TERRIBLE FIGHTING AROUND YPRES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 4 November 1914, Page 5

TERRIBLE FIGHTING AROUND YPRES

DESPERATE BAYONET ENCOUNTERS GERMAN POSITION CARRIED BY ASSAULT By Tel*Bi»pli—Prtes Association—CoDyrlßht » London, November 2. The British troops have been in terrible fighting lately in the region of Ypres. The Germans made desperate bayonet rushes on the British trenches. The British were'sometimes outnumbered by ten to one, but repeatedly they hurled hack the enemy and recaptured a village after magnificent bayonet charges. '•'"/■ • The German artillery at Poel-cappello, twelve miles west of Eoulers, on Wednesday night opened fire in the direction of Boesingbe (six miles west-south-west of Poel-cappelle, and three miles north-north-west of Ypres). Under cover of the fire the enemy's infantry etrdngly entrenched' itself at Poel-cap-pelle. The British artillery bombarded the German position with remarkable precision throughout Mmrsday, and then the French infantry stormed ; four successive lines of trenches, slaying thousands of the enemy. ' > - Amsterdam, November 2. •It is stated that the Germans are making metal caissons, from which they will he able to-fire, torpedoes, at the entrance to Ostend and Zeebrugge Harhours. •■!•■' The Prime Minister has received the following cablegram, dated London, • .-••'. "Official.—Belgian reports to-day indicate that the enemy has been driven baok beyond the Nieuport-Dixmude railway. The'flooding of the Yser' district made the enemy's trenches untenable! French troops continue, to advance south of Dixmude,. The British, after being strongly attacked by' German rejnforcements,: retook the ground previously 'yielded to the. enemy at Ghelume (between Menin'and Ypres, three miles west-north-west of Menin). Paris reports slight progress to the north and east of Ypres., ', "The struggle is fierce in the Argoniie district, where there has been violent cannonading, the Germans making no progress. Seven thousand German' prisoners were taken in. six days."

. ■ ■•/ ] London, November 2, 10.50 p.m. Paris_ reports'that the Germans in Belgium and the North of France continue their violent attacks, but make no progress.. In the Aisne region we are making some progress. , The enemy is bombarding with heavy artillery the positions in the region of Reims, with no result. On the French Right Wing tbo enemy's offensive reconnaissance towards Nomeny was repulsed. In the Vosges we recaptured the heights dominating the Pass of St. Marie, and'are making progress in the district of Bandesapt.

OFFICIAL SUEVEY. OF ALLIES' BATTLE FEONT. > (Rec. November 3, 7.50 p.m.) . \• ■ •■ - " ' ; ' / Paris, November 2, evening. ' Official.—"Despite the continuanco of violent German offensive operations, we have progressed slightly between Dixnvudo and the Lys, except at Meseines (six miles south of Ypres), which we have lost; Great German attacks on the suburbs of Arras, "Lihous, and Le Quesnoy (the last-mentioned position being about 88 miles east of Arras), have failed. In the centre wo have progressed in the direction,of *Trecylival and parts of the right bank of the Aisne between *Dore-de-L'Aigle and Soissons. The enemy has without result bombarded" the Allies between the, Argonne, the Meuse, and the Meuse Heights. We have recaptured the heights dominating the Pass of St. Marie (near St. Die, in the Vosges Mountains), and occupied the e'nemy'B positions at *Handesapt." "These place-names do not appear on the maps at our disposal, being apparently obscure localities achieving an adventitious notoriety by the operations of the troops in that region.

; WHOLESALE SURRENDERS BY THE ENEMY DISPIEITED BY LACK OF FOOD AND EEST. (Rec. November 3, 11.45 p.m.) ' : '■..'■■ ' London, November 3. Router's correspondent at Calais says that the Germans continue to surrender between Nieuport and Dixmudc, being nnable to endure the trenches, 'which are flooded with water up to mid-thigh. They are foodless, and have had no-rest. A thousand surrendered in-onb clay. As a 'protection against the ibayonet the Germans are stuffing their tunics with shirts, clothing, and anything they can find. The Belgian bayonet k onl,v t?4i Jueliw Jong, and ■sometimes Wis to reach the flesh.

COUNCIL OP GERMAN KINGS AND WAR CHIEFS, (Rec. November 3, 11.45 p.m.) Amsterdam, November 3. > Copenhagen reports state that the Kaiser presided at a meeting of the War Council, the Kings of Saxony and Wurtemburg being present. It was unanimously agreed that no sacrifice was too great in order to achieve success on the north coast of France. After the council meeting tie Kings visited Antwerp and Brussels. GERMAN WAR TRIBUTE UPON BRUSSELS. (Rec. November 3, 11.46 p.m.) ' _ Amsterdam, November 3. The German war indemnity from Brussels has been reduced to £1,800,000, payable at the rate of ,£IOO,OOO weekly. " * . ■ . .