REMEMBER THE MARNE GENERAL JOFFRE'S ORDER TO HIS TROOPS

Evening Post, Volume xc, Issue 79, 1 October 1915, Page 7

REMEMBER THE MARNE GENERAL JOFFRE'S ORDER TO HIS TROOPS

(By Telegraph-— JPress Association. — Copyright.) (Received October 1, 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, 30th September. General Joffre's order before Saturday's attack was: "The offensive will be earned' on without truce or respite. Remember the Marne! Conquer - s ot di«f' ' SECOND DEFENSIVE POSITION GAINED AND HELD AT SEVERAL POINTS IN < CHAMPAGNE (Received' October 1, 10.20 a.m^ PARIS, 30th September/ A communique states : The enemy"s counter-attack on Artois was restricted to a most violent bombardment of onr new positions east of Souchez. We have gained a footing at several points in the enemy's second defensive position in the Champagne, and are firmly holding it. We even passed the second line at one point, but that progress was not maintained, owing to the enemy's violent curtains of fire and flanking bombardments., Our aviators bombarded the enemy's communications, and shells -were thrown on several railway stations, and also on a marching column at Somxnepy. (Received Octobear 1, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, 30th September. , A Reutef message states:— 'Paris, official: A footing has been gained in the second defensive line in Champagne. SEVERE BLOW ADMITTED. AMSTERDAM, 30th September. German newspapers admit that a severe blow has been struck on the west rront* A general, commenting on the Champagne position, said that the battle continues with fearful intensity, but a great break through has not occurred. He said, "We have been reinforced, but we must expect a heavy struggle. The French are in superior numbers, and are attacking with colossal fury." A SWIFT AND COSTLY RETREAT. (Received October 1, 8.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, 30th September. The newspaper American s correspondent states that 30,000 Germans fell OO ft sixteen mile front. The retreat was swift and costly, especially northwards of Beausejotir. The slaughter on the hill above the Dormoise River was appalling. The Frenchmen's impetuosity drove the enemy from the crest of the bill into the rivers The victors' shouts mingled with the screams of the fugitives. As they plunged into the swift current they were swept off clutching one another in death grips. At certain points the stream was fordable over the piled bodies. GERMAN DEAD FOUR DEEP AT LOOS. (Received OcfcobeF 1, 8.10 asm.) m. n j j -i j c , • PARIS, 30th September. The German dead were piled four deep m many parts of Loos. , The village was ".wrecked, the church is a shapeless mass, derricks and houses were blown to pieces, and hundreds of people were burned in the ruins.