ROUT OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2310, 18 November 1914, Page 5

ROUT OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS

I BRITISH BAYONET CHARGE ?' FOR HONOUR AND ENGLAND!" (Rec. November 17, 10 p.m.) Paris, November 17. French papers describe the British attack on the Prussian Guards at Zohnab'eke as one of the noblest episodes in British annals. An aeroplane's searchlight revealed a German army in force marching on the Allies' south-ward of ZohnabeKe. The first rank of the British line was lying, the second kneeling, and the remainder standing. Suddenly the Geiman ranks opened, machine guns appeared, and the ( English situation became critical. The General immediately ordered a bayonet charge, and the Colonel at the head of the regiment which received the attack dashed forward, shouting: '-'For honour and Er.gland!" The opposing ranks mot a terrible shock, and the bayonet frequently wont home at the same moment. The hand-to-hand combat lasted half an hour, both fighting with the grimmest determination. The soil was blood-stained, and uniforms and faces were splashed with crimson. Before this irrostible onslaught the Prussians reeled and broke, and the General, fearing a rout, ordered a retreat. The English again charged, and tho Guards scattered and fled in inglorious_rahraa.t,_^ —