In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 47, 25 October 1915, Page 5

In the West

DEAD MEN'S TALES. GERMAN HATRED OF FRENCH. •I M , " }j United Press Association. •.(Received 10.50 a.m.) I ; i London, October 2Jk.A Tpe French Embassy issues the text of a letter'found on a German body, stating: , >"When we captured the French, trenches on September 14th they were so crowded and seemed to be full of fleas. We took no prisoners., Out has got to finish, idff this Sermin. It was a most bloody affair." The second letter found on another body confirms the former concerning the same affair: "We bayonetted the lot. I showed no mercy. These filthy French must be stamped out; they must either sign peace or all will be killed."

GERMANS REPORT ON THE BATTLE OF LOOS. Amsterdam, October 24. The Berliner Tageblatt, describing the battle of Loos, says that the British bombardment was terrific. Our excellent trenches were blown into holes and the entanglements were shredded. Gas banks crept towards us in successive waves, and suddenly behind the fourth cloud the British emerged in thick lines of storming columns. They seemed to arise from" the earth, and they wore masks resembling devils, not soldiers. For a long time after no news reached divisional headquarters, the wires being destroyed, but an adjoining division reported a gas attack on their first line, which was stormed, and finally came the >ne\vs that the British had succeeded in storming our divisions in the first trenches. SEVERAL ENEMY REPULSES. The High Commissioner reports : London, October 2-1 (4.25 p.m.) 'The Germans last evening attempted another attack, at Fort Givenchy wood and our advanced outposts in the neighbourhood of Hill 14, but were decimated, even at starting from their trenches, and were compelled to return. This is the eighth check inflicted on the enemy in five days in this region of the front. Artillery fighting, very lively and almost incessant, occurs south of Somme. In Champagne, our batteries effectively punished the trendies and works of the enemy.