Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-27


ed Press has received the second In
stnlmcnt of the historical review
cmnnatlng from French officia
sources Of the operations in the west
orn theatcr Of war, from its begin
ming up to the end of January.
il SHOULD ne understood Fiat tn,
narrative ls made purely from tn,
French standpoint The addl.iona
lnatalinent Of the document is as fol
lows:
Victory OF the Marine. Sept TO f.
If one examines on the map IN,
respective positions of the German
and French armies on September 6
a8 previously described. it viii b.
sen that by his infection towart
McauN and Coulommers. Genera
Won kluck was exposing his right I,
the offensive action of our left Thi,
is the starting point Of the victory oi
the Marine.
The evening Of September o. oui
left army had reached The From
Penchard-Saiut-So uflet-Ver ON IN,
9Th and 7th it continued it's attack,
vigorously with Aurcq as objective
ON the evening Of the 7th II was som,
OF the Chamhry- Marcilly-L isioux-Acy
En- Multein, ON the Sth, the German.
who had in great haste, reinforced
their right by bringing their second
ana fourth army corps back to the
north. obtained some successes by at.
lacks Of extreme violence They Oc.
cuplcd BctZ. Thury- En- Valois and
Nanteuil-le- llaudouin. Hut in spite OF
this pressure, our troops held theii
ground Well In brilliant actor
they took three standards and. bcinl
reinforced, prepared a new attack on
the 10th At the moment that This
attack was about 10 begin the enemy
was already in retreat toward tn,
south, The attack became pursuit.
ana on the 18TH we established our
selves On the Aisne.
Kluolc's Left Threatened.
Why ala the German forces, whicl
were confronting as 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 Il
the north to face our left, the enemy
had exposed his left to the attacks o.
the British army which had immcdi
atcly faced round toward the north
and to those Of our armies which wer,
prolongng the English lines TO tn,
right. This Is what the French com
mander had sought to bring about
This is what happened on Septcmbei
Sth and allowed of the development
OF tho rehabilitation which It was tc
effect,
on the 9Th, the British army had
set out from the line Ro2cy -LadgnS
and had that evening reached the
southwark bank of the Grand MORN
ON tho I'm and Sth Il continued its
march and on the 9th had debouched
to the north of the Marine below Cha
tcau-thloUY taking In flank the Ger
man forces which on that day were
opposing, on the Ourcq our left army
Then IL was that these forces began
to retreat while the British army goo
ing in pursuit and capturing seven
guns and many prisoners, reached the
Nlsne between scissors and Tongue.
val
Most Effective Offensive,
The role of the French army which
was operating to the right of the Brit
ish army was three fold il had to-
support cur center which, from The
eth Of September, had been subjected
to German attack OF great violence.
Finally. rs mission WAS 70 throw back
the three active army corps and the
reserve corps which faced IT, ON the
eth it made a leap forward and ON the
following days reached ana crossed
the Marine, Selling after desperate
fighting. guns. hOwitzers, miltrail-
ltuses ana 100000 cartridges on
the 18TH il established itself on the
portI edge OF the Montlgne-de- Refine
i'm contact with our center, which for
It's part had just forced the enemy To
retreat I'M haste.
Action of Ferret hampcauN.
our eantcr consisted of new army
,reated ON August 29th and one of
those which at the beginning of tho
,ampaieu had been engaged In Bel
siun IMNemburr The first had re-
treated on August 80 to september D.
from tho Aisue 10 the north OF tho
Marine aud occupied the general lrohl
II SeYaune Maily The second, more
10 the east. had drawn back to the
,outh of the line ilumhauyllle-Cha-
TEAM Beauchamp- observation-disclosures
Naurupt-le- MontoN
The enemy i'm view of his right ne
np arrested and the defeat of ms en-
clipping movement made a desperate
.lfort from the eth To the l0th TO
,ierce our center TO the west ana 10
he east OF FerochampeauN. ON the
,th, he succeeded in forcing back the
irht of our new army which retired
IS far as Gourgancon on the s'h
Il 6 o'clock in the morning, there was
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