That evening Field-Marshal Sir John French issued the following orders:
(1) The enemy has apparently abandoned the idea of advancing on Paris and is contracting his front and moving south-east.
(2) The Army will advance eastward with a view to attacking. Its left will be covered by the French Sixth Army also marching east, and its right will be linked to the French Fifth Army marching north.
(3) In pursuance of the above the following moves will take place, the Army facing east on completion of the movement.
First Corps: right on La-Chapelle-Iger, left on Lumigny, move to be completed 9 A.M.
Second Corps: right on La Houssaye, left in neighbourhood of Villeneuve, move to be completed 10 A.M.
Third Corps: facing east in the neighbourhood of Bailly, move to be completed 10 A.M.
Cavalry Division (less 3rd and 5th Brigades): to guard front and flanks of First Corps on the line Jouy-le-Chatel (connecting the French Fifth Army)—Coulommiers (connecting the 3rd and 5th Brigades). The 3rd and 5th Cavalry Brigades will cease to be under the orders of the First Corps and will act in concert under instructions issued by Brigadier-General Gough. They will cover the Second Corps connecting with the Cavalry Division on the right and with the Sixth French Army on the left.
Sept. 6.
Sunday, the 6th, was the joyful day when there came this turn of the tide, and that morning Sir John French issued an order to his Army in which he said: