rilliant struggle forced the
passage of the Little Morin. The Fifth French Army under General
Franchet d'Esperey made the same advance. It drove back the three
active army corps of the Germans and the reserve corps that it
found facing it. On September 7 it pressed forward to the
Courtacon-Cerneux-Monceaux-les-Provins-Courgivaux-Esternay line.
During the days that followed it reached and crossed the Marne,
capturing in fierce combats some howitzers and machine guns.

"General Foch showed admirable sang-froid and energy. At the most
critical moment, the decisive hour of the battle, he accomplished a
magnificent maneuver, which is known under the name of the _maneuver
of Fere Champenoise_. Foch noted a rift between the German army of
Von Buelow and that of Von Hausen. The German Guard was engaged
with the Tenth Division of the reserve in the region of the marshes
of St. Gond.

"On September 9 Foch resolutely threw into this rift the Forty-Second
Division under General Grossetti, which was at his left, and his
army corps of the left. He thus made a flank attack on the German
forces, notably the Guard which had bent back his army corps on
the right. The effect produced by the flank attack of Manoury on
the right of General von Kluck's army was renewed here. The enemy,
taken aback by this audacious maneuver, did not resist and made a
precipitate retreat. On the evening of the 9th the game was thus
lost to the Germans. Their armies of the right and of the center
were beaten and the retreat followed. The Imperial Guard left in
the marshes of St. Gond more than 8,000 men and almost all its
artillery. Victory henceforth began to perch on the Allied banners
over all the vast battle field."

Such was this battle of seven days in which almost 3,000,000 men
were engaged. If it is examined in its ensemble, it will be seen
that each French army advanced step by step, opening up the road
to the neighboring army, which immediately gave it support, and
then striking at the flank of the enemy which the other attacked
in front. The efforts of the one were closely coordinated with
the efforts of the other. A deep unity of ideas, of methods, and
of courage animated the whole Allied line.

[Illustration: FRENCH AND BRITISH ALLIES RALLY TO SAVE PARIS.

BRITISH INFANTRY AND LONDON SCOTTISH. DESTRUCTION AT YPRES, LILLE,
AND ANTWERP. FRENCH ARMIES

A military observer stationed in one of the many ruined chateaux
in northern France. The c