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Show REASON GIVEN FOR GERMAN RETREAT Lomdon, Oct. 7, 3:18 a m The Dally Mail correspondent in France gives a new version of the reason for the German retreat from Paris. He says that the moment General Joffr, the French commander In chief, decided de-cided to arrest his retreat and face the Germans on the Marne. ih" French general. Foch, who was retiring retir-ing south of Chalon6. discovered by an aeroplane reconnaissance that two Unrman armies had failed to make a Junction and had loft a considerable gap In tho neighborhood of Vity-le-Francols I General Foch thrust a large wedge I of men, supported by strong artll lery. Into this gap and had them well established before the Germans discovered dis-covered their oversight, with the result re-sult that there was a German panic and retreat, in which the Germans . suffered heavily. |