THE EUROPEAN WAR

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 59, 9 November 1914, Page 5

THE EUROPEAN WAR

_• —— ~ Late war news on pages 3 and o. ON THE FRAHCO-BELOIAN FRONTIER. THE BATTLE OF ST. MICHEL. GERMAN'S APPALLING LOSSES. enemy hemmed in on three SIDES Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 9 a.m.) PARIS, November 8. Eye witnesses of the St. Michel fighting say:—The German losses were frightful. The Germans are now closely hemmed in at the front and on both flanks, GERMANS WITHDRAWING FROM YPRES. BRITISH ADVANCE SEVERAL MILES. FRENCH KEEP GERMANS FROM THE COAST. PARIS, November 7. The German withdrawal from Ypres has begun. The British advance began on Wednesday. Several miles were gained. On Thursday fierce fighting took place in the La Bassee region. A large French force successfully resisted German efforts to break through coastwards. — KAISER’S GHASTLY PICNIC. REGIMENT ORDEREb TO DO IMPOSSIBLE TASK. WHOLE FORCE WIPED OUT. PARIS, November 7. Before the Yser inundation the Kaiser appeared on the right bank And exhorted the troops to re-capture the positions on the other bank. The Wurtemburg regiment volunteered, and waded thigh ceep into the river. Belgian sharpshooters accounted for the entire regiment. Most of the wounded were drowned. The Kaiser surveyed the ghastly sight through field glasses. LATE OFFICIAL REPORT. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. ALLIES MAKE PROGRESS AT YARD OUS POINTS, PARIS, November 7. Official.—The Germans were coun-ter-attacking the Belgians who had advanced along the right bank of the Yser from Nieuport to Lombartzde, but the Belgians were supported in time, and the situation on that side was completely restored. Marines repelled a counter-attack on Dimude. We have progressed around Blxy shoote. The British have again assumed the offensive south-east of Ypres and defeated a particularly violent attack by a recently-arrived army corps. The British repulsed violent attacks on Neuve Chapelle. We stopped several day and night attacks between La Bassee canal and Arras. Between Arras and the Oise we slightly progressed. At Yermilles and south of Aix Noulette we continue to gain the ground recently lost at Vailly. We repelled fresh attacks in the Argonne, where we progressed at several points. W occupied Harbouxt and Ngeville. The enemy unsuccessfully attacked the heights of the Meuse south-east of Verdun. The Germans suffered considerable losses in attacking the approaches to Grand Courrcuede, and Nancy. A German coup-de-main against the heights dominating Golde Saint Marie completely failed. HIGH COMMISSIONERS REPORT. LONDON, November 7. Official.—There has been slight progress of the Allies’ left east of Nieuport and on the right bank of the Yser. The enemy’s attack, renewed at Dimude and Lys, is less violent. The Franco-British lines are assuming the offensive, and have made progross. An artillery battle is proceeding between La Bassee and the Somme. L The Allies retain the occupation of Quesnoy and are advancing towards * Andeghy. 't Attacks at several points along the 15 front were repulsed after aa all-day \ battle. / The right wing is quiet. S k . \ t OFFiCIA L REPORT. ■LONDON, November " j Official—The enemy’s progres- > < decreased in vigour. The proce.H- ---; pressing them back is making slow hut - steady progress. The advance is nm t *-marked south of Dixmude and towar d :vlifcleweldt, but misty weather has i tended to operations. \ PARIS, November S. ( attacks /ill along, •} the frpnt llvefbeeh j; v We captured at the bayonet point f the village of St. # Renw. the \ heights of the Meuse# & " * " :1 : £ PARIS, November 7. V AGeman corps wan defeated Tt conslafotl -6f first:

GERMAN ATTACK SHATTERED. WHOLE DIVISIONS ANNIHILATED. COUNTRYSIDE COVERED WITH GERMAN DEAD. ALLIES SUCCOUR ENEMY’S WOUNDED. GERMAN SHARPSHOOTERS FIRE ON STRETCHER-BEARERS. i LONDON, November 7. Mr, Martin Donohoe says that in the fighting at Armentieres and Arras, the enemy’s attack was completely shattered. Whole divisions of Germans were annihilated. Only forty men and a corporal survived out of a full regiment. The country round Armentieres is full of unburled German dead, while the wounded are left to the Allies’ mercy. The unchivalrous enemy fired on the Red Cross when they were tops sniped stretcher bearers and u 11tops sniped stretcher bearers nad ultimately machine-guns fired at the treetops brought down twenty sharpshooters. The Britishers captured isolated bands. They had been subsisting on raw horseflesh, and eagerly surrendered. AN ARTILLERY DUEL. PARIS, November 7. The situation between Lille and Arras is still obscure. The fighting is mainly an artillery duel, with little advantage on either side. ALLIES GAIN MUCH GROUND. PARIS, November 7. Official. —The battle in the north was as violent as ever. Our offensive east and south of Ypres continues. We have repulsed attacks from Arras to the Oise and retaken Soupoa near Vailly. German attacks in the Argonne continue to be violent, hut without result. We have carried trenches on the heights of the Meuse, also east to Verdun. ALLIES BLOCKING ROAD TO BOULOGNE. AMSTERDAM, November 7. The Allies are strenuously opposing an attempt to advance direct by road to Boulogne. THE BATTLE OP ARRAS. ENEMY ENTERS A DEATH TRAP, WHOLE BATTALION OP GUARDS SURRENDERS. MILITARY TRAIN CAPTURED. PARIS, November 7. The Germans were Induced to make a great effort Arras on Monday by. French artifice. Air scouts revealed German concentration between Lens and Douai. The French evacuated all villages to the north of Arras, pretending that they had abandoned the town. A German aviator was allowed to reconnoitre unhindered. Twelve thousand Germans entered Arras with band playing. They had hardly begun to pass the Scran Bridge when volleys were fired from neighbouring houses. Machine guns simultaneously began a deadly fire on the flanks of the rear of the German columns. A battalion of guards rushed forward in the hope of getting beyond the ambuscade, but the French Dragoons charged and the guards surrendered bodily. The remainder of Hie enemy retreated, but a military train, with a 17-inch howitzer and a crew of Krupp engineers, was captured through an aeroplane destroying: the line. GERMANS' TERRIBLE LOSSES. PARIS, November 7. Four thousand Belgians are engaged burying German corpses. It is estimated that 3700 German dead were round Dixmude,