East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-10
EYE WITNESS OF BATTLE OF
The MARINE TELLS HOW PARIS
WAS SAVED FROM THE TEUTON{

(NOTE-A year ago today the bat
tie that saved Paris came 70 an end
after five days Of desperate fighting
1t If now known as the battle Of the
Marne. In the days when the strug-
gle was raging slmms sent a stream
of cablegrams telling Of develop
ments as they occurred For the an
niversary, he has sent a complete ac-
count Of the battle as it would have
been told Sept 10. 1914, had 1t been
humanly possible TO assemble all the
facts and get them past the censorD
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP sIMMS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS. sept 10, 1sls.--The Ger
man army is in full retreat The al
lied forces are everywhere victorious
After getting within sight Of Paris
and when 1t seemed that nothing on
earth could stop their drive. the in
vaders have been hurled back in dis
order and the capital is safe.
With a recklessness bordering on
impudence, the result Of seeing for
tress after fortress surrender merely
before the menace Of their approach
the Prussians ignored ,he reserves
they must have known were massed
here, turned eastward from Paris ex.
pecting to crush weak and routed
enemy. In so doing they uncovered
their right and General Maunoury
struck Surprised, dazed almost
they turned to face the new enemy
when again they were hit on tht
flank, this time by General French
Of the British; Franchet d'Esperey Of
the Fifth: Foch of the Ninth Reserves
and the rest.
Won Kluck and Won Buelow, com
manding the German right, were
staggered. They fought desperately
and tried to rally their armies bu
Foch, teacher Of tactics at st. eyre
the French West Point, outmaneu
vered them, drove a murderous wedg'
into their lines and sent them bacl
almost in panic under a storm o
French rs shells.
The German battle without a to
morrow" has failed. The morrow i
here and with 1t signal defeat. TIL
battle OF the Marne is over and tn,
French have won.
In Paris the news was hailed a
the announcement Of a miracle. Eacl
day some 10000 or $4,000 people haC
been abandoning the city, expecting
the immediate entrance of the Ger
mans. 1t was known that the kais
er's leglons were near and ADVANCING
20 and 80 miles a day. The Frencl
and British seemed powerless I,
check them and an irredeemable dis
aster appeared inevitable.
To the few. however, sharing tn
confidence of General Joseph Joffre
the French commander-in- chief tn,
victory is gratifying but not surpris
ing 1t comes as the logical resul
of his plans made Immediately aftel
Chartered.
When war was declared Joffr,
knew he would have to face what the
Germans called "brusked attack.
Just where this would come he had
no idea. Adapting one of Napole.
on's maxims Ito engage everywhere
then see" he spread out his men and
endeavored to obtain contact witt
the enemy. The mass move camt
through Belgium and Luxembourg
/ the point least expected. with the re.
suit that Joffre's reserves were a
long way off. Greatly outnumbered
and without sufficient time to brins
up reinfarcements. Joffre, who had
felt the enemy's strength at Charleroi
determined to fall back toward his
reserves while his reserves advanced
to meet him. Furthermore he profit
ed by the lessons of 1870 which were
distinctly TO the effect that con-
quered territory may be redeemed but
a beaten army ends all hope. No
matter what happened. he resolved
to keep his armies intact; to refuse
all offers Of battle until such a time
as he deemed the chances were in
his favor, Not even to save Paris