Demoralised enemy

Allies win the great battle

Victory all along the line

A disorderly retreat In five days fighting in a battle of magnitude never before been known in which some three million men have been engaged, the Anglo French forces have triumphed over the great German army.

The enemy have been driven back nearly 50 miles from the positions they occupied on Sunday and have been defeated all along the vast line.

In these wonderful achievements the British army again bore a great share for it was their terrific attack which forced the enemy across the Marne but it should not be forgotten that the bulk of fighting in this great battle is being done by Frenchmen who are advancing with a swift steadiness which was never excelled in Napoleons day.

Enemy's enormous losses Five times those of the allies Sixteen attempts to construct bridges The Anglo French forces which repulsed the Germans on the banks of the Marne inflicted enormous losses on their men and on their war material.

In one place especially the enemy's losses amounted to five times those of the allies. The Germans made incredible efforts to cross the Marne, the French having destroyed all the bridges Sixteen times the bridges were on the point of completion but were reduced to matchwood by the French artillery.

The sanitary services worked admirably, all the wounded were taken away to hospitals and the dead interred. There remains nothing on the immense plain where the battle took place the day before yesterday but little mounds of the soldiers tombs surrounded by crosses covered with flowers and coloured flags.

The debris of clothing, equipment, unexplored shells and a few bodies of the dead horses still recall the terrible struggle. The inhabitants of neighbouring villages who left at the last possible moment have returned to their homes and are continuing their ordinary occupations with admirable coolness.

Tribute to the British troops For a long time the marvellous qualities of the British soldier have been well known and they have been demonstrated anew in this rough campaign in a manner which imposes respect and excites in France a feeling of deep gratitude. During the whole campaign the British expeditionary force has contested every foot of ground with forces greatly it's superior in number. At this very moment this force in cooperation with our troops on the left wing has resumed the offensive with superb determination and is pursuing the enemy which has been forced back beyond the Marne .

The principal characteristics of the British soldier is coolness and discipline in every trial and energy and strength which never yield but oppose like a wall of iron the assaults of the most formidable foes