TRICKED BY A FALSE BUGLE CALL
STORY OP A GALLANT ATTACK BY BELGIANS . London, November 28. A' correspondent in West Flanderß says that the Belgian infantry gallantly attempted to drive out the Germans at Lombaertzde during the recent fighting. They swept the enemy from three bridges, and finally rushed with fixed bayonets to the mouths of the German guns, facing odds of ten to one. At a critical moment a German bugle sounded the Belgian "muster" call. The ruse eucce>9ded. The Belgians began to retreat, and suffered severely. ' The same night the French artillery found the range of the enemy's batteries, which they silenced. The French occupied the town without losing a single man. . ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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114TRICKED BY A FALSE BUGLE CALL Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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