France

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 62, 9 November 1914, Page 5

France

FRENCH CAVALRY REGIMENTS SUCCESSFULL WORK. Timkb and Sydney Sun Skiivioks. 1 (Received 8 a.m.) London, November 7. *• Ascertaining that a German force occupied the forest of Perroy, two French cavalry regiments, carrying mitrailleuses on horseback, fruitlessly sought for it during the whole night 5 suddenly, in the morning, they stumbled upon the outpost, who surrendered, saying they were tired of hardships ami long marches and would gladly surrender if it meant to save their faces. Later, the main body of the French came in contact with the enemy. The Germans started firing into the air. The French, failing to grasp the meaning of the manoeuvre, charged with drawn sabres in the face of a fieree fire, and pressing the charge home, killed -UK), while 350 surrendered. The rest fled in confusion. SUCCESSFUL FRENCH RUSE. GERMANS TRAPPED AT ARRAS. United Press Association. Paris, November 7. The Germans were induced to make a. great effort at Arras on Monday by a French artifice. Air scouts revealed a German concentration between Lens and Douai. The French evacuated all the villages north of Arras, pretending that they had abandoned the town. A German aviator was allowed to reconnoitre without hindrance. Twelve thousand Germans entered Arras, and their bands played them in. They had hardly begun to pass the scarp of the bridge when volleys were fired from the neighbouring houses, and machineguns simultaneously opened a deadly fire on the flanks and rear of the German columns. A battalion of. the Guards rushed forward in the hope of getting beyond the ambuscade. The French Dragoons charged the Guards, who surrendered bodily. The remainder of the enemy retreated, but a military train, with a 17-inch howitzer; and a crew of Krupp engineers, was captured through an aeroplane destroying the line.

. RED CROSS FIRED ON. GERMAN SOLDIERS BEING DRIVEN BY OFFICERS. (Received 8.40 a.m.) Lj S ( \ ;t London, November 8. During the recent fighting in the north J the. Allies' Red Cross picked up 700 German wounded and removed them [to the field hospital, Which the Germans shelled during the night, not knowing that Germans Avere within. The dainage was small. Evidence that: German officers are : driving the men forward accumulates., A dead officer was "found with a dog whip in ; one hand and a revolver in the other. The soldiers facing the British gladly use every opportunity to escape. The British found many Germans hanged,to trees. GENERAL, j v Paris,, November 7% M. P6incaiae''cohfeVredi the' Medal Militaire on 198 non-commissioned officem and men of the? British force for gallantry between 2lst"and 31st August. ; " s ; '' •;?;'. ' r . ; ''. [ "\- • London, Novei|beF?. The Times' correspondent at Flushing says■''that all the scraps of'itofWK obtainable indicate that things are going favorably'with the Allies. [ The increasing anxiety of the Germans prevents the circulation of news, which is in itself a hopeful sign that things are getting more and more unpleasant. German soldiers are growing rough and over-bearing, as if their temper wore giving way. From every direction comes the same tale of a constant and terrible stream of wounded pouring in in trainloads arid convoys of motor Vehicles, while there is a continuous stream of limping and bandaged men along the roads.