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Show TURKOS DISOBEY ORDERS AND MAKE FIERCE CHARGE ON THE BATTLE JEONT Sept 21 ia Pars 36 p m The western nln of t e Uerman ne has been thrust back about seven ml es dur ng he last fo t e ght hours as a eque to con inuo s flgn ng n g t a d da Bo desp e a most superhuman fa t sue show the utn ost de ermUia on not to yed an n of grou d wl hout a ternb e st ule but tl e f esher troops at tie d spoa of the-allied commandeis a e gradual y fo ced tl e Germans to re cede The Turcos are add n da v o the r record of daring achievements Late last ight n a costly bayonet encounter tl ey. broke thrpujn the Ge man I nes without firing more than a few -shots and recaptured and brought back four fed guns wh ch the Fren 1 t oops 1 ad abandoned tl e pre -tous das T ey seemed to dlsda n the nurderous rifle ana ma h ne gun fire poured nto them re fus ng to sten to t e officers who tr ed to keep them under co er Co d steel again played a cons derab e part n the batt e of the enormous osts f ghting a ong the Aisnev the O se and oevre. The most remarkab e po nt about the encounters is t at the troops scarcely see each other before they actua j come hand o hand The reck essness dlsp ayed at the be g nning of he hostil t es vntj he re su tant carnage throu-1 the machine guna. lias a'mo t d sappearea and every n ovement of the attacking and defend ng troops Is carried out w tl the utmo t caution until the moment fit actual con tact The Germans hare suffered most n these engagements for the French roops from Afr ca and the Br tlsh nfantr are adepts wl h the bayonet and the a t n the trenches un the r ad ersa les are so close that a qu ck dash brings hemv together General Joffre wl o s enjoying robust hea th holds in hi lands even, pha e of the battle Behind the firing e the commander of the al les confers da y with the generals in charge of the a rious al led forces He has created a fee g of the greatest cheerfulness and conf denoe among the office s and men by his abso ute indifference to po it al a d. other influences and by his des re to spare them sacrifices The country beh nd t e French army s be ng rapid y repopu ated Herds of catte1 and sheep m ng e with sup"p J ra ns along he roads lead ng to the north They are being 1 omeward driven b peasants women old n en and boys |