Near the center of the line he saw a vast mass of men advancing and he spoke of it to Lannes.
"I've seen it already," said the Frenchman.

"That's where a great force of ours is cutting in between the German armies.

It's the movement that has saved France, and the mind that planned it was worth a million men to us today." "I can well believe it.

Now I see running between the hills a shining ribbon which I take to be a river." "That's the Marne.

If we can, we'll drive the Germans back across it.
Search the skies that way and see if you can find any of the Taubes." "I see some black specks which I take to be the German planes, but they don't grow." "Which indicates that they're not coming any nearer.