New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-06
Throw Dead from Trenches.


oThev made several assaults against
our whole front south 81 the Lys' ou',
with the exception Of their success AZ
Neuvechappellc, won no auNNn'"Ho
Tbe combat for that place, as is usually
~ cosc with village lighting. was OF
most murderous description. IL pc
loved that the enemy'S losses IN thus
onarter Of the field generally were very
great. .,. 800. ohsorv-
mo their advance reports that the Ell
feet OF our rife and gun IRE on the
Germans was stupendous and ths'
they had 20 throw corpses or thelr
own men out of their trenches rs
thev came on in order 70 obtain cover
"four successive attacks were mace
each by different regiments, and IN
his way the whole Of one DIVISION was
engaged, piece-meal, in about inc SAM
locality. The last Of these regiments
has now been practically disposed o.
and according TO prisoners 'h''r GU"
dition is 6eplorable.
North Of the river our centre was
suhiected 70 a heavy she'll fire from
nieces of various sizes. Our guns were
bv no means idle and one OF our
ns+rols found eleven Germans desu
INA one rendered unconscious py
&c. in farm on which they hau
observed one of our lyddite shehs u'
Toward our left the resdiustment OF
our line commenced on Monday shu
was complete. and some redlStriou'lo'
of strength was effected on inc N.
IRENE left. The ground gained AZ
Neuvechappelle was again ths sVS.e
90 Sesperate lighting on Wednesday,
% Ssib some of our Indian troops
s-reatlv distinguishing themselves by q
S,eu conducted counter attack, ny when
,ha, drove the Germans out OF the
s,rsster part Of the place with the bayo-
Sst on emerging from the village
However. they we're exposed 70 con,
nsn+rated fire Of machine guns and had
"a remain contented with what they
@0n the left during the morning the
enemy made attacks under cover OF the
whole bombardment, but each enort
was repulsed with great slaughter one
Of our trenches was carried, and then
10000 ef+er a loss Of two hundred
desd had been inflicted on the enemy
IOn the centre north Of the Lys
,otb;ng Of particular moment occurred
On tbe extreme left our advance was
1T messed. and the enemy renamed
!. nossession OF Becelaere. A nlght
at+sck bv them was repulsed. The next
dav the centres of pressure were, lot
the most part, our two Hanks south "a
the Lys.
German Assault Fails.
"on our right the Germans deliyere4
an assault which failed. In irony %
one battalion they are estlnlsVe9 ~
have left between 600 ana wv 49,
while not far off a trench INTO "nl -.
+hav had penetrated, was captured ny
us at an expense 10 them OF se''"''
killed and fourteen prisoners. .h..
an the centre little took place worthy
90 snecial record. A few Germans
care in and surrendered voluntarily.
In this quarter we experienced IoI 'nS
6rst time in the northern theatre o.
+bs war the action Of the MlnenWerleIl
or trench mortar. Il has range u
some 500 70 900 yards ana thITNS
bomb loaded with high eNpiVssIo oS
weighing up to 200 pounds belng i,ieu
at an extreme elevation from the Oo'-
tom of pit. -
.sctad in two places. One OF these
efforts did not mature. as the GROUND
ever which the German infantry had 70
advance was we'll swept by our guns
ON this case the assault was car
ried ont against one Of our brigades
bv a force of some twelve bsttallons'
With self-restraint our men held their
fire for forty minutes, until the attack
ors got quite close, and then drove
them back with loss Of two hundred
killed. The enemy penetrated INTO
portion of one of our trenches, put
we're driven out again, losing elghty
men killed or captured.
"The really important feature IN thls
davis operations occurred north OF the
Tvs and consisted of On onslaught IN
great force made in the morning IN
the direction of Ypres. After a heavy
cannonade, the assault was driven wen
home. and portion of our front line
was forced back BY evening the lost
ground was recovered, and in some
1lsces more than recovered, with the
exception Of one part to which the
enemy chung. CO
eevere as those Of the enemy, who
suffered enormously from the concen-
trated fire Of our massed machine
guns"