In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 303, 21 December 1914, Page 6

In the West

|' i / - . —i.,* ; ' * .£• ' \*rn£- i ALLIES’ FORWARD MOVE.

STUBBORN FIGHTING* MEANS

SLOW PROGRESS.

(Received 12.20 p.m.) London, December 20; An eye-witness, detailing the forward movement, which was begun in Belgium on the 13th, emphasises thg stubborn nature of the fighting and the necessarily slow progress, enemy holds practically a contifltfaous defensive zone/ consisting of places on several lines cunningly situated and carefully constructed works, amounting to a maze of trenches, fortified with every, known obstacle, including many varieties of entanglements. The advance in. volves constant sapping, with a view

to capturing hill, village and wood. ' The building of trenches and, even a few yards of ground all serve in facilitate further progress. Even the siege

approaches do not Obviate surprises,- . and when the enemy’s trcifthes are gained the only advance is to demolish the- trenches, mines, and machine guns by a prolonged bombardment, or to mine underneath ancj, blow them up;

LANDWEHR SICK OF THE WAR.

(Received 11/40. a.m.)

London, December 20. The eye-witness adds that admissions by prisoners show that many of the Landwehr are sick of the war and resent the officers’ harshness.