BRILLIANT SURPRISE ATTACK
UHLANS ROUTED BY FRENCH CUIRASSIERS (Rec. October 18, 3.35 p.m.) Paris, October 17. Uhlans in the Lys Valley (on tho'Al-, lies' loft) blew up the brid&ps and placed machino guns at tho fords, relying .ipon the depth of the river to prevent tho French cavalry crossing. , .Five Frenchmen volunteered to swim across with a line. They succeeded, and a re-
giment was soon across by means of pontoons. The Uhlans, unaware of the orossing, encamped at night in a neighbouring village. A squadron of French, assisted by the mist, rushed the village, eight Cuirassiers routing a force of six hundred and capturing 250 prisoners.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2284, 19 October 1914, Page 6
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107BRILLIANT SURPRISE ATTACK Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2284, 19 October 1914, Page 6
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