AT NEUVE CHAPELLE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2429, 7 April 1915, Page 5

AT NEUVE CHAPELLE

DISAGREEMENTS IN ENEMY'S RANKS London, April 5. "Eye-Witness," with British Headquarters,- says: "Prisoners' statements indicate a lack of co-operation between the Prussians, Bavarians, and Saxons at Neuve Chapelle. The Bavarians and Saxons were indignant because they were ostensibly sent to reinforce the filing line during the counter-attack on Bois du Biez, and discovered themselves to be alone and unsupported. "Many surrendered. They declared that Prussian officers were responsible. The Germans left Saxon and Bavarian wounded in front of the trenches. Tlie British tried to succour them, but the Prussians in the trenches continued to shoot, some of the British being wounded." 0 HUMAN FACTOR ACAIN. HOW THE BATTLE WAS WON. (Rec. April 7, 0.15 a.m.) ' London, April 6. A combatant who was at. the. battle of Neuve Chapelle relates that tho finjil success of the British was largely due to the Lincolnshires', and Berkshires' dash.in the primary assault, Hand grenades were thrown into the enemy's trenches, and theso caused many to surrender. The Germans were caught in a trap. The Lincolnshires drove them across a strip of water, five feet deep, stretching along their front. • The Lincolnshires lost seven officers, including Colonel Macandrew, who was killed, and 298 men killed and wounded.