The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-12-04

of the Allies were great, but at thu
same time were slight compared will
those Of the enemy, aud that the allied
troops we're in excellent spirits and con
lfident OF success.
NEEDS MORE MEN.
Regarding recruiting, Earl Kitchener
said he still had room for men and ht
was confident that the men would an
swer the country's call and see that the
war was brought to successful conclu'
sion. He said that about thirty thou.
sand recruits were enlisting weekly.
THE time will come when we shall
require many more and / will then
make it thoroughly we'll known, the
field marshal said, and added that in
the meantime all the gaps in the Brit
ish force on the Continent had been
filed
Referring to the German advance on
Dunkirk and Calais after the capture OF
Antwerp, Lord Kitchener mentioned
that in spite OF the overwhelming num-
Der of the German forces the British
troops vigorously attacked and British
cavalry division extending over seven
miles OF trenches threw back the fierce
attacks of whole German army corps
for more than two days. The arrival
OF tho Indians on the scene, he said,
proved to be a great advantage, and
when the fresh re-enforcements pushed
forward the German march on Calais
was stopped.
Lord Kitchener spoke OF the splendid
fighting qualities Of the French troops
and of the pluck of the gallant Bel
gian army, whose fine resistance had
been strengthened and encouraged by
the cooperation Of the British feet,
which had effectively shelIed the Ger
man artillery positions"
Sir John French's successful resist
ance to the German advance, Lord
Kitchener told the Lords, was main
tanned notwithstanding that the Ger
man supports had been pushed up in
large numbers.
in the early days Of November, F"
he continued, mo less than eleven army
corps we're attacking the British posi-
ton. At this critical period the Eighth
division was sent from England to join
the forces in the field, and the valuable
cooperation OF our allies on our left
materially strengthened the British po-
stion.
GERMAN ATTEMPT FAILS.
ION November II supreme effort
was made by the Germans. The Prus-
sian Guard was ordered to force its way
through the lines at all costs and to
carry them by sheer weight OF numbers.
But this desperate attempt failed like
its predecessors.
Strong French re-enforcements oc-
cupied considerable portion OF the
British trenches in front OF Ypres, and
with their front thus appreciably short
ened the British troops, which for over
fourteen days and nights had never left
the trenches or allowed the enemy to
maintain a footing in them, were en-
abled to enjoy partial well-earned
rest"
Several battalions OF territorials, the
Secretary of War announced, had joined
the British forces and had made them
selves felt
Referring to the last phase in the
conflict raging in Russian Poland, Lord
Kitchener said:
After holly contested battle the re-
enforced Russian troops in this neigh
borhood have been able to check and
defeat the Germans with, / believe,
heavier losses than they ever sustained
before.
Lord Kitchener also briefly touched
on the Turkish intervention and said
that the Russians successfully were adj
gancing in the Caucasus, while an In
dian expeditionary force had twice de-
Ieated the Turks at the head Of the Per-
sian Gulf, where they had occupied the
important town OF Basra and were also
il touch with Turkish force thirty
miles to the east of the Suez Canal.
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