The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-06
BRITONS PRAISE
YALOR OF ENEMY
Official Statement Tells How German.
sing In Facing DeAth-Depicts
Btg Battle.


from the battle front in France and Bel
glufn. written as previously by Cole u.
Swlnton. OF the intelligence department
out to-day By the official press bureau
II bears. the date OF October 20 and
deals with the fighting ON the Franco
'on Wednesday. october 2i. the new
Ger'nan formations again pressed for
MARI IN force vigorously all along our
south OF the Lys. an attack ON our lines
was repulsed with loss TO the assaiI-
ants: ON the other hand. we were driven
from some ground to the north, but re-
gained IL by counter attack
Sun further To the north the Ger
Their casualties to the southeast of
Armentieres were estimated at 5000
Fighting at La CHER.
on the north OF the Lys an our cen
ter, a fiercciy contested action took
place near La CHER. which village was
captured in the morning BY the enemy
ton the German casualties were ex-
tremely heavy. They came on with the
sreS,es s oreNSry IN sMsrms, only TO be
OF their one Hundred and Fourth regi-
ment was practically wiped out some
900 dead being picked up by US in our
Incidentally by our counter attack
We took lSO prisoners and released some
90 OF our men who had been captured.
IL ~ agreeable 10 record that our men
were well treated by their captors. who
were SaNons. being placed in cellars for
protection from the bOmbardment OF
our guns
ION our left our troops advanced
against the German Twenty-sixth re-
met by "A determined counter offensiye
which was driven back with great losses
huse by Germans Fails.
AT night the Germans renewed their
efforts unsuccessfully in this quarter At
one point they tried "A ruse which no
longer Is new. As they came up In a
.anNN linz
Don't IRE. We are the Coldstream
Guards" our men. however. are getting
used to tricks OF this kind and the only
result was that they allowed the enemy's
infantry to approach quite close before
they swept them down with magazine
IRE.
Apart from the 900 dead found near
our lines In the center. our patrols after
wards discovered some 800 dead further
out in front Of our left. killed by our
artillery
Thursday. the 22d. saw a renewal OF
the pressure against Us. We succeeded
however in holding our ground In nearly
every quarter. South OF the I.ys the
enemy attacked from La Hassee and
galned al Niolainos and al another point
out their efforts against a third village
were repuised BY artillery IRE alone. the
French and British guns working TO-
gether effectively.
Retrsating Force wiped out.
on our left the 23d was "a bad day
Tor the Germans Advancing in our turn
we drove them from some Of the trench
- out OF which they had turned us on
the previous evening and captured $50
prisoners and released some OF our men.
whom they had taken. A. the Germans
letreated our guns did great execution.
me. Ihey afterwards made hve desperate as
taults on our trenches. advancing in
mass ana singing Die Wacht am Rhein"
as they came on.
Zach assault was easily beaten hack
o ..'i,, trooPs waiting until the enemy came
N.aHF4
nie Win their rifles and MaNims cHus-
ing terrible havoc IN the solid masses
During the fighting in this quarter
on the night OF the 22d and the PAD the
German losses again Wcre ertremeiv
heavy. We made over 600 prisonersa.
ana picked up 1909 dead. killed on the
htter day alone.
Lack OF Training shown.
The troops 60 suffer 30 severely ware
or me Twcnty-third corps. one 81 their
new formations. Certainly the way their
naNance was conducted showed a lack OF
faininE and faults In leading which
thlg almost Huperhunar bravery OF the
soldiers could not cOunterbalance IL
was ~ holocaust
fhnnftng national song az thry march
20 to certain death was Inspiring If
va. st " same Tine pitiabie. and if
any proof be needed that unframed vat9r
alone cannot gain the day In modern
WtarIare the advance ~ The Twenty
lhird German .cerpa on October % most
con SATURDAY. October 20. The action
on our riEht once more was confined tD
artiilery except nf night when tho fter-
mans pressed on. only to b. reruIaad
iu the center. near Armenfierre our
troops WithefOud three eerarafn afferlrf9
or me enemy Co. push forward our filnr
coming into play with good rffrrf
Afhlugt our lof fHs German Tuarfr-
sft,nth CORPS made violent effort. bur
with no success
British Take the Offensive
TN sunday. october II H WAS 0rr
turn o. Toxic the offensive Thir nae
carried out BY portion 0r our Irff Wins
which advanced GAINED Some ground
ono took two guns and eighty prlsorsra
lh the center frhtinE was srV ere. THOUGH
genernllf uudeciaiFe iu result and tIs
tronpf in some places were eurarfH boz
hani 20 hand combat Towards rtsrIra
We captured 200 uriaOufra
70 tu the night of October 90 thfra.
tore. not only have We maintained our
position uguiuef great effort un inc
part 90 thc enemy fu break through tho
sect ~ tO force ua back which WAS
started on fhr cNth but we have ga 0lIr
lsft passed the offensive These sd
DAYS. ~ may hf gathered. hove been
spent hy uH De- repcllnF "a succession ~
dfepernto uuelaurhfs
The rtruEEfe has been OF che most
severe and eanruiuHrf nature Thnurh
We hHfO undoubtedly inflicted Iunruas
lnaa UPON the enemy they go fnr have
uHfn able o. 900 ZOO toe rnUH In fHs.a