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Show DIARY GIVES WARJESUME French Citizen Records Daily Doings in His Section of Country. Paris. Sept. 17. 5:20 a. m. The following fol-lowing extracts from the diary of a citizen of Crepy-En-Valois, published today in the Petit Parisian gives a graphic resume of the varying fortunes for-tunes of the battle of the Marne. "August 30 Passage of English troops. 10,000 men. August 31 Arrival Ar-rival of French wounded. September 1 Cannonade patrol of Uhlans arrives ar-rives and Taube (German typo of aeroplane) throws a bomb Officials flee with part of population; of 5200 only 1400 remain "September 2 German troops passed. General makes formidable requisitions on town and fires a fire of 100,000 francs ($20,000) per day for delay. First vicar captured and ten other citizens taken as hostages. Systematical pillage commonccd yesterday yes-terday continues. "September 3 Continual cortege of troops Some set fire to houses for amusement. September 4 All Ger manB have passed. Heavy firing toward to-ward Nanteull "September 5 Germans come back, pillage resumed September b' First wounded Frenchman arrived. Indecision apparent among German troops, don t know whether go south or north "September 7 Cannonading resum-ed resum-ed furiously. German aeroplane throws bomb on a factor transformed transform-ed into a hospital. A Taubo brought down at the station. The French arrive ar-rive and capture German stores "September 2 A Taube aeroplane catches fire and falls toward Feinles. Cannonading continues without re spite September French cavalry retreats re-treats and Germans come back to town at noon and pillage is resumed. "September 10 Germans blow up the Senlis bridge and leave toward Complegne The French come back. September 11 A train of French engineers en-gineers arrives. September 12 There is a continual passage of English and French troops September 13 Paris newspapers arrive. Calm and general Joy prevail." |