"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 crumbling walls have been strengthened by sand bags] [Illustration: A remarkable photograph of an actual bayonet charge by French soldiers typical of the gallantry and spirit they display in action] [Illustration: A British naval brigade, sent to aid in the defense of Antwerp, holding a road at Lierre. They are supported by a Maxim gun] [Illustration: The city of Lille, France, under fire. During the Great War this city has suffered bombardment by both Allies and Germans] [Illustration: A remarkable photograph taken during the bombardment of Antwerp, showing the falling wall of a house that has been struck by a German shell] [Illustration: Drawn by R. Caton Woodville. Fighting from house to house in Ypres, afterward but a ruin. Because of its strategic position, Allies and Germans have battled repeatedly for its possession. ] [Illustration: Drawn by H. W. Koekkoek. A village in the Argonne, occupied alternately by French and German troops in the autumn of 1914. The French finally reported "a slight advance in the Argonne"] [Illustration: Drawn by R. Caton Woodville. The London Scottish re-forming for a third charge, in which they succeeded in taking and occupying Messines October 31, 1914] * * * * * CHAPTER XIX "CROSSING THE AISNE"