Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-12
London Scottish Regiment Dis
plays Great HeroiSm When
0utfIanked and Practically
Surrounded,
FIERCE RESISTANCE
TO GERMAN ASSAULTS
ASSaiIants Literally Moved
Down by Close Range Ar
tiIIery and Machine Gun
Fire, Says Eyewitness,

LOnuon, NOV II tlV+eV y, III.
The official press bureau issued tho
following descriptive account which
has been communicated by an eye
witness present with general head
quarters and which continues ana
supplements the narrative published
the British force and the French
armies in immediate touch with Il;
November 4--Before the chrono-
logical record OF the course OF events
Il resumed. a short description Will
be given of the part In the battle play
ed on October 81 by the London Scot
tish regiment The occasion Is not
looked upon as a special one, because
this battalion acquitted itself we'll
for that was regarded as a matter OF
course---nor because II has done bet
ter than the regular battalions who
have been doing as much, II not more,
for weeks on end. IL Is special event
because It forms an epoch In the mill
tary history Of the British empire and
marks the first time that complete
unit of our territorial army has been
thrown into. fight alongside it's sis
ter units of the regular army. Briefly.
what happened was this.
Scots Stand Firmly.
ION Saturday October 80 being
ordered to take up section of the
firing line to support some of our cav
airy and having advanced to Its posi-
tlon under heavy fire from field guns.
howitzers and machine guns, the bat
talon reached point where further
movement forward was impossible.
There Ii maintained itself untll dusk,
when 1t proceeded to entrench. From
8 o'clock that night until a. M. sun
day. the Germans made numerous at
taclxs on the Scottish line. ali of which
were repulsed by rifle fire. At 2
a. IN. they made their great effort and
assaulted the front and left of the po-
sitlon in great force. A considerable
number succeeded by a detour in
getting around the flank Of the regi-
ment. A large proportion Of these
were engaged by the companies IN
support and reserve, while others pen
etrated between the first and second
lines of trenches and assailed our fir
ing line in the rear.
Makes Desperate. Retreat.
While the fighting with rifles and
bayonets was going on, both In front
and Immediately behind the firing
line. reserve company still farther
behind made repeated bayonet charges
against the enemy who had got round,
and SO prevented the entire enyelop-
ment of the battalion. Behind the
firing line the scene OF combat was llt
up by blazing house which the Ger
mans had set alight.
'At dawn II was discovered that
large numbers of the enemy had ac-
eording to custom. worked around
both flanks with machine guns, and
a retirement was carried out, This
was effected under a cross fire from
machine guns and rifles.
Naturally, in an encounter of this
nature, the battalion suffered a heavy
loss but, though unable To maintain
its position, 1t acquitted itself with
gallantry and coolness in situation
of peculiar difficulty and following
the national motto Of memo me i'm
pune lacessit, inflicted far more dam
age on the enemy than II received.
Lines Driven Back.
ITO turn to the alnarrative: On
lst, the full violence Of the
enemy's attack again fell on our left,
their main efforts being still directed
slightly south of Ypres. Such was
the force of the onslaught and the
weight OF the artillery supporting Il
that our line was temporarily driven
back. IT was soon readIusted. how
ever, and by evening the situation In
this quarter was the same as ii had
been twenty-four hours earlier.
THAT night some shells were
thrown into ypres itself Further 20
the south the Germans had, during
the previous night, retaken the vii
lage Of Messines and had also cap-
tured Wytschaete. BY / a. IN. our /
cavalry, working in cooperation with |
the French. drove them ont of the |
latter place by brilliant bayonet I
charge. but we did not occupy II. A
few of the prisoners taken at this |
place were only II years old and said |
that they had had practically no |
and little food Some Of /
them had never fired rifle before.
Germans Fall In Heaps.
The fact that Messlnes still re-
NAMED in hostile hands necessitated |
/ slight adjustment Of our front In
he center. But apart from this there