RENEWED ACTIVITY OF GERMANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 5

RENEWED ACTIVITY OF GERMANS

FIVE ATTACKS ON BRITISH LINES HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES EAST OF YPRES . , , m , „ Paris. January 26. A communique states: The Germans were repulsed ease of Ypres three Kunftfed being killed. ' . ' The enemy made five attacks on thnßritlsh lines at Givenchy and Guinclfy (both just west of La Bassee), and made elight progress. They were tben repulsed, leaving many, dead and sixty prisoners. The Germans penetrated our trenches west of Craonne (elweh miles southoast of Laon), but our counter-attack recaptured them all except one. where the struggle continues. TRENCHES RECOVERED AND POSITIONS REOCCUPIED. • , (Rec. January 27, 9.25 p.m.) . ' Paris, January 27. Official—The British have reoccupied the "positions at Givenchy after hot fighting on the Bethune-Le Bassee Road. The Germans penetrating the trenches westward of Craonne were thrown into complete confusion by aerial bombs; we then counter-attacked, recovering a portion of the ground. We recovered the trenches, near Saint Hubert and Fontainmadame. GREAT AND DECISIVE BATTLE AT GIVENCHY HOW THE BRITISH BEAT BACK THE GERMANS. . ' (Rec. January 27, 11.15 p.m.) v ■ . London, January 27. Twenty-five thousand on both sides were engaged in the Givenchy Battle. An officer states: "After three hours of all sorts of hell we retook the trenches. "The first indication of an attack came from a Hanoverian soldier, who deserted and toppled into the British trench. He announced that the Germans would attack in force early in the morning .and spoke the truth. "The Germans quitted the trenches and advanced in a dense mass. They reeled under the withering rifle and machine fire. "Those who managed to got unscathed within 15 yards of our. trenches threw grenades, which wrought death and destruction in our ranks. "The Germans swept into our art ranced line by shear weight of numbers, and a mortal combat at close quarters ensued. Meanwhile the Germans swept the space between our firing and support trench with shrapnel, "We lost heavily retiring, and two companies of a famous Scots regiment were badly cut up. "The German tide rushed on two points about four hundred yards distant before they wero shattered by a crack British corps behind. "The Hanoverians were no_ better than the Bavarians or the Prussians in the hand-to-hand fight with Britons, who, with clubbed rifles and bayonets, fell upon what remained. - "The Germans, who were crumpled up, surrendered in groups." VIOLENT OFFENSIYE' IN THE TOSGES PROJECTED. London, January 26. Berne reports that tie Germans are making great preparations in Alsace. It is believed they are about to begin a violent offensive in tho Yosges. . The railroads in southern Germany tavo 'been reserved for the transportation of troops to the frontier. RECAPTURE OF THANN ORDERED" BY THE KAISER, (Rec. January 27, 5.30 p.m.) w_ London, January 26. The Kaiser has ordered tho recapture of Thann (in Alsace) at any cost. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" services.