effect.
On the 9Th the British army had sent
out from the line RoScy-Lagny, and
had that evening reached the south
ward bank of the Grand NORM. On the
eth and sth II continued It's marcn.
and on the 9Th had debouched to the
north Of the Marine below Chateau
Thierry, taking in flank the German
forces. which on that day were oppos-
Ing. on the ourca. our left army. Inen zen
treat while the British army, gong
in pursuit and capturing seven guns
and many prisonres, reached tne
AIsne between scissors and Tongue
val.
The role Of the French army which
was operating to the right of the Brit
ish army was three-fold II had 20
support our center, which from tns
10 a German attack of great violence.
Finally, it's mission was to throw PACK
the three active army corps ana tne
reserve corps which iaceo ed !" ,he hs fo11ow. il -
ing days reached and crossed the
Marne, seizing. after desperate nght,
Ing. guns. howitzers, mitra,iieuses ,1th ano
tablished itself on the north edge OF
the Montague e-Reims in contact
with our center. which for its part had
lust forced the enemy to retreat In
haste.
The Action Of Fere-Champeaux.
Our center consisted of a new army
created August 29, and one of those
which at the beginning OF the cam
paiRn had been engaged in Belgian
Luxembourg. The first had retreated
August 29 to September from the
Aisne to the north of the Marine and
occupied the general front Sezanne-
MaiIy The second. more to the east.
had drawn back to the south of the
line Humbauville e-Chateau-b bAauchamp-
Rignicourt- -Blesmes- Maurupt-le Mon
toy: -. -
ing arrested and the defeat of his en-
veloping movement, made desperate
effort from the 18th to the 10th to pierce
our center to the west and to the east
OF Fere Champeaux On the sth he sue
ceeded in forcing back the right of
our new army. which retired as far
as Gourgancon. On the 9th, at s o'clock
In the morning was a further retreat
on the left the other army corps also
had to go back to the line Allemant-
Connantre-
Inanding the army ordered a general
offensive for the same day. With the
Morocco division, whose behavior was
heroic he met a furious assault of the
Germans on his left toward the
marshes of St Gond. Then with the d.
vision which had just VIGOROUSLY over
come the attacks of the enemy to the
north of Sezanne, and with the whole
OF his left army corps. he made flank
ing attack in the evening OF the 5th
upon the German forces and notably
tho guard which had thrown back his
right army corps. The enemy. taken by
surprise by this bold maneuyer. did
not resist and beat . hasty retreat
On the 11th we crossed the Marne be-
tween Tours-Sur- -Marne and Sarry, driv-
ing the Germans in front of us in
disorder. On the 18th we were in con-
tact with the enemy on the north of
Camp-de -Chalons Our other army of
the center. acting on the right of the
one lust referred to. had been intrusted
with the mission during the 7th. 8th
and 9Th Of disengaging its eighbor and
IL was only on the 10th that. being re-
foforced by an army corps from the
east. IL was able to make Its action ef-
fectiveIy felt. On the 11th the Ger
mans retired. But. perceiving their
danger. they fought desperately with
enormous expenditure of protectiles be-
hind strong intrenchments. On the 18th
tho result had none the less been
attained and our two center armies
were solidly established in the ground
gained
The Operations on Our Right.
To the right Of these two armies were
three others. They had orders to cover
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