FIGHTING NEAR LA BASSEE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1915, Page 5

FIGHTING NEAR LA BASSEE

BRITISH STORM A BRICKFIELD. ACCURACY OF BRITISH ARTILLERY. • XONDON, Feb. .13..-/"Eye-wiiness" details the capture pf the brickfield- .at Vxolaines, two miles north of La Baissee. j'The British and French artillery con<?entrated a terrific fire on this enemy's defences- of .brick stacks. The effect of the lyddite shells was terrific, and created great havoc amongst the . enemy. . . . vThe British the position from three sides before the Germans. had recovered ' Trom the" effects of the bombardment. The Germans left TO dead.... The British casualties were insignificant...- J- 'A- . - •The Germans early' on the 7th advanced to the canal bank, shouting "Don't shoot. We are engineers." The British ■yraited until the. enemy - were a . few jrards distant, when, a machine gun opened ;fire, and the enemy fled, leaving 30 dead- . ~ - A grdat feature of all the recent fighting has been the accuracy of the British artillery.

BOMB-DROPPING INALSACE. . PARIS,- Feb. 13. , . .Five airmen .dropped bombs upon .and dama'ged an aerodrome atj Babshejim., near Mulhauseh, and> killed the keepers. {Received Feb.. 15, 9.15 a.m.) , PARIS, .14. s A communique states that the enemy Rheims, Ypres, Nieuport, and the trenches in the Dune. We effectually replied. Two. columns of the enemy are advancing' along the banks of the Lauch River, Alsace. . ,