Late September 1914

DRIVEN SEVEN MILES

German West Wing Forced Back By Advance of Allies

ON THE BATTLE FRONT, Sept 22.- The western wing of the German line has been thrust back about seven miles during the last 48 hours as a sequel to continuous fighting night and day.

Both armies, despite almost superhuman fatigues, show the utmost determination not to yield an inch of ground, without a terrible struggle, but the fresher troops at the disposal of the allied commanders, have gradually forced the Germans to recede.

The Turcos (Turks) are adding daily to their record of daring achievements. Late Sunday night in a costly bayonet encounter they broke through the German lines without firing more than a few shots, recaptured and brought back four field guns which the French troops had abandoned the previous day. They seemed to disdain the murderous rile and machine gunfire poured into them, refusing to listen to the officers who tried to keep them under cover.

Cold steel yesterday again played a big part in the battle of the big hosts fighting along the Aisne, the Oise, and Woevre. (France) The most remarkable point about the encounters is that the troops scarcely see each other before they actually come hand to hand.

The recklessness displayed at the beginning of the hostilities, with the resultant carnage through the machine guns, has almost disappeared and every movement of the attacking and defending troops is carried out with the utmost caution until the moment of actual contact.

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The above article was published one day after the Schlieffen timetable had forecast that the German soldiers would be marching beneath the Arc de Triomphe. France would be eliminated from the war. This was not to be.

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Published Sept 22, 1914

Aylmer Express Newspaper

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