In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 56, 4 November 1915, Page 5

In the West

OUT ALL THE TIME FOR GERMAN BLOOD. BRITISH BULLDOG SPIRIT. United Press Association. (Received 9 a.m.) Sydney, October 28. Air Harry Gullett (official Australian correspondent), writing from the British headquarters, France, contrasts the sporting spirit which the British regarded the Germans with the concentrated bitterness of the French in the early days of the war. The British outlook has quite changed since the Lusitania. Now, every man is out all the time for German blood. When they moved into a new district which was calm and healthy, the British make it a Hell by their challenging aggressiveness.

FAILURE TO BREAK FRENCH LINES. Paris, October 27. By the attempt to break through at Prosues on October 20th, the Germans hoped to capture Rheims, and thuscreate a decisive effect in the Balkans. The German losses in two days are estimated at being two divisions. Whole columns were, mowed down, and sixteen hundred corpses were counted along a distance of less than a kilometre. , IN THE CHAMPAGNE. Amsterdam, October 27. A German communique claims that the Germans repulsed attacks northeast of Souchez, and recovered 250 metres of ground in the Champagne which were temporarily lost; The French occupy a small part of the German trenches north-east of Mesnil. GERMAN NIGHT ATTACK FAILS. The High Commissioner reports:— London, October 27 (3.10 p.m.) .During the night a new German counter-attack at La . Courtine was stopped by French infantry and mac-hine-gun fire, and it completely failed. FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR FRENCH FRIENDS. THE KING’S MESSAGE TO THE army. (Received 12.35 p.m.) , London, October 27. The King’s message to the 1' rench Army at the conclusion of his visit to the French front was as iollows; — “I profoundly admire the heroic exploits, dash, and tenacity which is the proud heritage of the French Arm>. My army is very proud of fighting b\ your side. May the bonds uniting us endure and bring the gigantic struggle to a victorious end.”