A DARING ATTACK

Thames Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14436, 30 October 1914, Page 4

A DARING ATTACK

BY ALLIED ARMfY.

, SPLENDID BAYONiETT . AffTACK,

©V SCOTTISH RE.GBHENT.

AIX, GUNS SILENCED

•PARIS; October 28. The Allies on tike sixteen th exeeut- • ed an. aittack oh Haiu;bou;rdiii,. r The Btritjisb and French columns moved along' the banks of tihe Jbys, a; tihiiaik mist enabled them to <ascaipe •.detection, until thei Ftenich . oavalay deboaiched .along.ai. gireaif paved road running.paiFallei "to tihe railway'from Liai Basseei to lille. , A. Geiniaii ba.ttory enfiladed' tihe> road and railway while the peait aaid bo.gs on either sid© were commaaided by'tihet' Germans in, the entrench.mentg. ... :: ■ \ Tihe la.ttea- were inisuffic-iemt to' 'stop the cavalry andi i-itfaatay wihicfh left v . tihe. road,way.and advaD.cedi aloing?. the pathways and marshes. The artillery 'however ■wias u.nabl<3 tio follow. The British General for the nonoiuir^of siienqing' t3Te "G-etrm'ara guns chose a scot'tfeh regiment. The miade shorlfe rusitear/ using the dittohes whidh oroiased \ th© maTsilietJi every 'hundred yardsl, as cover. lWlie.ii within ehargiingi distance* they fixed bayonets and chairged to the bkiii of tne bagpipe and bayoTi--0.1 ted the artillerymen a.fc the punig, despitei barbed ,w© and murdeixiiH^ fire mai-hino g^wn. The Sodbsmen then broke ibireecn guns. It wasi all over In ten minutes. The Scotsmen then retired to the, main, body enabling the Fremcib guns to gallop on tihe it»adi safely.