Mr. Philip Gibbs, special correspondent of the " Daily Chronicle" and the "New York Times," telegraphing from near Amiens on August 30, describes the retirement of the allied armies towards Paris. He says, in part:
German audacity of attack against the heroic courage of the French and British forces, who fight every milo of ground during their retirement, is leading the enemy into a Position from which there will be no retreat if their lines are broken. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of people who know nothing of the great issues and who are possessed by the great, blind fear which has driven them from their towns, villages, and homes.
When the Germans swept around Lille they found, to their amazement, that this town, surrounded by forts, had been abandoned, and they had only to walk inside. This cay access to " town which should have been defended to the last gasp opened the way to the west of France.
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