The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-17
.|NFANTRYMEN
CHIEF SUFFERS
BRITISH PRSS BUREAU GIVES
NATURE OF FOUR WEEKS
3 BATTLE
A CONTINUOUS
BOMBARDMEN
With This Terrific Fighting Neieh-
er Side HISS Gained Any Ma
terial Advantage.
tDy Associated Preas.)

LONDON. Nov. 16.--(9:35 D. m.)-
The official press bureau has issued
the following account dated November
10 OF the movements Of the British
force and the French armies in inn
mediate touch with II: /
| In describing operations for tho
six days from November A to 8 it can
be said that during that period the
Germans nowhere along our front
have made an attack In great force
such as was launched againE. Ypres
at the end or October. Their policy
mas appeared 70 be to wear us ont
by continual bombardment, inter.
spersed with local assaults at differ
ent points,
Their artillery attacks have com
tinued without cessation for days anti
wonder lis aroused as &c yhan this
prodigal expenditure OF anmuniation
Will cease. nor It has not produced its
obviously calculated effect OF break
Ing the defense in preparation Tor an
advance OF their infantry;
so far the infantrymen have heen
the chief sufferers, On Wednesday,
November q, they renewed the attack
or Ypres but their effo-ts bore mo re-
sembiance to those which preceded Il.
being more In the nature or q demon
stratton In force sisan d aeKisiis 6 IL
tempt to artys IN our ilte and TgaS
baHtnl ll aElzs.. "
by then cur ifs5a ii6Il IiII feIIss
forced, had rested And hal Improved
their ssenesses
sciousness that they hals re aEsllssl s,9e
great effort Of the enemy was b p1ofai,
factor OF no small value. 81
Farther to the south on our lsft
center, the French advanced undeP
cover Of our guns and mahs some pro-
gress In spite OF heavy fire from the
enemy's massed battery, On our con-
ter ali wee enie., ~; % 6. 80 I;. s.
ION the right out Iadias troops
captured and filled In some trenches Il,
which the enemy had ea.abliaheti him.
self only so yards from our lines, un.
der cover Of heavy artillery brought
ID after aa.:s, 81 .7'.'...l -
"on our extreme left one OF our
aGwit&ar batteries, whose fire was ba-
ing most effectively dirscted. selected
as Its first target q farm from which
machine gun was harrnshing cur In
fantry, 1t scored q hit at the firEt
round and knocked out the machine
gun, x. 3 e
"The second target wasla house oc-
cupied by snipers.s This was set alight
by the shell and when the Occupants
bolted they came under the rapid firs
OF the infantry. The third target ygas
another building, from which the Ger4
mans were driven and 3 then were
caught In the open by shrapnei. one
Of our heavy batteriea also obtained
several direct hits on the enespy's
guns. a 3g
Thursday (Noyembef s) wac an.
other comparatively Qufet day. there
being no attempt at an infantry az
tack against any point OF cur liosisfon.
Southeast OF Ypres the Germans
maintained a heavy boinbAfdment OF
one section OF our front, but EeneraiIy
speaking, the artillery was not 40
heavy as 1t had been soineWliat 10 the
south. z
'-The French made slight progress
and recaptured ground nirther "a the
south. Two villages the enemy had
captured and their line 0f ride close
by We're heavily bornbarde6 by British
and French artillery FROM the high
ground to the weHt. Tha aiEaek OF eisia
cannonade could be seen to some ex-
tent. though the villages under fiFe
were partially obscureds from gieW BY
smoke OF bursting shells ana regesl-
bIed the craters % voieaaoes belching
fire end fumes. $ 3
Eat one place the saunt wreck or
an Old church tower ,sti0 Sue biacken-
ed remains OF q fsyf h,russS sroani ie
would emerge Tor d :rno1tent onSy 20 be
again blotted out K o pail or smoke. Z
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