A VIVID PICTURE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11509, 4 October 1915, Page 6

A VIVID PICTURE.

THE BRU SH FRONT. IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HAND. By Telegraph.—Preas Association. —Copyright, (I'eceivcd October 1. 3 p.m.) > LOXPON", October 3. l?euier V, correspondent with tlx- British Headquarters vividly )H>rtra,ys the conditions at the front, in a despatch dated September 31). tie says : " Darin" the last two days tlmro has been, but little further advance on the British front. Fighting ha., been proeeodinsr in some places heavily along- our new lines south of I .-a Bassee, but none of the eonnter-a.tt.aek* succeeded. The enemy lost heavily iu killed and uonndim|. Our, new position* are being eon-M.'ljd.-itod. The- weather has been nn--I'avourable." After u dull grey day there was hoary rain on Tuesday eveniui', with j», chilly wind, mid the flui I'landers e<-vuutr\>ido, especially the bhick country, was depressing to the last degree. Everything nas covered with mild.'. •• You ciin pieiuro long files of man-b----in;/ v't.h waterproof slices right over i heir head-., plodding steadily through Urn slush, chanting a el.ion.is up spirits, and endless columns of motor lorries, staff CJirs dashing; through the rut..* on the mads-jHe to, pass traffic, and motor de.'pntch rider*, lnM'-bivio and man like a. mass of mud.. The. only subject, amongst the, men v> bow (.lie- advance is going. Io <>>-io town oiu'lii German field sfinis which were. c.,*iutured. at Loos arc drawn up, guarded by soldiers with fixed bayonets.Kreueh and English inspect and cipher ihe (icrtnan i n:vcnpuons. 'I tie barrels are engraved with the imperial eagle ami the name of lb'. 1 Kmp'M'or., Chalked tipires r-how the ranges rift v hich the guns were last, fired. "The sight- of the guns is proof of the sitec-ess with which the Hl'ifisii poured throusih Loo*. 'I be (lovinam; had no iiiuo to remove them from their concrete emplacements, and the guns Awre brought back to our line-* in triumph by British horses and gunuru's. Soldiers from the front: teU of the demoralisation of the enemy. Th> las', fighting proved the single-handed supen<>ril v t,f Tom nip Atkins. The f.iyhi of British from the trenches wearing German hi>!)tt»'t-s <yjuse.s greatmc: riuient. The rain has now stopped iMK) t.iir, t-an ij. sbmiug. Important r ,-suits iu t.be West, turfy be forth- (.•' in. in.*.'.; in a fe-r days.''