In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 17, 20 May 1915, Page 5

In the West

PROBABLE RETREAT. RETIRING LITTLE BY LITTLE. Unithd Pbesi Association. (Received 8.35 a.m.) Amsterdam, May 19. The Germans are retiring along the whole line little by little. The Allies' airmen indicate that the Germans have taken measures with a view to probable retreat, having constructed strong positions behind the existing lines, especially on the heights on the Porous Hills, behind Lens. Many guns for Arras have passed Cologne. WORK OF ALLIES' ARTILLERY. (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, May 19. The Press Bureou states that our howitzers demolished the, enemy's trenches and also gun implacements at Dunkirk. SEVEN DISTINCT BATTLES. Tijes and Sydney Sun Seuviob. London, May 18. The Times' correspondent says that the lighting at Pas de Calais last week was the bloodiest in the history of western Europe. There were seven distinct battles, and the struggle is not lessening on that front. At Ypres the British were outnumbered and were in constant danger of being outflanked, yet they firmly held their ground and hurled back the' German attacks repeatedly. Dawn on Sunday revealed the dead piled in the fields like corn-stacks. Tn tlie deserted towns the streets were full of dead men and horses. Soon in the light of the dawn the work of man-killing re-commenced. The battles at Nieuport, Dixmude, Ypres, Laventie, Richeburg, Lens and Careiioy manifested the murderous western struggle. Germany is lighting like a wolf at bay, and with a fury suggesting the promptings of despair. OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST. Wellingon, May 19. The High Commissioner reports under date London, 19th May, 1915, (3 a.m.):— Army officers killed 27, wounded 41, missing 39; men killed 142, wounded 202, missing 3. Dardanelles: Army officers killed 2, wounded 1, men killed 2, wounded 128. (Received 8.35 a.m.) London, .May 19. Major Campbell, of the Fourteenth Hussars, a New Zealander, was killed in action.