Aisne

The Aisne is a sluggish stream of some 170 feet in breadth, but, being

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various

The weather was also fine on Sept. 22 with less wind, and it was one of the most uneventful days we have passed since we reached the Aisne, that is, uneventful for the British.

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various

But the bridge on the Aisne was a menace; our safety demanded its fall: 15

The Hell-Gate of Soissons 1917

But the bridge on the Aisne was a menace; our safety demanded its fall:

A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 George Herbert Clarke 1913

To be considered almost as a part of the advance upon the Aisne were the bombardments of Soissons and of Rheims, the former being a part of the first phase of the Aisne battles, the second belonging to the second phase.

The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902

The essential factor of the Aisne was the arrival of General von Zwehl and his guns.

The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902

Not in the days of the Marne, nor in the trying days of Ypres or the Aisne was the tension so terrible as it is now.

On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes Mildred Aldrich 1890

The Aisne is a sluggish stream of some 170 ft. in breadth, but, being

1914 John Denton Pinkstone French 1888

After he perceived that all the forces of the Belgae, which had been collected in one place, were approaching toward him, and learned from the scouts whom he had sent out, and [also] from the Remi, that they were then not far distant, he hastened to lead his army over the Aisne, which is on the borders of the Remi, and there pitched his camp.

Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius. 1869

During Ludendorff's Spring Offensive of 1918, he was defeated at Aisne (May 1918).

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008