THE SITUATION IN BELGIUM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 63, 10 November 1914, Page 5

THE SITUATION IN BELGIUM.

r Tribulie3 to British Share of Fighting.

<•, ; '.rrii/, .*& :; (Received 8.30 a.m.) - _ ■ . ; •■;."-.;■ ,'•'■■ •-.'>' Paris, November. 9L S 1 i newspapers' review the situation in t Franoe and 1 Belgium, particularly ; Britain's share of the fighting. *> ; * in' ah article based tin the statement of ' : a French Officer attached t 6 the Indians, pays ! a tribute to the' heroism anl powers'of resistance 6l the British forces, who had .the c fttlst {? of l - ; hon6r''tod difficult>mission 'of checking the hew German invasion between Le Basse and Ypresr The British line ; was'so" thih'thdt unless'the troops had shown obstinacy worthy' of Waterloo, it must have been: 'pierced or driven back. >: The ; mission necessitated holding the trenches for several weeks against an enemy not only superior in numbers but who were attacking with desperate resolution. Sometimes, especially in the night time, the British trenches were carried, but no sacrifices were spared'in re-takihg them.' ut The English cavalry, perhaps, was the most brilliant of all. The German artillery, on the 30th and 31st October, made a special mark of the cavalry. Manning the jtrenches was* believed to be inexperienced infantry work, yet a regiment of lancers, who were : ordered to .. enter, Sfessings and were, given bayonets for the first . time, ,_. usel'Wemmtn the',,vigor of .hardened infantry men, and clear-I ed the ; enemy. >Tlie, Indians had their full share of jhe fosses 'ancj glory. Soon after landing, ithey were thrown intQ, the ,of /the furnace,, 'and were i fiercely! tried, ;but gioxiQusly.- - The British losses were very heavy, but were!»4Rsignin,eant|cQmpared to those of the enemy. Several, timesr'after. a night engagement, a single British battalion counted Mb pr'7oo -German corpses before its trenches. One British battalion, surprised a German brigade which was in close formation,, and in a few minutes massacred 4000.