In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 29, 5 February 1915, Page 5

In the West

DIATRIBE BY THE GERMANS LONG-LEGGED ENGLISHMEN! Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8.0 a.m.-) ' London, February 4. "Eye-witnesses" writes: The intense hatred entertained for England is betrayed in letters found on dead Germans. One written at Mulheim refers to the "long-legged Englishmen !" ; This damned pack are to blame for'everything. When transported in cattle waggons they are treated too well and should be put against the wall. You say you made 600 prisoners. You should make them all mincemeat. They have earned nothing better. A fearful lot of us must be falling, as everyone has been called out. The damned English! See what they are doing to our prisoners—and we treat the swine-dogs so well! A train was to arrive with .340 English, but it only brought • forty. The commander said he did not know where the rest were but I know better. That is what all of us should do.

TWENTY TRAIN LOADS OF GERMAN WOUNDED. United Peess Association. London, February 3. Aix-la-Chappeile reports that twenty train-loads of wounded passed eastward during the last throe nights, as the result of the fighting at Craonne. FIGHT FOR THE GREAT DUNE. Dunkirk, February I. The Germans' new violent effort to recover the Great Dune began on Simday in massed formation. Some readied the Allied positions, and. were made prisoners. The terrific bombardment continues. FIRE BOATS ON THE RIVER. Paris, ~ February 3. A communique state?: "We stopped fire boats launched at Ancre River, north of Albert, before they exploded. We slightly progressed near Perthes, taking a number of prisoners. The day was uneventful elsewhere. Official: German attacks were repulsed west of Perthes, north of Mes. nille sur Les, north of Massiges, and also at Pavilion and Bagatelle.

DEATH OF VISCOUNT NORTHLAND. London, February 'I. Viscount Northland, only son ol Earl Ranfurly, died from wounds received while serving with the Coldstream Guards at La Bassne. 'BEAT, BUT UNCONQUEREO' (Received 8.35 a.m.) Loudon, February 4. Lord Sydenham, in a review of the pnsf six months of the war, recalls the fact that three years elapsed before the decisive operations in the American Civil War, while Pleona, which was beseiged by tlte Russians in 187?, was not captured for seven months after the declaration of war. "Considering the unparalleled magnitude of the operations." states Lord Sydenham, "it is not reasonable to

expect greater progress towards a decision. Trench-warfare at close hand tends to weaken, our sense of perspective. It is true the Allies in the West have achieved more local successes, but 1 believe the deadlock reached is superficial and misleading. The Allies have effectually ended tho German offensive, and are firmly holding the larger part of Germany's military strength. The Allies' position is steadily growing stronger, and the preponderance of artillery is beginning to be felt. The German soldiers are fighting bravely, but they have learnt that their generals are always ready to sacrifice life on a< large scale without the prospect of a corresponding advantage. The German War Office now knows it has hopelessly underestimated Russia's fighting capability and generalship, and the great mass of the German people will shortly know that the leaders have brought them to disaster. Germany, though still unconquered, is beaten." Lord Sydenham. G.C.M.G. (aged 66) was appointed Governor of Bombay in 1907, and served with distinction in Egypt -and the Soudan. He was also Governor of Victoria, from 1901 to 1904. He helped to reconstruct the War Office; was secretary to the Imperial Defence Committee, and has been entrusted with' innumerable foreign missions.

VON KLUCK'S SON KILLED. Times and ..Sydney Sun Service. London, February 3. General Von Kluck's eldest son, a naval lieutenant, was killed in the bombardment of Middlekerke by British Avar ships.

"THE WALLS OF STEEL." Times and Sydney Sun Servioe. (Received 8 a.m.) London, February 4. The Times, in a leader, says: Both fronts of the enemy, who are still hammering their heads on the walls of steel, adhere to the belief that they can win their way onward by hurling themselves in massed formation against the Allies. This style of conflict rarely profits tho enemy, but it suits tho Allies because we are better able to stand attrition.

FRENCH PROGRESS REPORT. United Press Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, February 4. A communique states: Our artillery repulsed a strong attack at Notre Dame Lorette * and destroyed several blockhouses in the Albert region. We recaptured a position momentarily hold by the enemy north of Massiges. CERMAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN AT LUNEVILLE. _— United Prkbh Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, February 4. A German aeroplane was brought i down at Luneville and the occupants ' captured. I