| The English Army had left the Aisne to operate in the north. |
| The credit for the crossing of the Aisne lies with the British troops. |
| At 3.0 in the morning they reached the Aisne, where they lay down and slept. |
| Eventually, they were forced to retreat, and moved north to the River Aisne where they dug in, setting the pattern of trench warfare for the next four years. |
| On the Aisne they were first used to observe for the artillery. |
| Since then they had clung desperately to this ridge, which dominates the valley of the Aisne and the ailette Valley. |
