Western Front: Aisne & Oise. French folding postcard map of the Aisne and Oise, number 3 from the series Les Cartes du Front. The map includes the Champagne front from Compiègne in the west to Chalons-sur-Marne in the east including Soissons, Chemin des Dammes, Laon, Reims, and Château Thierry.
Les Cartes du FrontNo. 3 — Aisne & OiseMaps of the FrontAisne & OiseEn vente chez tous les librairesLes Cartes du Fronttirées en 5 couleursFormat Dble. Carte-PostaleNo 1. Les Flandres- 2. Artois, Picardie- 3. Aisne & Oise- 4. Argonne — Côte de Meuse- 5. Lorraine- 6. Vosges et AlsaceA. Hatier. Editeur.8.Rue d'Assas, Paris.Outer front:Correspondence of the ArmiesMilitary Franchise
"On the left, the chief effort of the French Sixth Army had been made on the extreme flank at Noyon ; but there had also been hard fighting north of Soissons, and by the evening of the 17th the 45th French Division had gained at least a footing on the plateau of Cuffies (1 1/2 miles north of Soissons). But on that same evening the point of application of the outflanking movement was reported to have shifted from Noyon, westward and slightly northward, to Lagny and Lassigny."
After their defeat in the Battle of the Marne, the Germans retreated north to form a defensive line on the Aisne River. The French suffered heavy losses in frontal assaults during the Battle of the Aisne. By September 17, 1914, the enemies began trying to outflank each other on the western end of their lines, efforts that moved west and then north in the so-called Race to the Sea.
Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914, Vol. I, August to October by J. E. Edmonds, page 388, copyright © Second Edition 1925, publisher: MacMillan and Co., Limited, publication date: 1925
Soissons, 1914, September, 1914-09-17, Race to the Sea, Cuffies, Schwormstädt, Felix Schwormstädt, Battle of the Aisne
