FIGHTING IN FRANCE

Thames Star, Issue 14664, 19 April 1915, Page 4

FIGHTING IN FRANCE

CJEIRuMiANi GUAiUIDiS CUf'^,. 9PLENIDID VICTORIY FOR FBBNiCSH.

GENEIRiAiL AITTAOK BY •GERataJS;- 'RHPUiLSEB..

PAiRIS, Ajpril 18.

Official: 'U'ettiails of the capture of Bpi«fl>rult, in Obiam(pa!gnie:' diisrtiricfc, hi> Majirtch, &I)iQT¥ t the German. Guards Iteghmeaiij oiccupiedl a 1 isitTofhw defensive positdoiii in a wo6d on. the foremolslt Fi"efnjch trenfch a. hMoJdi'ecl y;a ndJs disitanlt, .•■'.■• ■■...'.,..'.• .' A Fnemjch r€giiim;«nlt. surjwi&ed tihe defenidiera of t!he tr.ench; 300 ywffa long aiDidi billed; all except three ■pristoneins. - ..;;,;,. ...• /. ' . A geuertali afttiaek was inud'e n«-xb day can' all sidles and 1 a tjrajfct3« for » day long. wjas fbiigbib... ■. We were coonjpleit'eHy: 4 «ac«e^ful.We aocuipiedl ar . wiooid ami counted eieveral lwMncb*«d! coi-jpseis, -.: t v ; 'l%e i3«rmlamis cm, th© - follLojwiu^ ■ ni&ming 1' miadle a, sltirom 1 * coai'nit I€«F atibaokf. .They -wone Algerian blcusesi taken' fiioirii our d^ad'hut the rtusefiailed'. andf ai witlhediinigi mia;chme guni fire decimiaited! the aititlaekers. Kundlrieidte were killed. Our tooips fouglhlt' wiiith miagiriiiificfeiit M'asli, havthe learned! ther Guardsi were torturing woundied'. ' "■'":''''.'■. . The result of tlie i>a:titJe wirns thai* . over, Ww 'tnirds of tbe .Guards were destroy e<l;.Wle lost' three hundred' killed and nd'Ttaniceid hialf a mile on, a GpO yjard^ favM.. ...