ENEMY'S APPALLING LOSSES IN FLANDERS BATTLE.
THREE THOUSAND KILLED IN TEN MINUTES,
REINFORCEMENTS STILL COMING TO FRONT.
London, November 13.
The fighting in Belgium and Northern France is really for vantage points—some detail of ground, such as a wood or quarry, which enables a battery or two to take up an unassailable position and organise attacks behind it.
The German losses southward of Dixmunde are appalling. One body of troops was thrice flung back, and finally allowed within 20yds, when the French fired and cut down every man. Three thousand Germans were killed in ten minutes.
Captured German officers state that half-a-million Germans are fighting in the Yser district. They estimate the losses at 90,000. One regiment 1800 strong now musters SO. The losses include five generals.
The Amsterdam Telegraaf states that a Bavarian army corps has reinforced the Germans near Ypres. The garrisons in Central Belgium have been decreased in order to reinforce the front. Many hostages are held in Belgian towns.
One Belgian regiment made seven bayonet attacks in one night - between Nieuport and Dixmunde. Of 240 who participated, only 50 survived.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15767, 16 November 1914, Page 7
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184ENEMY'S APPALLING LOSSES IN FLANDERS BATTLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15767, 16 November 1914, Page 7
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