In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 30, 4 October 1915, Page 5

In the West

SEVERE GERMAN LOSSES. OVER 2,000,000 IN RECENT FIGHTING, United Press Association. Amsterdam, October 3. 'Pile severity of the recent is proved by the Prussian lists.. Nos. 300 to 309 give 4!),705 casualties, the next ten 53,396, the next ten 58.445, 'and the latest ten 43,468, bringing the 'total to 1,916,148. apart from 224 Bavarian lists, 119 Saxon lists, 274 ■ Wurtenibnrg lists, naval lists, and. the losses in Turkey. ALARM IN BERLIN. London, October 1. Swiss newspapers announce that Berlin is alarmed at the recent defeats. The General Staff has invited the populace to remain calm. A GERMAN REPORT. Amsterdam, October- 3.;i A German communique reports:— The British on Friday '\igbt tried to reclpfure the ground we had taken, but failed, with heavy and, bloody losses. French attacks southwest or Ypres, eastward of Souehez, and northward of Xeuvillo were repulsed. Our .prisoners have increased; i 10(5. officers and 3642 men, and we have taken 26 machine guns. The (French attacking eastward of Auberi.ve i penetrated at one single point, but we counter-attacked and captured seventy, the remainder falling. We downed one aeroplane, and another fell in flames at Soissons. REPORT FROM PARIS. | Paris, October 3. A communique; says :—Our positions were violently bombarded eastward of Souchez We appreciably progressed, trench tpl trench.• on the heights of'La' Folie, and won in the Champagne a considerable portion .qf'jthfe .fn'pniy's lines. Northward of Mesnil air.squadrons' threw maniy tn-qjactiles 1 |nt stations and railways Am the enemy's rear, np.t.nldy, (Hi the Guignicourt ancl'tAmsfortame junction. .t)Dejsfciite a hea-wy Gorman..bombard-.,, menu,* xlijs French have made perceptible progress on the heights of La Folic. A. coupj'de main between Auberive andV Epine do Vedeprange has enaWetl'w* lot -.capture more .machine guns and a number of prisoners. A, violent bombardment in the Argonne, north of La Houyette, was effectively stopped by our bomb throwers. The enemy shelled Verdun at long range, which our artillery countered. We cannonaded trains,,at the ... Yigneuillas; and •: Le ,Sh|it,to Chat el stations,, ■ oausiijg •■ t\vo : violent explosions* i j :> U • /t;u.'

.",()««•, dirigibles on Thursday night bombai;dod the junction „ja£~~AmaguelA'guyi find the stations of Attigny and Vonziers, The aircraft returned safe- - '_iy." ( .*;, w i- ♦, '..; - m \u; ' Our aeroplanes that are bombarding the lines are called "gun- '' planes."| They i|'al|' ; ■ ijrq jbi|i|nes,J with a small Hot'elfkiss g'Kui upon the upper plane. The first experiments with these were '*• in* January, when Captains Reny and Fame were. killed. The gnnplanes have since been improved, and are able to bombard towns from the air. Many of 1 these planes are being used at tlie ; front. Le Petit Parisian., describing the ' British advance, says the sight of a human wave rolling up the summit 01 a little hill like a wind-swept sea was a marvellous spectacle. TJie English behind the hillock debouched on,Loos, which was defended by a fqj'nisabjej line of trenches. They were exposed to a terrific fire, and seemed to ( hesitate, ~ For a moment the position" became difficult to hold, until the Scottish regiment executed a rapier turning movement. The. Scottish reached a German trench, which they occupied and opened an enfilading fire. Then the ctance of death began for the Germans, who fell like flies, abandoned their trenches, and ran towards lioos like 1 haves. PRISONERS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND United Press Association. London. October 2. A large number of Germans who : were captured in the recent pffensfc-e ! have arrived. The Paris press is more confident in ' tone, and believe that the Allies will ' pierce the Western front. The "main : difficulty accrues from stout barbed wire, which is frequently electrified. The French are now firing cutters from f their rifles. German papers insist that it is useless to minimise the importance of the struggle, but the nation is entitled to , ( look with confidence to the future, tie- 1 spite the enemy's \vejh>rganised and j. well-prepared efforts. ■■ I ■ -t— i - |