The position was dangerous for the Allies, and was made still worse by the appearance on the scene of the Germans had obtained the another German army, a Landwebr range of the Hotel de Ville to a corps which hed been recalled from nicety, they fired sixty-nine shells the west and began to thres-at it in one day. The last of them ten the rear of the French. To hit the belfry fair and square, and meet this mew danger, Gen. down it came, The target having Manoury had to bring his two left been shot away, the guns ceased divisions back. His line of battle, fre. which previously looked eastward, now faced the north, and the ori The Great Fight Round Paris. ginal plan of surrounding the en-From an interesting retrospective emy could not be carried out. On account which the censor has al- September 9 the fighting became lowed the papers to publish, we more and more severe, particularly have at last obtained " fairly clear on the left, where the French began account of the operations at the to give ground. most critical period of the cam-Tu the afternoon Gen. Joffre inpaign, when the allied forces were formed Gen. Manoury that the retreating to the south and the Germans had met with severe Germans were approaching Paris. verses on the rest of the front and Exclusive of the Paris army pro-that it was absolutely necessary to per, under the Military Governor, renew the attempt to get round on General Gallieni, there wae only von Kluck's right. Manoury
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