In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 28, 1 October 1915, Page 5

In the West

I "REMEMBER THE MARNE!" GENERAL JOFFRE'S ORDER. "CONQUER OR DIE!" Unrid fEiu sAwibdoTiON (Received''B.ss 'a.'rii.)' >' Paris,' September 30! Joffre's order before Saturday's attack was :' "The' o'fforisive' will be carried-on without truce Or respite. Remember the Maine! Conquer or 'diet" : 'l;' ''i '

VERITABLE CARNAGE. GERMANS IN FULL FLICHT. AFRICANS INTO THEM WITH THE, BAYONET. i. f ..i -.■: " ;. ■■■[•■ •( .' (Received 8.50 a.m.). i , Paris, September 30. A -wounded soldier, states.:. When Hfhe infantry were held up at the enin the Champagne, cavalry camp to the rescue,., ...It was the Dragoons and thq Chassqurs", firs;o chance-for months, and they were determined. ; to : make, up for lost time. It was a magnificent "dash. The Bosches, who were minted on all sides, bolted, scattering an unimaginable quantity of material. The flight turn ad to panic when the Africans went into them with the bayonet and inflicted appalling losses. None stood up to them. It w^' veritable carnage. ON THE SECOND LINE. POSITION IN THE CHAMPAGNE. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, September 30. Official: A footing has been gained on the second defensive line in the Champagne. GREAT ARTILLERY WORK. WAVES OF MEN FALL ON 4 THE ENEMY. f; I . ■— , (Received 8.10 a.m.) Paris, September 30. The-'German dead were piled fontdeep af many parts. Loos village was -wrecked and the church is a shapeless mass. The derricks and houses were blown to pieces and hundreds were burned in the ruins. The principal line of. the German resistance in the Champagne included two to five tren*'.ehe's, stretching back three to five hundred yards. The mass of entanglements and the redoubts at Chevauxi le Frise, with the trenches, were veri-| table labyrinths. The second defence line dominated the south bank of the river. The effect of the latest creations in the French artillery on the obstacles and dug-outs were terrible, while %he long range guns cut off reand supplies for forty-eight hours,' At the hour appointed for the a human wave on a twenty-five kilont|tre front fell on the German trenches, enveloping and overpowering them. Seven such waves swept forward: J■ ' =