The Washington times., 1918-07-16

left wing resting Sn the Marne in
contact with Won Kluck's rear guard.
To the eastward, D'Esperey captured
Montmirail. on the Petit Norm, which
feat caused the exposure Of Won Blu
lows right flank. During the night
Foch discovered this. and thrusting
forward his left wing in the darkness,
he succeeded in getting a position well
to the west of Won Bulow. But,
through his air scouts, Foch now made
much more important discovery.
For some reason not yet explained
but probably owing to the shifting of
troops to Russia, gap had been form
ed between Won Bulow's left and Won
Hausen's rightA Foch. made a daring
move. He pushed his right wing for
ward, and drove a wedge between the
tAVo German armies.
\ Up to this time the weather had
been very hot and dry, but on the
night of September s a heavy rain set
in, which continued on the 9th. The
record for this day is that Maunoury
finally won the line of the Ourcq: the
British forced the passage of the
Petit Norm. and evening found them
camped within several miles OF the
Marne, with Won Kluck in full sre-
treat; D'Esperey advanced from Mont
mirail, and got in touch with the
British right at Chateau-Thierry by
nightfaI. The German right was
aow hopelessly broken; Won Bulow
was too far to the south of Won Kluck,
and in danger both from D'Esperey
and Foch. The latter did indeed furi-
ously attack Won Bulow's right in
the stormy dawn Of September 0, and
1t was compelled to fall back. The
path lay through an area OF reclaimed
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Gond-now made into an impenetrable
morass by the deluge OF rain Into
this, two of Won Bulow's corps-one
of them the Prussian Guard-were
driven during the night Of September
o. In the morning they got TO higher
ground, with the loss OF many men
taken prisoners, and at least forty
guns.
The Battle Ends.
Won Bulow's left and Won Hansen
were in equally bad straits. At this
part of the line the French were
splendidly equipped with artillery;
L'AngIe de Cary and Foch both made
direct attacks, and their 75-millimeter
guns did terrible execution. BY even
ing Won Bulow had fallen back sew
eral miles toward Epernay, while Won
Hansen was driven almost into
Chalons The German armies were
now REINFORCED by troops disengaged
through the fall of Maubeuge and
from Alsace, but they were unable to
hold the allies victorious advance.
The imperial crown prince tried in
vain TO drive a wedge between the
French right and the front on the
Mouse.
BY the evening OF September 10 the
battle was practically over, and had
assumed, on the part Of the allies, the
character of a drive. The British
were we'll across the Marine, Foch was
close to Chalons, and L'Angle de Cary
was in possession OF Vitry. On the
18th the Sixth army was marching by
the right bank of the Ourcq toward
Compeigne; the British crossed the
upper Ourcq;. Foch entered Chalons
and followed Won Bulow to the neigh
borhood of Rheims. BY the 18th the
Germans had reached their previously
prepared position along the line of
the Aisne.
The chief result OF this memorable
week was that II eliminated the factor
of the speedy crushing Of France
from the Teutons' plans, where II. had
appeared very largely in their calcula-
tions. Many students of the war
have declared that it put the seal of
failure upon Germany's great ad-
venture in the west.