Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-28
lure FOE BEFORE
DEADLY GUNF|RE
French, Through Ruse, Are
Able to Storm Kaiser's
Lines Near Ypres.
ALLIES TAKE POSITION
OVER GERMAN FRONTIER
Teutons Driven Out of France Near
Nancy-Field Works Prove
Most Effective.

! PARIS October 2S.-This is how a
of Ypres was taken Monday. according
TO officers who have arrived in Paris
from the battle line: series of light
four-gun. three-inch field batteries each
invisible from the front. were disposed
behind the natural cover of undula-
lions In the fields. bits of wood, ruined
farmhouses or dry ravines.
The guns, working to their full ca
pacity of four shells to the minute.
sprayed bursting project.les over the
German trenches in a wide belt, be-
fore, over and just behind the carefully
dug and rooted field works that is the
usual thing with the adversaries. The
German infantry, as long as they kept
inside the covered trenches, were Sc
cure, except from the chance of shells
falling directly through the narrow
space left for rifle and machine-gun
fire.
The French infantry. from the rear of
their own line of trenches, got up as if
for the usual run for the German lines
The French guns, at a moment agreed
upon, ceased their fire, and the Ger
rush was coming, ordered up their
reserve infantry, who were held out
side of the shell zone, to support the
slender lines in their trenches.
Third of Foe Seem to Fall:
The French infantry. although firing
heavily, did not charge. The French
artillery changed their range. and, at a
signal by telephone from the French
trenches, caught the German reserves
coming on the run one thousand yards
behind their works with a shatterlng
shell fire which broke formations and
seemed to bring down third OF the
men in the line. They simply could NOT
advance through the section of burst
ing shells.
The French infantry then charged
and won their way through the fre
from the German trenches, which they
took with the bayonet.
French Over German Border.
The pushing of the Germans out OF
France opposite Nancy yesterday. and
the establishing of French positions
inside the German frontier is regarded
as an important achievement at this
juncture, proving that the allies are
capable of carrying the war into the
enemy's country, while holding the in
yading army in check in the north.
The blue devils, a s the Germans call
the French lieht infantry operating in
the Vosges, again justified the terror in
which they are held by the enemy They
led the final rush which forced the last
of the Germans out of French Lor-
raine. These troops hesitate at no
sacrifice to gain an end. The second
battalion, e,,1ulating the first battalion,
which took the first flag from the Ger
mans. held the vantage ground gained
despite great losses.
Field Works Effective.
This seems to end fc~ the time being
the long effort against the unfortified
town of Nancy, the defense of which
has proved great surprise to the Ger
mans In the absence of strong forts
they found before them what is more
effective in this war-feld works. All
through the foothills of the Vosges
every thicket belched fire. every knoll
was little fortress. every gulch q
death trap and the Germans left there
the flower of the Imperial Guard.
Further west on the great front the
Germans treated the French to a new
kind of surprise. While an artillery
duel gave the infantry a respite they
around the necks of which hung plac-
ards announcing the defeat of the Rus
slams. The trenches are so close on
this part of the front that orders may
be heard across the intervening space
and the soldiers relieve the tedium of
their long watches by exchanging
quips.