SHATTERED AND IN DISORDER

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 106, 31 October 1914, Page 7

SHATTERED AND IN DISORDER

THE GERMAN ARMY THAT MADE FOR CALAIS MAGNIFICENT CAVALRY CHARGES (By Telegraph. — Press Association. — Copyright.) > (Received October 31, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 30th October. Mr. Martin Donohoe, writing from Calais, states that the army that was attempting to reach its way to Calais retired shattered and in disorder. The battle reached the culminating point oh Wednesday, when the enemy was Hung back six miles in the direction of Ostend. Other correspondents at Amsterdam state that the Germans have practically fought themselves to a standstill. 'Ihey are entienching towards Ihielfc (twenty miles east of Dixmude), as a precaution in the event of a retreat. The Daily News correspondent on the Belgian frontier says the warships' bombardment ceased on Wednesday night, 'lhe troops took up the offensive at dawn. There were magniticent charges and dashing cavalry actions. The enemy fled at the first shock, but rallied, and his cavalry made a desperate effort to retake the position on the dunes, but the broken line was not able to re-form. The enemy then hurried back. THE FIGHTING GURKHA (Received October 31, 9 a.m.) PARIS, 30th October. The Germans call the Gurkhas tho "Black devils of the English." During the fighting on the Yscr, some c* x the trenches on the British flank •were empty, and the Germans occupied them. The Gurkhas, who were in reserve, saw their opportunity. Iheir excitement amounted to ecstasy. Many threw away their Mies, and charged and cleared the trenches with their knives. On another occasion airscouts locatsd the German ammunition store, seven miles from the shore and three and a half miles behind the German entrenchments. A Guikha detachment obtained two gunboats and steamed to the mouth of the Yser river. By a silent march they reached within a mile of the ammunition convoy, where sat two German sentries, lhe Gurkhas sheltered in a wood and six of , their comrades wriggled on their hands and knees, with their knives between their teeth, and stu prised and killed the sentries. Noisnlcssly the detuchment then approached the camp, which only awakened after a great explosion, followed by countless others as the camp was shelled, and shrapnel exploded. The Gurkhas regained the gunboats. THE STRUGGLE ON THE YSER (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON. 29th October. A correspondent, after describing the struggle on the Yser, says the number of wounded arriving in Calais is evidence of the grim resolve of the Germans to carry out the War Lord's orders to break through at any cost. The rain ol the last few clays has caused the heavy guns to churn up the surface of the country into an impassable morass. The floods are increasing, and the country is cut up by numberless ditches and rivulets. The belligerents have constructed an amazing network of trenches, commanding every streamlet at> almost point-blank range. IN READINESS FOR A RETREAT LONDON. 30th October. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing fiom Ghent, Eays several hundred German motor-cars are held in readiness for an immediate retreat. They are laden with provisions and equipment belonging to the troops now fighting in Flanders.

ALLIES ADVANCE TOWARDS OSTEND LONDON, 30th October. It is reported from Flushing that the Allies have advanced towards Ostend. The British have occupied Loffinghe and Raveryyde, which they carried at the point of the bayonet. A Bavarian battalion refused to fight, and surrendered. [Raveryyde is on the Ostend-Nieii)K>rt railway, and is on the sea coast about five miles from Ostend. Leffinghe is three miles inland from Raveryyde, and also about five miles from Ostend.] PROGRESS MADE BY ALLIES AT SEVERAL POINTS PARIS. lOMi October Official. — During yesterday we made progress at several points, particularly around Ypres and south of Arras. There is nothing new to report on the ,Nieuport-Dixmude front. Between the Aisne and the Argonne we captured some of the enemy's trenches. Not one of the partial attacks attempted by the Germans succeeded. We have likewise advanced in. the Forest of Apremont. MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER The Prime Minister has received the following message from the High Commissioner,. dated London, 30th October, 0.15 a.m. :—: — The Secretary to the Admiralty -announces that a British naval flotilla continues to .support the Allied left. Since the morning of the 27th, fire from 12in guns has been brought to bear upon the German positions and batteries. Reports received from the shore testify to the effect and accuracy of the fire and its galling character. The flank attack has thus been thoroughly maintained. Yesterday and the day before the enemy brought up heavy guns and replied vigorously to the fire from Admiral Hood's ships. The vessels only received trifling structural damage. To-day the opposition from the shore practically ceased, and the preponderance of naval gunnery seems to be established. The casualties have been slight. A shell exploding on the destroyer Falcon killed an officer and eight men, and wounded on officer and fifteen men. One killed and several wounded are also reported from the light cruiser Brilliant ; also one wounded on tho sloop Rinaldo. The enemy's submarines have also been reported as seeking an opportunity to attack the bombarding ships, which are covered by British destroyers. [The destroyer Falcon^ now fifteen years old, carries one 12-pounder and five 6-pounder guns. She carries sixty men. The Brilliant is an old light cruiser, built in 1891. She is of 3400 tons, and carries two 6in, 6ix 4.7 in, and eight 6-pounder guns. She has been off the active list for some years, and was recommissioned at the Nore on 24th August, along with many other "retired" ships. The Rinaldo, built in 1898, is .a sloop of 980 tons, with four 4in guns.]