Compiegne road Troop car moving towards Compiegne.
2-1/2 miles S.E. of
Cuvilly.

Estrees-St.-Denis. Squadrons at intervals down this
road from Roye. Just S. of
Estrees a Bde. of Cav. and one
battery halted clear of road.

Bazicourt. Cav. Inf. and Transport seen.
Squadron Cav. moving N. out of
Bazicourt. Inf.--much opened
out--moving east into Bazicourt
from Rosoy. Inf. looked in dark
uniform. Transport--some halted
and some moving south.

11.25 Sarron. 2 Regts. Cav. moving east from
Brenouille.

11.27 Pont-St.-Maxence. Motor Transport. Some halted.
Some going south.

No bridges over Oise appeared
to be destroyed. Some barges
might have been sunk in stream at
Compiegne.

(_Signed_) E. W. FURSE.

[Illustration: Map Illustrating Aerial Reconnaissance Area.
August 31st 1914.]

It will be seen that Captain E. W. Furse, when he picked up the enemy,
first observed Marwitz's cavalry corps which crossed the Oise at
Thourotte on the morning of the 31st. He then saw part of the German
Third Corps, which, after spending the night in Roye, moved on the 31st
through Lassigny, crossed the Oise at Ribecourt, and in the evening
reached Attichy on the Aisne. The remainder of the Third Corps moved on
Noyon and at night reached Vic on the Aisne. These movements on Noyon
and Ribecourt differed in direction from the previous movements of the
German left wing.

The reports supplement and confirm one another. Captain D. Le G.
Pitcher, of No. 4 Squadron, had gone up with Captain A. H. L. Soames
soon after 7.0 a.m., and had returned at 8.40 a.m. with the news of a
column stretching from Roye to Chevincourt. This information was at once
telephoned from the aerodrome at Senlis to General Headquarters. The
movements of some of the other formations of the German First Army were
also seen to have changed direction. Lieutenant C. G. Hosking and
Lieutenant K. P. Atkinson on a B.E. of No. 4 Squadron flew over Roye and