El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-25
ASSAULT
IN WEST FAILS
French Military Bulletin De-
scribes Unavailing At
tacks in Belgium.

Paris, France, Nov. 25.-Ihe buIlS'isi
Des Armes, in it's issue Of NoYemD495r
%, will publish a summary OF Ile NJ
itarv operations of the last SIX WeeH 5I9
This article is now given out o1Ilclally
for publication and is as follows; -,
'eThe formidable effort undertaken by
the Germans during TINS JlIne' lis ~
turn our left wing and second 10 pSlIISS
fTate it. has resulted in failure by
this effort the enemy was eiiuSsI , y Va ~?
to make good his defeat on the -Il'i NJ
instead he only added another cHecH u
the one he suffered in september
NeyorrneIess. in order to Outflank US IN
accordance with its recognized IhSIuou,
the German general starr HS6IS $500
nothing along that portion OF lhe Llo I
extending from the river LyS 70 me
sea n massed between the beginning
of October and the beginning o. ~
venber four corps of cavalry ana Two
armies, comprising in all 10 army cOi pS'
orders Found on Officers.
1.-THE crown prince of Bavaria zen tI
won Fabeck. Gen. Won Denllng ana me
duke of Wurttemburg, to stlmuiaIe tnS
morale of their troops lssugI So $500 a
appeals and eXhOrtatlons. we IUu4u
their orders on officers VINO IelI III Va -
RE or who were taken prisoners All
these documents agreed that II was
question of decisive action against me
French left. 1t was necessary 70 PeL,S-
trate to Dunkirk or TO 1pres LOT the
reason. according to one OF these Or
ders. that the decisive blow was yet
to be delivered And this blow must
be decisive delivered with all speed
and carried through at all Costs II
was desired to obtain decision IN the
western arena of operations De1o!e
again turning towards the adversary IN
the east.
To proclaim Belgian Annexation.
These various orders recited, 1ur-
thermore that emperor William was
there to animate his soldiers by ms
presence. He had announced tnaI ne
wanted to be in Hpres on the IlrsC OF
November and everything was pre-
pared so that on that date there could
be proclaimed the annexation OF Bel
GUM.
in short. everything was provided
for. every single thing except the VIC
torious resistance of the allied army
| To make this resistance possible IL was
necessary for US to oppose to the enemy
forces which, if not equal to MS own
were at least sufficient.
What was then the situation at the
beginning of OCTOBER, the Belgian
! army had come out of Antwerp intact
| but too exhausted 70 take part IN any
maneuvers. The English army was
/ leaving its front on the Aisne for a
field of operation in the north Trans
pOrtatiOn and the movements OF sup
| plies occasioned long delays. The army
under Gen. De Cartelnau did not ex-
| tend its left wing beyond a point south
Allied Lines Reinforced.
1.-THE army of Gen. De Maudhui eX-
tended from this point to the south OF
| Lille. Farther on we had cavalry, ter
ritorials, and marine fusiliers. This
| force was not sufficiently strong to
4 enable Gen. FOch, called by Gen JOffre
/ to take command of the armies IN the
north, to break the wall of the enemy
| ReinfOrcemenUs were therefore sent
/ him.
about october 20 our front was out
I lined as fellows: From Newport to
| Dixmude, one OF our divisions of in
| fantry and our marines held the rail-
road line, while the Belgian army was
/ recognizing itself in the rear. To the
south Of DiXmude we were Installed
| along the canal, and from here our line
| extended to the east, making IN 'front.'
| of Ypres, a vast semi circle held by four
corps of the French army and one
| corps Of the English army. The line
| then dropped to a point to the south
of Messines and Armenueres, forming
| two segments, the first held by the re-
mainder of the British army, and the
| second by ourselves.
! Germans Attempt Flank Movement.
1.-The German attack was an effort
/ first to occupy Dunkirk and reach
| Calais or Boulogne. They tried to flank
| US and to cut the direct cOmmunica-
| tions of the British with the seacoasC.
All the heavy artillery of the enemy
| brought from Antwerp was there, ready
| to be used again.
Beginning November 5, the attacks
! were repulsed. From the railroad we
| marched toward the User, rolling up the
! enemy who had succeeded in crossing
1 to the left bank of this stream, and
/ drowning his rear guards in the floods.
One can still see near Ramscappelle
/ German cannon half buried in the mud
: and the corpses Of German soldiers half
| submerged.
Then Try to Cut Through.
| Then the enemy, r;nding it impos-
/ sible TO get around our flank, endeav-
| ored to cut through This was the
battle of Ypres, an engagement desper-
ate, furious relentless and unsuccess-
! full.
| For close to three weeks we stood
| up against repeated frantic assaults.
/ Every one Of them was repulsed. On
( October 80 the British troops had been
| Obliged to withdraw for several hun
| dred yards before powerful onslaught
| of the enemy. Our troops attacking
/ in conjunction with our allies were
! successful in reestablishing the i'm
| Dassable barrier which closed the ap-
| proaches to Ypres.
Germans Driven From Canal.
| "On November IL the enemy had sue
/ ceeded at a point north of Ypres, in
! crossing the canal. By the 18th he
! had been driven back. Also on the
J 18th the enemy succeeded in occupying
! a certain territory in the region to the
| south of Ypres, but this territory was
! recaptured from him. On the 18th at
! tacks of the enemy were less intense
| and our position became impregnable.
| This result was obtained by the Bel
| gian army, under the orders of Gen. D.
1 Tribal, together with the participation
| Of the armies of Gems. De Maudhui and
| De Castelnau. These three armies con-
| stituted the group under command Of
/ Gen. Foch. The last two mentioned
| contributed brilliantly to our success
| by repulsing all the attacks directed
I against them and by occupying. be
| tween Disc and Lys, several positions
! of Importance.
German Losses Exceed 10000.
1.-THE losses of the Germans have been
| considerable They undoubtedly ex-
| coed 10000 men, In certain trenches
| 12O meters long there have been found
| more than 1000 corpses. This is in
| spite of the Nfact that we know the
! Germans whenever II is possible, re-
! move their deaG from the field of bat
| tie.
| ct was all ar indication of the i'm
! pOrtance of our success. The greatness
/ Of the result obtained by US becomes
| particularly significant and striking if