South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-03
Germans March to Death
Chanting National Song;
Even British Praise Them

southeast OF Amenities France was
estimated at more thai 600"
Then follows a tribut, to German
valor;
"A fiercely contested action took
place near Lagheir. which village was
captured in the morning by the enemy
and then retaken by US. The German
casualties here were very heavy. They
came on with the greatest bravery in
swarms only to be swept away by our
fire. One battalion Of the One Hun
dred and Fourth Regiment was practi-
cally wiped out.
ION our left our troops advanced
against the Germans 26th reserve
corps near Passchendaele, and were
met by determined r-offensive.
However. the enemy was again driven
back leaving many dead and wounded
upon the field.
ION the 22nd Of October there was
a renewal of the German pressure
against US but we succeeded in holding
our ground in nearly every quarter. On
the 23rd the action south the I4ys and
on our right was confined TO artillery.
Several hostile batteries that had been
giving considerable trouble were sill
enced by us. In the center the Ger
man infantry again endeavored 20
force its way forward but was repuls-
ed. There was also determined fight
ing upon the left
The 2Sd was a bad day for the Ger
mans. They retreated and our guns
did great execution They afterwards
made five desperate assaults against
our trenches advancing in a mass and
singing as they came The attacks
were all repulSed, our troops waiting
until the enemy was within range of
their rifles before opening fire. The
rifle and maxim gun fire caused ter
rible havoc in the solid masses of the
enemy.
German Loss Heavy.
ION the night of the 23d as well as
on the night of the 22d the German
| losses were extremely heavy. Much
| Of the slaughter was due to the point
| blank magazine fire of our men while
the field guns and hOwitzers were
working in perfect order.
"On the 23d we captured more than
| 600 prisoners and found 1900 dead
and wounded The troops suffered Sc
of the new German formations.
"Their advance showed their lack
of training and faults in their leaders
which the almost superhuman brav-
cry Of the men could not overcome.
1t was a hot contest. The courage OF
! these devoted Germans chanting their
national airs as they went to their
| death was inspiring, but pitiable.
ION the cath the action on our
right was again confined to artillery
except I'm the night time, when the
| Germans made an attack in the cen
| ter near ArmentiereS, but was re-
pulsed. The British withstood three
separate attacks of the Germans to
push forward.
| ION the 25th the British took the
offensive. Up TO the night of the 25th
we maintained our positions against
| great efforts of the enemy to break
y Through or force our lines back. The
/ struggle has been most severe and OF
a Sanguinary nature. 1t has seemed
| that success would ultimately favor
the side which had the best powers OF
| endurance or would be able to fling
! fresh forces into the fray. Though we
have inflicted immense losses upon the
| enemy, they have so far been able to
| fill their gaps and resume their fierce
attacks. Consequently we ourselves
have suffered heavily"