On Wednesday the enemy continued to expand his advancing front.
The French report of that night recorded the lose of the Vregny Plateau, and the taking of Soissons from the west ; while on the other " horn " of the thrust the enemy was closing in upon Reims, our troops having withdrawn slowly from St. Thierry. In the centre, along the line of the railway from Reims to Paris, the Germans had taken the heights south of the Vesle and made progress towards the Maine. By Wednesday their claim of prisoners had increased to twenty-five thousand, including one French and one British 'General. The loss of Soissons, abandoned after a bitter defence, while of no special military importance, marks a definite stage in theGerman rush towards Paris. Since Monday the Germans have advanced about fifteen miles on a front of fully thirty miles. Writing on Thursday, we cannot record any signs of a definite check, but we are none the less confident that the enemy's thrust will be stayed, as it was some two months ago. Paris is not perturbed. and her spirit is that of the Allied troops, who have never shown greater gallantry and determination in fighting against heavy odds.
