(Press Association.) IN THE YPRES DISTRICT

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 124, 21 November 1914, Page 7

(Press Association.) IN THE YPRES DISTRICT

GERMANS IN ENGLISH TRENCHES SHOT DOWN TO A MAN PARIS, 20th November. During a storm on Tuesday night the Germans between Ypres and La Bassee crept towards the English trenches in open order. The enemy's artillery fired wide of our trenches. The Germans were allowed to approach unopposed except from shellfire. When they reached the English trenches the latter were purposely evacuated. The Germans were shot down to a man by a terrific enfilading fire. Four lines were completely shattered, while the English did not suffer a single casualty. LONDON, 20th November. The Press Bureau states that an eye-witness narrates that eastward of Ypres, the third attempt to storm some of the German trenches succeeded. "The subaltern commanding the attack was killed. The attack continued under a sergeant-major, who received the Distinguished Conduct Medal, but succumbed to his wounds." "Spies and snipers, often wearing khaki caps similar to the British, sometimes get behind our lines and cut the telephone wires." The eye-witness concludes by describing the heroism of the French doctor who attended fifty-four German wounded at Ypres in the civil hospital for several days after the building was struck by German shells, including incendiary •shells, and was finally killed at his post. ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE WITH THE IRISH PARIS, 20th November. After repelling the German attack on the trenches in the Ypres-La Bassee district the English infantry attacked the supports, who retired. Later, the Germans stumbled on to an Irish regiment, and a wholesale rough-and-tumble ensued, in which rifle-butts and fists played the chief part. After an hour's tussle the Irish were victorious. Over three hundred Germans were battered to death, and twenty-three German Maxims and 150 Uhlans were captured. STARVING OUT THE ENEMY One hundred and forty Germans in the Ypres district stealthily, in the night-time, occupied the deserted French trenches. The French, resolving to 4 starve them out, watched the trenches for five days, and then sent a German prisoner to demand their surrender. The enemy, dying of hunger, willingly surrendered. WHEN THE BOMBS RAIN ON LONDON ~ ?WE WILL SNORT WITH GLEE" (Received November 21, 8 a.m.) BERLIN, 20th November. Herr Kohler, Professor of Jurisprudence, lecturing in Berlin, said: — " Germany can only have peace with England when the latter is brought to her knees and reduced to a second-rate State. When the bombs rain on London we will all snort with glee." i