Second Edition. In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. In the West

* AC E RMAN SU RP B ISE.- ;j gj BADLY BEATEN OFF BY THE FRENCH. ifcup Unitid Pbmi Amooiaiion*; > (Received 9 a.m.) •»•> nor. Paris, January ;~>2li •' I The Germans on the 4th attempted 'to surprise the French who.'wese de- * fending Lassiguy. They posted <i>7ooQ iinfantry behind the railwaysembank- ' ment while the cavalry were, hidden in the river. They endeavored;upturn ; the flank by t a withering fire.ißThey stopped the cavalry, but the; infantry v -surged over the railway andqadvanfjed in a mass'.: The' French withheld their fire until the Germans: begah to ascend the, slopes and were at-short range. Then every rifle; and field gun worked at its utmost *«ptfed. The Germans fell' in until; they fled. Meanwhile the cavalry were; similarly cut up. j