FATAL TACTICS OF THE GERMANS
m EYE-WITNESS'S STORY. , (Reo. November 23, 10.10 p.m.)' London, November 23. -j: r Ali eye-witness with the British. Force'.' writing on November 20, states that' the Germans had intended t-o attack tho British Left on November 15, but our artillery inflicted such damage that tho assault was postponed until the arrival, of reinforcements on November 19. The. Germans made the mistake of massing their troops preparatory to attack, ana, so enabling the British guns and max-, ims to be used with devastating effect on the battalions massed at the rear. The Germans on November 17 attacked east and south-east of <Ypres. Throe charges by the Regular troops (not tho Guards) were repulsed. Twelve hundred dead were counted along a front of six hundred: yards.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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129FATAL TACTICS OF THE GERMANS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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