GERMANS RENEW THE ATTACK.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 22 October 1915, Page 5

GERMANS RENEW THE ATTACK.

ANOTHER MISERABLE FAILURE

The High Commissioner reports: — LONDON, Oct. 21 (4.55 p.m.) Following yesterday's bombardment east of Rheims on a front of eight to nine kilometres, extending between Butte d'Etire and Trunay, the Germans renewed an attack which failed miserably as on ihe previous day. Despite the violence of the preparatory artillery fire, and the still increasing density of the cloud of asphyxiating gas, the enemy sustained a fresh, repulse. On three occasions the assailants attempted to penetrate our positions. Decimated by the fire of our machine-guns and the hurricane of fire of cur artillery, the enemy finally stopped before our wire entanglements, unable to gain a footing at •any point in our first line of trenches. In the course of the' night -we also repulsed a German attack on Bois Giverichy. In Lorraine a surprise attack of the enemy on our listening station failed completely