In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 36, 12 June 1915, Page 6

In the West

A LESSON IN HUMANITYY. Per Press 'association. Paris, June 11. Details of the French attack on Hebnterne state that when it was apparent that the Germans stationed in a farm in the vicinity were partially isolated heavy artillery fire was opened, rendering it impossible for the Germans to re-provision, and the defenders soon became demoralised by hunger and thirst. The French infantry immediately advanced with ' formidable impetuosity and captuyed three lines of trenches in seventeen minutes. The enemy scarcely resisted, and in an ensuing bayonet charge they threw up their hargls, shouting “Water, water!” The French rapidly organised the captured position. They found a number of machine-guns, and the prisoners presented a spectacle of absolute discouragement and-fatigue. The authorities, following General Joffre’s order to give the Germans a terrible lesson in humanity, sent the best ambulances to pick up the \voundcd.