distinguishing mark
and was assumed to belong to the latter, though it is now known that it
also must have been a German craft.

The orders of the Royal Flying Corps are to attack Zeppelins at once,
and there is some disappointment at the absence of those targets.

The following special order has been issued today to the troops:

"Special Order of the Day,
By Field Marshal Sir John French,
G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G.,
Commander in Chief of the British Army in the Field.

"September 17, 1914.

"Once more I have to express my deep appreciation of the splendid
behavior of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the
army under my command throughout the great battle of the Aisne,
which has been in progress since the evening of the 12th inst., and
the battle of the Marne, which lasted from the morning of the 6th
to the evening of the 10th and finally ended in the precipitate
flight of the enemy.

"When we were brought face to face with a position of extraordinary
strength, carefully intrenched and prepared for defense by an army
and staff which are thorough adepts in such work, throughout the
13th and 14th, that position was most gallantly attacked by the
British forces and the passage of the Aisne effected. This is the
third day the troops have been gallantly holding the position they
have gained against most desperate counter-attacks and the hail of
heavy artillery.

"I am unable to find adequately words in which to express the
admiration I feel for their magnificent conduct.

"The French armies on our right and left are making good progress,
and I feel sure that we have only to hold on with tenacity to the
ground we have won for a very short time longer when the Allies
will be again in full pursuit of a beaten enemy.

"The self-sacrificing devotion and splendid spirit of the British
army in France will carry all before it.

"J.D.P. FRENCH, Field Marshall,

"Commander in Chief of the British Army in the Field."

II.

*The Slow Fight on the Aisne.*

[Made Public Sept. 24.]

The enemy is still maintaining himself along the whole front, and, in
order to do so, is throwing into the fight detachments composed of units
from different formations, the active army, reserve, and Landwehr, as is
shown by the uniforms of the prisoners recently captur