Mr. Philip (bbs sent the following despatch to the ww York Times' and "Daily Chronick on September 14:—Chartres, Sept. 14.
The centre as well as the right of the German Army is in full retreat, fighting a desperate rearguard ae: tion all along the line, pursued and harassed by the French and British forces acting vigorously on the offensive So much is already known, 1 suppose, from the official bulletins, but writing after several weeks in the war zone behind the lines of the Allies and in the midst of the historic scenes belonging to this great drama of nations, 1 may able in this despatch to explain some of the reasons for the German rout, which must seem mysterious after the triumph of their march through France, and to bring home to the imagination of readers something at least of the grim and terri ble realities which are the inevitable companions of the victory and defeat.
The causes of this sudden turn in the wheel of fate are moral as well as physical. I have already explained in my despatches how, when the Germans were at the very gates of Paris, the French nation, by the magnificent mobility with which they changed the disposition of their armies and concentrated an immense force upon the danger line, threatening the enemy's right line of communication. I also described the master stroke of audacity with which the Prussian Generals countered this stroke by their sudden change of front, risking all their fate upon the chances of a great battle which should break the allied armies in twain,
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