BRILLIANT CHARGE BY SCOTCH REGIMENT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2294, 30 October 1914, Page 5

BRILLIANT CHARGE BY SCOTCH REGIMENT

GERMAN BATTERY SILENCED TO THE SKIRL 0' THE PIPES Paris, October 28. The Allies, on the 16th, executed an attack at Haubourdin;(four miles southwest by west of Lille). The British and French columns moved along the bank of the Lys in a thick mist, which enabled them to escape detection until the French cavalry debouched 'on a great paved road running parallel to the railway from La Bassee to Lille. A German battery enfiladed the: road and railway, whilo tho peat bogs on either side were commanded by German entrenchments. The latter wore not sufficient to Btop the cavalry and infantry, which left tho roadway and advanced by pathways in the marshes. The artillery, however, was unable to follow. A British general had the honour of silencing the German gtmß, and he chose a Scottish regiment for the work. The Scotsmen made short rushes, using the ditches which ; crossed tho marshes every hundred yards as cover. When within charging distance they fixed bayonets and charged to tho skirl of bagpipes. They bayonetted the artillerymen at the guns, despite barbed wire entanglements and a murderous fire from the machine.guns. The Scotsmen then broke the breeches of tho guns. It was all over in ten minutes. The Scotsmen retired on the main body, enabling the French guns to gallop on tho road to safety.