Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-17

ridge close by were heavily lombard
ed by British and French artillery
from the high ground 70 the west.
at one place the gaunt wreck Of
an old church tower and the blnck-
ened remains OF few houses around
IL would emerge for a moment only
10 be again blotted vut ina pail Of
smoke. t
Houses CrumbIc Away.
THE long and struggling villages,
when they became temporarily visible
seemed TO melt away and assume odd
and fantastic shapes as the houses
crumblcd and blocks of masonry
were thrown hither and thIther by
the blasting effect OF the lyddIte and
mellnite.
The result OF the allies artillery
work was most satisfactory. When
the Germans were seen TO be running
from shelter, which had cpnsed 10 act
as such, they were caught and moved
down by the rapid fire OF the French
artillery
ION the whole, the ground which
the Germans have gained In this d.
rectlon has so far proved a somewhat
barren acquisition. II has proved a
death trap for their troops and they
can derive no advantage from It's pos
session.
Aeroplanes Score SUCCESS.
"All along the rest OF our line noth-
Ing OF special interest occurred.
Farther south cur aeroplanes AMI
thosa of the French scored success
by partially destroying two of the old
forts OF Lille
con Friday. the 9Th, the attack
was renewed south Of the Menln-
Ypres high road. but was repulsed
without difficulty. Against the
southeast Of Ypres, which town had
been subjected TO bombardment
during the nIstat and wasfalso shelled
during the day. q fairly strong adj
vance was made ia the afternoon and
the enemy gained some ground.
Recover lost Ground.
1.-THE French. however. made a
counter stroke, supported by AS and
by nightfall had recovered all the lost
ground.
; ION our center nothing Of particu-
lar interest occurred. on our right,
south Of the Lys, the enemy made
two unsuccessful night attacks.
ION Saturday. the 7th ON our left
the enemy in the afternoon again at-
tackled the, east and southeast o.
Ypres along the Menin road. our line
was at one point forced back. but the
ground was at last regained.
Attack Not Driven Home.
About p. m. the Germans ap-
pcarrd 10 he massing opposite our
line southeast of Ypres, and the pres
sure for time was severe. although
the attack WAS not driven home.
Slightly farther 20 the south the
fighting continued with undated
furry and resulted in gains for our
allies. About 400 Of the enemy adj
vanced from the cover of a wood
against the French. Half of them
with the most reckless bravery came
on 10 close quarters and were all shot
or bayonetted. A tremendous can
nonade was maintained by both sides
I'm this direction, the allies pouring a
hail of shells all around the ridge fac
ing them held by the Germans and
the latter bombarding some high
ground and the valley to the east Of IL
in our possession.
Refuse 10 Accept Defeat.
'sThe Germans refused to accept
defeat, and, rerning to the charge,
ts.I - frof sf41n ag
They were again eounter-attackedl
and cleared out of the wood. but con-
tinued in possession of parts of our
line and at some houses which COM
manded them.
Farther south the enemy agasn
behaved with great boldness. sapping
up to within a short distance Of orr
trenches.
Fierce Fighting Sunday.
throughout the recent fighting,
Sunday has proved a day Of activity
and the eighth of November was no
exception. on the left the morning
passed quietly so far as the British |
were concerned. To the southeast of
Ypres the French continued to give
us considerable support and pressed
forward. AT 2:30 n. m. the daily at
tack on our line was made, this time
In force to the north of the Menin-
Ypres high road and again the enemy
temporarily in piercing our
front. They were driven back, how
ever, before dark. After this re-
pulse 107 dead Germans were count
ed in front of one battalion, the total
hostile force engaged being estimated
at 1000.
:. Losses Are Heavy.
These strong attacks were accom-
plished or preceded by attempts to
press at other points. which were us
ually attended with heavy losses. An
instance of the cost to the enemy of
these subsidiary operations occurred
on this day when one of our bat !
talions killed forty-seven Germans
this number being actually counted |
in front of our trenches and captured |
eleven. 1t Is calculated that on Sum
day their casualties in killed and |
wounded in frontsof one small Sec
ton of our line were about / 200.
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