The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-18

right in this gap under cover of the
night, before Won Hausen's flank,
and threw his adversary back upon
the marshes of Saint-Gond in disor-
der. The German losses there were
heavy.
The army of Langle de Cary was
very heavily engaged around Vitry-
le-Francois, where the forces of the
Duke of Wuerttemberg counter-at-
tackled fercely The artillery fire
crossed here over the town of Vitry-
le-Francois, which was partly in
flames. At Pargny and at Maurupt-
le-Montay both sides lost heavily in
hand-to-hand fighting. By a night
attack the French infantry took the
village Of Etrepy, almost entirely
burned, and the surrounding region.
A little progress was made also to
the left of Vitry-le-Francois.
Serial, menaced with envelop-
ment by combined attack from
forces coming from Metz and the
crown princes army in front, sent
his cavalry against the forces from
Metz and continued his infantry at
tacks in front. Fresh troops from
Strassburg resumed the violent but
vain attacks upon the. heights of
Amance. The German losses here
were extremely heavy, but less than
on the Heights of Sainte-Genevieve,
where de Castelnau's troops inflicted
such losses on the Bavarian rein
forcements from Metz that they were
obliged to retire upon the village of
Alton.
Dubail, obliged to abandon Lune-
Vile to the enemy, held them in
check. elsewhere and retook the sum-
NIT Of Mandroy and Fourmeaux.
September 8.
The position of the army of Paris
which had become critical the even
ing of the 9Th, had not improved the
morning of the 9th. Heavily out
numbered, it appeared little likely
that the position could be held with
out reinforcements. Gen. Joffre or
dered Maunoury to resist just the
same to the last man. The forma-
ton 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 18th corps, pit
ted against one entire division, be-
gan an attack at Marville, and the
action became general, During nine
hours the battle waged necessarily.
Encouraged by news Of successes Of
the other armies, Maunoury's men re-
doubled their assaults. Gen. ,Mangin,
with the .5th division, by desperate
charge near Asy-en-Multien, hurled
back the forces in front of him,
nearly destroying the regiment of
Magdeburg. Bayonet charges by the
African troops relieved the pressure
near Hayden-Multien, and toward the
end of the day the Germans, having
lost nearly half their, force, we're re-
pulsed all along the line of the army
of Paris. The 4th corps of Landwehr
was signalled coming to the relief Of
Won Kluck's. flank from Bethel,
Maunoury's army was exposed to a
decisive attack by fresh troops.
Maunoury appealed to Gen. Gallieni.
The governor of Paris requisitioned
5000 taxi-automobiles drays, etc.,
and sent 10000 men to his support
across Paris. ...,.
!, Nanteuil-le-Haudoin and it's vast
petroleum stocks were in flames. The
troops, most Of them, had been with
out food for three days only the
Moors, 1habituated 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 Won Kluck's
centre 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 engineers succeeded in throw
ing a bridge across the Marine at
Vareddes threatening g Won Kluck's
rear. They crossed at La Ferte-sous-
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 tra-
versing both squadrons, then charged
the man gain in front. ...-
Germans Retreat.
Won Kluck's entire army was now
in full retreat, abandoning wounded