New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-06
TWO ARMY CORPS RUSH
UPON ALLIES AT ARRAS
Germans Make Desperate Efforts at ArmentIereS-
Bring Up Big Mortars Which FAIL on
Account Of Soft Ground.

ir.ronching tools. The British in
fantry had found them o. this time
and punished them terribly.
The attack was under imperial and
royal ausDices. for the Kaiser and the
King Of SaXony were present al the
local German headquarters, and the
Kaiser. in his impetuous way. mad
pointed II hand toward the coast ana
exclaimed: "Ou, On TO Calais.
When an emperor insists. soldiers must
decide. So il came about that, after a
fresh pour of she'll fire directed upon
our whole line the mud-stained uni
formed men, who, molelike, had our-
rowed into the earth, crawled form
and. pulling themselves upright, faced
the British bullets anew. go.
Shrapnel and rifle fire had no DIM
Guilty in finding these human targets.
One could not help admiring the brav-
CRY Of men who marched so calmly and
slowly toward certain death. That dull.
gray clad German line, urged forward
bv its officers. came on, leaving pc
hind it At each step trail OF dead ana
diving. The German artillery had
ceased. for its infantry was creeping
closer and closer 20 our trenches, Dut
the fire from the trenches was tellihg'
and under it the numbers OF the as
saulting columns were rapidly dwlnd-
ling.
Germans Demoralized.
No soldiers that ever faced an enemy
could stand against this bullet storm
and live and for a second time the
German infantry wavered, then IT went
Iov.n as one man and sought cover
They were easy targets Tor gunners
md ri1emen. Minutes went by, and II
,.as clear that. if the Germans stayed
,rbore they were, they must be ami
bii.ted Their officers thought so, too,
md ordered a fresh advance. but the
mon ,yho had passed through such
bellieb ordeal. showed no inclination TO
r,se mn and close with the enemy.
Here II was that the British chance
come The terrible punishment sus-
teired in the advance had practically
deroralized the enemy. Suddenly our
artillery and rife fire ceased. ] he
low word OF command ran along the
trenches and the Khaki clad soldiers
gnreared above the ground.
They clambered into the open. Other
lines followed. First bayonets we're
fixed and .he khaki swarm swung Tor
,vard The coming of the British slim
ulated the hesltating German infantry
into activity. They fred one voiIey
tben sprang TO their feet and went 20
the right about One line sought 70
cover the retreat. With fixed bayonets
they faced the advancing British.
long. low murmur Of satisfaction ran
along the British front. The men
broke into a cheer as they closed with
the Germans and bayonet met bayonet.
At Close Grips.
There was thrust and parry. The
struggling men N khaki and dull gray
were AZ death grips. The swaying
mass separated. The men in dull gray
we're running and those in khaki were
cheering, or attempting 20 cheer, for
stiff 'cross-country run and bayonet
fight az the end are trying 70 wind and
limb. Back went the Germans and in
pursuit went the British. The Germans
rallied around the mortar which earlier
n. been 30 active i'm Smelling our po-
si,ion. Here a desperate hand-to-hand
struggle took place, the British deyot-
ing all their energies 20 capturing the
gun. Its German defenders had fallen
and the prize was IN the Brltlshers'
possession