In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 30, 4 October 1915, Page 6

In the West

CONDITIONS At THE FRONT. EVERYTHING COHERED WITH MUD. GUARDING GERMAN FIELD GUNS United Prkbs AbsoOlatioh. /■ " • . ' .- ' • * - (Received 1.40 p.m.) London, October 3. Renter's, correspondent with the British' headquarters vividly portrays the conditions at the front. A, despatch dated September 30 says' During the last two days there lias been but little further advance on the British front.. Fight jug has been proceeding in some places heavily along our new lines 4 south of La Ba'ssee, but i none of the cOnntef-attaeks succeeded. The enemy 1 lost heavily in killed and wounded. « Our hew .positions are being consolidated. The weather has bee'u unfavourable. After a dull, grey day heavy rain fell' dri Tuesday pveningywith a chilly wind'. The flat Flanders countryside, especially in ■ the .Black Country > is depressing to the last degree. Everythirig is cdvered with mpS. 1 ' Picture-long files of march-, ing men iii"waterproof sheets right over their heads; plodding steadily through the slush, chanting a chorus to keep up their spirits with endless columns of huge motor lorries and staff cars dashing through the ruts on the roadside to p as s the traffic; and motor despatch riders with machine arid man like a mass of mud. The only subject amongst men is "how lis tlie advance going?" .In, one town, eight German field guns* which were captured at Lobsare drawn up and 'guarded by soldiers Svith fixed bayon-| / ets. .'French"and English inspect and) decipher the-German penscriptiou on the barrels engraved with the Imperial "Eagle" and with' the : name of the Emperor. Chalked figures show ' , the . ranges 'at which guns were last fired.' '■■ > •