THE ALLIES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2489, 7 November 1914, Page 2

THE ALLIES.

SHOW THE KAISER HOW IT'S DONE.

BY ELECTEIO TELEGRAPH. —COFTBIQBT

PEli PEEBB ASSOCIATION. (Received Nov. 7, 8.50 a.m.) London, November 6. Mr Donohue, the war correspondent, says the Germans for two days fiercely attacked the Armentieres-Ar-ras line. Enormous masses were hurled against Armentieres, using a new type of mortar throwing a projectile of several hundredweight. Under cover of night the Germane dug a huge pit, filled it with concrete, and .mounted the mortar on a wooden platform. At dawn our trenches were raked by high-angle shellfirc. The result disappointed" the Germans, as the projectiles buried themselves in the soft ground and merely gave the British a mudbath. Lying in bombproof shelters, the British did not reply, and the Germans, misinterpreting the ' silence, advanced in mass. The British silently remained in their trenches, and the artillery, cleverly concealed in the brushwood in a field behind, opened fire and tore great rents in the oncoming mass. Rifle fire also punished them terribly. The attack proved an utter failure. The Kaiser and the King of Saxony were present. The Kaiser, in ordering the charge, pointed coastwards and cried "On, on to Calais!'' Then followed another hour's shellfire be fore the Germans again essayed an advance.

One couldn't help admiring their bravery as they marched slowly to certain death, urged forward by their officers. They advanced, leaving a trail of dead and dying, and a withering fire decimated them for the second time. They wavered and FJhen sought cover.

(Received Nov. 7, 9.1 oa.m.) j Paris, November 6. j A communique says the whole of the front of the Allies is unchanged, though there was severe .fighting at' Dixmude and tho Lys. j The Germans in Belgium and Northern France are apparently be-' ing reinforced, for uew offensive artillery of tho Allies destroyed a column of German waggons 'north-east-el the Foret de I'Angle. j We have retaken Sapigneul, near Berry au Bac, and repulsed, with the - bayonet, desperate attacks at Ar- ! gonne and Woevre. Colonel Marchand, the Frenchman ot lashoda fame, has been wounded. He was mentioned in despatches for remarkable courage. Pegoud, the aviator, famous for his looping the loop, was also mentioned in dcs, patches, A combined . force of Moroccans, Drench colonial infantry, and Indian troops were confronted* by deadjv German fire. They resorted to the favourite tactic of disappearing in ditches, behind hedges and other obstacles. After a quarter of an hour the Germans, imagining their'opponents to have been annihilated, advanced to within a hundred yards of them when rifles and quick-firers obliterated the whole detachment. The Allies swept the enemy out of Hollebecque and Messines. " A battalion of the Duke of Wurtemberg's , army was driven into the muddy bed ot the Lys river, and surrendered, i -pi An-' man casUalt ies were 3000 1 •Hie Allies captured many prisoimw, SlS ic? ,m ?ri antl an Pntin: ' ambulance l oiitnt. Ihe enemy wore pursued fo r J six miles. ' " j

Captain Emeny and Faum, dis tin guished aviators, were killed by falling on to the roof of a house at fey los Moulineaux.

•Tlie battle round Ypres hn.s become an artillery duel, and the infantry are resting. The enemy's superior long-range guti s alone enable them to make a stand. Without it they would not havo a chance.

Tliousaiuls of British wounded are routing into Calais from Flanders, nearly all suffering ifrom shrapnel wounds. There is hardly a case 'of rifle or bayonet- wounds.

Official.—The Allies made slight progress east of Nieuport and on the right bank of the Ys«?r. German attacks were renewed on Wednesday from Dixmude to Lys, but with less energy at several points, especially by tho infantry. We have not retired at any point, but are assuin'-

ing the offensive, and have made notable progress in several direction*. A feature of the conflict between La. Basse and Somme is an artillery battle. We retained Guesnoy-en-S'an-terre, and advanced appreciably towards Andechy. There is a recrudescence of Gorman activity between the Oiso and the Mosejle, especially in artillery. We finally repulsed all attacks, in some cases after an all-day battle.