General Sir John French, reporting on the proceedings of the force up to September 7, says:—"The transport of troops from England by sea and rail was effected ...
Article : 1,086 words"At mid-day on the 7th the English artillery came up, and handled their guns as if on the parade ground, though the German shell fire was hot, and the screams ...
Article : 227 wordsDuring the German advance on the Marne a body of the enemy occupied a portion of the forest of Crecy. They were discovered by British patrols, who warned ...
Article : 152 wordsVisitors to the battlefield between Meaux, and Penchard, the scene of the week's fighting, state that they saw hundreds of bodies of dead Germans piled in heaps and ...
Article : 273 wordsThe progress of the Allies in driving the Germans back is strikingly illustrated in the map. Little over a week ago the respective along the Marne, between Paris and Chalons, and extending thence to Verdun. Now, however, the Germans have been driven back beyond Compiegne and Soissons and on the right to Montfaucon, while on the left they have been forced back north of Amiens. The shaded portion of the north-west of France is either of the enemy. In Belgium a struggle is in progress about, the triangle formed by Brussels, Louvain, and Malines. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 107 wordsMr. Maxwell (war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") states that the Germans are fairly on the run and utterly routed. The centre is defeated ...
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Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Sat 19 Sep 1914, Page 45
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