France

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 59, 26 October 1914, Page 5

France

SUCCESSFUL NIGHT RUSE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, October 1 21. The French used a successful night ruse. Senegalese crawled near the German lines, and powerful searchlights were flashed upon the one my, •'who were blinded and unable to tel! the direction of the attack. They were bayoneted with small losses to the attackers. THE FIGHTING ON THE COAST. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 a.in.) London, October 24. A correspondent in northern Franco says: The fighting near the sea is not regarded in the light of new ’tan-lards on a really extensive scale. For the time being, the Germans are allowed to act for the most part • n the offensive, though the enemy "i the vicinity of Dixmunde and Ypres nas been- steadily pushed north and <ast. The Germans are trying, without success, to force the Allies’ hands north of Arras. REQUEST FOR ARMISTICE REFUSED.

United Press 'Association. (Received 9.20 a.m.) Paris, October 25. Official.—General Sir John French on Saturday refused the German request for an armistice to bury the dead and gather wounded following the, attacks on the heights of Thiancourt.

UNSUCCESSFUL GERMAN RUSE.

(Received 8.15 a.m.) Paris, October 25

Two officers in British uniforms, driving in a British motor ear near Armentieres, approached an ammunition column , which was carrying supplies to the British trenches. The captain of the column halted and went to speak to his supposed comrades, but in a few minutes drew his revolver and shot both dead. Thereupon a squadron of German dragoons galloped up. The lorry drivers, most of whom were London ’busmen; lined the ditch on the roadside, and infantry came up in support of the convoy, which was saved. The Germans retired with heavy losses. 1 WELL-KNOWN CRICKETER AMONG THE WOUNDED. (Received 9.10 a.ra.) London, October 24. R. H. Spooner, the cricketer, was wounded in France. LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE. Berne, October 23. Colonel Morath, military writer in the Berliner Tageblatt, says:— .“The greatest battle of; the war is raging between Lille and Dunkirk. It is for the Germans a question of life and death, and on it depends the fall of the German operations in France.” The military writer in the Lokal Anzieger says the battle will only finish when one side or the other is exhausted.

STERN FIGHTING NEAR ARRAS. Paris, October 24. The Allies on Wednesday shelled the German trenches and charged with bayonets. The Germans were driven back six miles. The fight was one of the best in the Arras campaign. The Germans lost 1500. WITH THE AIRCRAFT, THE HAVOC OF STEEL ARROWS.

(Received 8.45 a.m.) Paris, October 25

During the fight at Dunkirk between French aeroplanes and German cavalry on the 14th, the aeroplanes -arried boxes of steel arrows and dropped them from a height of 2000 netres. They made havoc among the men and horses.