Second Edition. In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 99, 29 April 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. In the West

✓ VICTORIA GROSS HEROES. r , ,v:i T BRAVE (DEEDS AT NEUVE CHAPEL tE. • a UNITED Banal Association. (Received U#' 11. m.) . •< Loridon, April 28. •Victoria! -Crosses ivefe earned at Neuy6 Chttpe.lle -by—,-'.. >. .« ‘‘ Sis'gt.-Wijcy Dafift'eis aViics Private Nchie, b'otli or the Rifle Brigade, for conspicuous bravery, though wounded, while cutting entanglements. Noble has since died. • Private W. Buckingham, of the Leicestershires, for rescuing wounded who were exposed to a heavy tire. Private Rfveffe, .Nottinghamshire, of the Derbyshire Regiment, wno on his own initiative advanced to within a few yards of a .large number of the enemy on the flifak of fliiM and hurled b'ofnbsi. eatisiiig theni to retire, and tipis Rifleman Ct&afsliVgflfeir, of the Garwharl iVifl.es, who! a c romp aided a bayrinet party with bombs' to. the enemy’s main trench,'lie the first to go round each traverse, driving the ■ enemy ariff forcing ‘^liftin',to siVr re rider, but he was hilled during the engagement. . • . si • • • * —: 3 T“’ NEW ZEALANDER IN THE D.S.O. (Received 2;10 p.m.) , , ‘ London, April 28. Captain John Henry Arden, a New Zealander with the Worce-stershiies, has been made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, for con-, spicuous gallantry and ability at Neuv e ' Chapelle. When the battalion on his right was expelled from the trenches, he formed his company under heavy fire, and counter-attacked the German right with great deter mi iMftm, enabling the battalion to re-occupy the trenches. ■ Vv.; <;< , i THE GERMANS BAY ENGLISH ATTACKS f AILED. (Received 2.10 p.m.) s Berlin, April 28. A communique states : The English attack on both sides of the Ypres-Pil-ken road broke down two hundred yards before our front, and aiiothev attack further'east failed. There WCVe severe English -losses. .-•M*,; . -a .aar-e « • * AVIATOR’S BD-MtelNC EXPEDITION. (Received 2.T0 p.m.) Amsterdam, April 28. An airman from a wesff'CVly diftctiPn dropped six bombs at Evießrichsafeii, thebeing slight. The aviator was fired at, but escaped. FfctVjCH PROGRESS REPORT. Fans, April 28. Official: Our progress north of Ypres continues, also the British. \Ye have taken numerous prisoners and captrued a trench mortar and machineguffs. We assumed the offensive in the Eparges-St. Bemy-Calonne district. At one point of the front an officer cofmtfed a thousand German deafd. We advanced two hundred metres on the eastern slopes of Hart-; mannswilerkopf. ' ' r , . J f i p ( THE CANADIANS’ ADVANCE London, April 28. A Canadian who was present on Tuesday stated that at four o’clock in the afternoon the pickets reported that the French were retiring on the YpresLangemarck road. A strong northeast w,ind was moving vivid green smoke four feet high, extending within three hundred yards of the left of the Canadian lines. Through the green mist, which was becoming thicker and patchy, came a mass of dazed men, reeling like drunkards, who fell as they passed our ranks. The majority were unwounded, but their faces wore an agonised look/ Meanwhile thd Germans advanced feverishly and entrenched until nine o’clock, when the Canadians prepared to 'attack. They advanced slowly iri* oitler not to tire the men. ; They foun’d hbaV'y lighting profeeding at St. Julien, whete the 11th Canadian battalion was putting up a stiff struggle. The night was very dark. They found the Germans entrenching in a woUd near the British * lines, whence they miist he driven out' with the bayonet at all costs. They also had to retake the British guns. The tenth battalion was in the van. Colonel Russell Boyle was killed while leading a charge. “When we reached a low ridge in full view of the wood ‘a, hellish fire was loosed from i Germs .n rifles and machine-guns hidden in Fife undergrowth skirting the wood. ’’Wo rushed on, cheering, yellhlg arid Scaring. At fl'rst the Gei'-niarlsi fired too high, our losses lasifag slight until ■within fifty yards. Then our chaps Began to drop, and the whole front line melt- , ed away, only to he instantly, closed up. - Shouting, we jumped over the woundefijt and not one German with the machine gUMs escaped. But in the wood they fought doggedly, though many threw up their hands. We fought in clumps and hatches, the living struggling over the dead and dying. At the height of the fight the moon came out of the clouds. The clashing- bayonets flashed like quicksilver, and the faces of the contestants were lit up as by limelight. We swept on until we came to a fine of trenches which had been hastily thrown up, which were stubbornly de-

fended. AH who resisted were bayonetted. The rest were sent to the rear.” «' London, April 38. The poison thrown by the Germans on tiie Yser colored the ground yellow over a large ’area. Mounded Canadians speak bitterly of the fumes. They say the victims became black all Over or black and yellow. It made eyes swell, and it it got in the stomach they were done. > ~r - ■ FRENCH’S SLOGAN. ( General French said when the assault began, “The further they come this wUy the harder they’ll get whipped.” His rbmaft'k has become a slogan among the troops. — MONDAY’S OPERATIONS'. Dunkirk, April 28. The second phase of the battle began on Monday by counter-attacks made by the British and French, who junctioned west of St. Julien. Amid the bombardment the Allies attacked along the St. Julien road, where the German advance was most dangerous. All the arms were engaged, including the cavalry and "mounted infantry. The attack encountered varying successes, At ’ some points the Germans held their ground with great tenacity, while at othei's they ran, closely pursued. Meanwhile the British salient north-east of Zillebeke was much exposed arid subjected tb an almost overwhelming bomb'ai'dment on three siejes, including seventeen-inch howitzers. No Germans ate now on the left of the canal. The terrible accuracy 'of the British artillery lofted the ‘enemy to evdeuate Lizerne, sU that, when the Allies htlVAnced they found only smashed walls and dead Opponents.

THE POISONOUS CASES. ' London, April 8. The War Office official doctors report that a number of Canadians died from the poisonous gases which were used contrary to the Hague Convention. The War Office has issued particulars for ’respirators against asphyxiating vgases, composed of cotton wool or stoCkinget'te, and ai'e invißng the public to provide a supply. “THE TIDE HAS TURNED.” Amsterdam, April 28. Telegrams state that German reinforcements are exhausted and the tide of fighting has'tunfed ’in favor of the AHtes, * who with thousands- of fresh troops have resinned the offensive, developing an outflanking attack near Steenstaate. The Germans are now practically fighting on two fronts. POSITION OF THE GERMAN ARMIES. London, April 28. The Daily Telegraph publishes a map supplied by the general staff of a foreign State,which shows the positions of the Western German armies on April 14th. General von Besier then had four army. corps from Nieuport to Ypres, the Duke of MTi item berg five Corps Ypres to Amis, ,the. Crown Prince of Bavaria three epfps Arras to Chaulnes, General von Heeringen four corps from Roe to Soissutis, General von Kluck three corps from Soissons to Rheiins, General von Billow four corps from Rheims to Soiiain, General von Cinem five corps from Souain to Verdun, the Crown Prince four corps from Ve’rduu to Bt. Mihiel. General Falkehhauseii’s force is riot mentioned. A number of corps are distributed from ST. Mihiel 'to Belfort.