FIRST ATTACK ON THE GREAT DUNE
INTENDED AS A RECONNAISSANCE HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES IN MINOR ACTION ByTeUgiavbr-Vrtßs issociation-OoDyrleht (Rec. February 10j 9 p.m.) London, February 10. •The> French "Eye-witness"'says: "Ten days prior to Fobruary 6 there were a few actions by small bodies on strictly narrow fronts, which had no eftecton the mam operations.' The enemy's dead found at La Bassee, Lacfeute, 97%$ w gate J le -' 6 £ as th 6 ° l utc - om6 of Mtiolls on January 26 27, and 28,. and indicate that the Germans lost 4000 killed and 16,000 wounded, it is difficult to understand the uselessness of. these attacks the earlier attack on the Great Dune was intended as a reconnaissance, and revealed the strength of the German extreme right. Three or four companies advanced on the morning of January 28 and bayonetted many The tomans, crouching under cover of our enfilading fire, drove us back We ru ™ nen t ar y earthworks which the German artillery demolished «,»2£ el f?i, aie n Ung ,° n Two sections thoTSed tie top of the grand dune. One began the descent on the opposite side, when the enemy's artillery on the second crest wiped them out except six men who. held the little Tedoubt until all were killed. ' '
SUCCESSFUL RUSE BY! ALGERIAN CAVALRY. . ' v i J £ fteT t t & e i r< ? ps h ?, d m ? de flni «ess efforts to capture th™strong'ly. held Great-Dune, twenty-four Algerians, concealed by the bellies of their horses, appeared in the German trenches at nightfall When the Germans were about to capture the horses the response was a sharp cry and the horses galloped back to the French lines, whereupon twentyfonr m g u r6y r. formS rOS ° %T the grOT ? d ' and ,^ r6W themselves into the trenches. The German second line wavered and did not fire, fearful of hittino- their own men. , • ™ Reinforcements arrived, and the French captured the Great Dune with light losses. ' THE STRUGGLE AT BAGATELLE CENTRES IN THE FOREST. A wmmmiigne states: We occupied a farm on ' the^Bethune-La 7 Bassee Road, where the enemy was installed. ■ a l B straeg'oa* Bagatelle is now centred in the forest, where the is confused. Both sides maintain their positions. a '"a There have been artillery engagements at many points. The enemy bombarded Ypres, Furnes, and Soissons I MILITARY CRITICS WATCHING TWO POINTS. Military critics are watching two points: The firet°V the suggestion of the possibility of a new German offensive in the Areoiine- the second is. m East. Prussia, where extra swe preparations are being made for General von Hindenberg's next big move. The weakening on the Bzura is attributed to this plan.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2382, 11 February 1915, Page 7
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441FIRST ATTACK ON THE GREAT DUNE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2382, 11 February 1915, Page 7
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