The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-07

wounded and material and losing I prisoners. The British forces diseoN- cred that von kIueISs troops lacked ammunition for their MauseEs. Many hands of the British army during the day. The army of F'ranchet d'Esperey advanced in unison with the British troops close upon the heels of the
 enemy, and only the German batter Chateau-Thierry, saved the, retreat from developing into a rout The German losses on this front exceeded even those of the left. At Esternay they left 5000 unbtlried dead after four days fighting. Near Chateau Fhferry they had emptied the reser- vofr that supplied Paris with water from the Nes1eS filled it with dead and covered the bodies with earth. Foch pushed ahead also with the seventh Army after the capture of Mondement, throwing the Prussian Guard into the marshes of Saint Gond- stubborn resistance was of fered there in the. parts where. de- fense works could De organized. Fsocll succeeded in taking these works in the rear, driving thousands of hte Guard so preeipitateIy from the safe routes that they sank into the slime of the marshes. Several batteries of artillery were lost there and the Sew Seventh Army took many prisoners.
 The army of Langle de Cary, press ed by fresh troops brought from Bel giun1, maintained it's positions, while Sarrai1 repuIsed a violent attack on von Heeringen with the Sixteenth Corps
 As the result of the bloody battles of Dieu1ouard and Safnte- Genevieve Nancy was entirely dIsengaged and the Bavarians retired from, Pont-a- Mousson into the Bois Le Petre, and DubaiI in the Vosges progressed in the regions of LfnevfEle and Baecarat.
 September 10.
 The morning of the 10th General MaunouFy was informed of the gen era1 retreat of the armies of von Kluck, won BueloW and von Hausen Vareddes and Lizy-sur- -Ouhcq, evacu- ated in haste. were found crowded with German wounded. At Etrepilly piles of carbonized bodies were seen in all the ravines and thiclSetS, be- hind hedges and generally at every spot where the soldier seeks protec- ton. e#
 The British troops, continuing their pursuit, took 13 more cannon and a 1 few hundred prisoners and great con voys of supplies and annunftidn- The army of F'ranchet -d'Esperey, ih spite of the fatigue of five days fighting I after 14 days retreat, forced it's ad- ] vance and reached the line of Cha u1Thferry-Dornans, taking four cannon, 1,500 prisoners and a convoy of 50 baggage wagons. The losses of -von Buelow,s army on this front were nearly equal to-von KQck's.
 Foch's Seventh Army, marching on Epernay and S ChaIons-sur- -Marne, took prisoners and booty and$ sup ported the army of General Langle de Cary by attacking in flank the forces of the Duke of Wuerttenberg,t LangIe de Cary entered Vitry-1e-Francois which was full of wounded and pro gressed toward Sermaize. The 4strug- gle between the Crown Prince and Sarraik was still undecided. At Thri- aucourt SerraiI captured, ammunition and on the other side of kthe Mouse | the Germans completed the destruc- | ton of the forts of Tyran and attack l ed SarraiFs rear, but were repulsed.s They tried to cross the. Mouse lower 1 French three-inch guns destroyed | each bridge as soon as thrown across. |
 The 11th, the army of the Duke of | vigorously attacked in | the center, gave way and -retreated in l disorder, while the armies of von | took up positions on the line of the 1 Aisne.
 This was practically the termina- ton of the battle, though the army of the Crown Prince held it's ground un- til the 12th, when it began to retire slowly.
 The best estimates of the forces en- gagged placed the Germans at 1,275,-t 900 and the Allies at. 1,125, ,OOO.z The French are said to have lost 3O,OOO killed. The Germans left 5O,OOO dead, while 250 ,0OO wounded of both armies were picked up during and after the battle by the Allies stretcher bearers. The number of prisoners taken is still