France

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 25, 16 September 1914, Page 6

France

BATTLE OF THE MARNE*

TWENTY-ONE TRAINLOADS. OF ' BOOTY,/

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> JTJnitbd iPitiii; Aiaooiimfoii.] ■ (Received 10 a'.hi.) Paris,S;eptember • 15.. Twe.ntyr one trainlo'ads of "booty horn. the Mp,vne .w'liudi were brought to Yincennusincluded eleven guils, swaa rnqtot wagons'iuU v irfamm l iua'ti6iij tour Mitrailleuses, thieo aeroplanes.- iiud three lorriesjifllied with:helmets, riftea. and swords.

TWO METHODS OF WAR,

GENERAL JOFFRE'S REMARK

ON STRATEGY.

MASSED V. EXTENDED ORDER.

Paris, September 15. General Jofire is quoted us remarking: "Th;-re are two methods of n;uk- .; ing war. One is to employ troop*- in masses aiid the other is to' tight in 'extended order. The former, widen 's the Germans' method, is injme'riselv costly in life* Tlto Germans can' afford this practice .for. two roasons. First, thpir immense superiority m numbers, and seeoud;the Germans are disciplined to such aj*k>£reei-thut give an animal, unreasoning, Veehamcal •, obedience,,, and they fig best when cioso together and under, an personal .command,. On the. other;, hand, to. fightiu extended o<:dar. is tlw freuch way. In,accordance with, , their t»mpe raincut the French do■ not fight well when, wedged :like pricks. in a wall. A Frenchman. Is best unless. lie is: allowed a litl]e personal iiiitiaiivf.,., He Itecp.mas. irnpatii ent.'wilder 'eons'taut cqmniaud' and mechanical discipline;.'''; General' Joffre*.emphasised that i In

order : to. deteati, troops,,,)!! ..mass, with. ' troops lighting in-extended '. der, bo, « miis.fc,,,ftghfc on ; .a i. by - strong.forces supp<>t4ing extei .1 iiiiefc ai\d his front v '■', This is w-bai,GenevaJ-,jf.offr< -'•-•: r.one ahd'nad,led ,tli&.Gemianfivon hi* »'«crcat ;:from tt tliQ BcJgiau ■ fra'utjiei; to a battle-, ' . gricnuul;,pf- ; his ,o\vi|< chasing. >r 1 lit; ' enemy's present retieat shows the sl °* cum -of *ki%. |tr»'t&g ; \|i '■■:'''■

TRE A-C HfcßO.yS, >EN.E.M Y, HAC KEO ■'" ' tcTpieces."

. (Received 10 ; n..m.) Paris, September ,-15. t-a Bnving-.a 'recent, ehargo bt ; »£H Twelrt'h 'Lancers and Scots Greys on' a " body, .of German Jnfiintry the hitfcet; threw down;.their rifles^and .held ,wp their JjajndH v The British oiytfhy. en?-n'adJtf-.tho .impetus of the charge bo■junii .the- lines, ,cheiked^|;hfni.ss,ve*< and »oojier. weto tbe.Y uuiiisrpickep*. up their rifles, aad' bred «t»tht| baeks. of jhe who tu rued and . hacked ; the- trtradrnvrnts enemy to pieces. v V INVISIBLE CYCIJ6TB. BRILLIANT PIECI OF WORK BY BRITISH'-POR I^ . ("Received a.m.) London,-. September Jo. ■ Fifty- -Britjlsh, ejelists achieved a brilluiiitj.pitice.ef work.. ' Tltey jweve concealed at;SpinH,ey, -.on; the .edge of a. loreM'.near .the;, of- Ougohy, when-they say loO';A»Vman t rtr(K>pers enter the,wood. The cyclists .-left their machi.es throug ) ' the thickets and opened fire from v., iuvi#! deposition; 'Wifclha-iivo mi.utes the Gorman horses were pi 'inking in "all directions until eighty > iders were, killed: or• unhorsed. Finally, a party of French cavalry -.galloped up and captured the remainder.