The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-28
British Eyewitness Sends
News from Head
quarters
MOTORS PLAY
A BIG PART
Take Many Prisoners from
Raw German
Levies

London. Oct. 2S.--The eyewitness
who accompanies Gen. French's staff has
supplemented his account of the fight
ting done by the British troops in
France, bringing his narrative down to
Oct. "a.
According to the account made pub
lie Yesterday by the official news bu-
reau, British endorsements enabled
the allies to extend their fighting line
in the north from Hazebrouck on to the
river Lys.
The statement continues:
"The statement of the crossings over
the Lys indicated that no organized
scheme of defense had been executed,
some of the bridges being in state OF
repair, others merely barricaded while
one was not even defended or broken.
"The resistance offered to our advance
on the 18th was of most determined
character The fighting consisted of
fercely contested encounters, infantry
attacks on the villages being unavail-
ing until our howitzers reduced the
houses to ruins. Other villages were
taken and retaken three times before
they were finally secured.
Cavalry Forced German Retreat
"The French cavalry here gave well
come support. and on the evening of the
10th the resistance was overcome, the
enemy retiring five miles to the east
ward"
Describing an incident of the fighting |
on this night the narrative says that
the important crossing of the Lys at |
Warneton was strongly held by the Ger |
mans with barrcad loopholed at the |
bottom t. enable the men to fire while |
lying dow.
Our cavalry. with the artillery. blew |
the barricade to pieces and scattered the
defenders" the narrative continues.
Advancing three quarters of a mile our
troops reached the square, when one of
the buildings appeared to leap skywards.
A sheet Of flame and shower of star
shells at the same time made the place
as light as day. and enabled the enemy, i
ensconced in surrounding houses, to pour
devastating fire from rifles and ma
chine guns. Our cavalry extricated
themselves with the loss of one officer
wounded and nine men killed and
wounded. but party Of volunteers went
back and carried off their wounded COM
rades from the inferno.
During the 18th, 18th and 10th of
October our right encountered strong OPP
position from the enemy about La Bas- &
see. where they had established them
selves behind embankments.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, a determined but I
unsuccessful attack was made against :
the whole of our line. At {
one point, where one of our brigades [
made counter-attack, 100 Germans
dead were found in a trench and 40
prisoners were taken"
Armored Motors Play Big Part.
Armored motor cars equipped with
machine guns are now playing a part in
he war, and have been most successful a
n dealing with small parties of German 4
troops. In their employment h
,ur gallant allies. the Begians. who r
IRE now fighting with us and acq'i'ting \
themselves nobly. have shown them >
elves TO be experts. They appear TO
egard Uhlan hunting as form Of i
IDrt. The crews display the utmost q
lash and skill in this form of warfare. h
tten going out several miles ahead Of n
heir own advanced troops and seldom a
ailing to return loaded with spoils in il
he shape OF lancer caps, busbys, bel. II