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operate on the left of the First Corps and
the Third Corps under Major-Gen. Byng.
THE Belgians were rendering VIVA as
sistance they could by intrenchng them
selves on the Ypres Canal and the User
River. Although in the last stages Of
exhaustion they CALAMITY maintained their
positions. buoyed with the hope of British
and French support.
Il fully realized the difficult task be-
fore us and the onerous role the British
army was called upon to fulfil. That sue
cess has been attained and that all the
enemy's desperate attempts to break
through our line have been frustrated Is
due to the marvellous lighting power and
indomttable courage and tenacity OF the
| officers and men. No more arduous task
has ever been assigned to British soldiers.
and in all their splendid history there Is no
| instance OF their having answered 80 mag
| nhcently the desperate calls OF necessity
made upon them.
| After detailing the movements and po-
| sltions on October 90 and October 81 and
mentioning that the attack progressed
favorably in the face of severe opposi-
| ton. which often necessltated bayonct
| charges. Gen. French continues:
| II visited Ypres on October 81 and
| conferred with Gems. Haig md Rawlinson
! and the French commanders. decided
| that In view of the enemy's unexpected
| reenforcements II would probably be i'm
| pOSSlOIe 10 carry OUT lllf btlEllhl biuAA'
| but I had the promise OF Gen. Jofrrc to
send help and learned that 1t was Gen.
| Joffre's intention. in conjunction with the
| Belgians, to drive the Germans east.
| Accordingly directed tho First and
Fourth Corps 10 hold their positions until
| the French movement developed.
| II, was now clear that the utmost We
| could do to ward OF the attempts of tho
enemy to turn our flank 20 the north or
to break in from the eastward was To-
maintain our very extended front and
hold fas. until French reenforcements
could arrive.
"a series OF attacks by the enemy on
Octobsr 20 was repulsed with heavy
losses to them, but late in the evening
they penetrated part OF the line north
OF Pilkem. counter attack early on
October % with view to recovering the
lost ground was strongly opposed and
the bayonet had 10 be used. After sever"
fighting for most OF the day the attacl;
was brilliantly successful. More than 500
prisoners were taken.
Germans Lose $500 KILLED.
"On the same day the Third Infantry
Brigade was attacked by the enemy, who
advanced with great determination bu'
little skill and consequently suffered
heavy loss Some 1900 dead were seen
In the nelghborhood - I.angemarclt.
Correspondence was found on cap.
tured German officer which stated that
the electives in this attacking corps had
been reduced to 20 per cent. in tho course
Of the days lighting French reinforce.
ments arrived the same evening and re
peated attacks by the enemy on October
- and 20 were brilliantly repulsed.
Throughout these operations Gen Focl
has strained his resources to the utmos,
to afford me all the support he could
An EXPRESSION OF my warm gratitude e
also due to Gen. Dubsl. commanding tn,
| Eighth French Army Corps, on my left
and to Gen. de Maud'huy. commanding
the Tenth Army Corps. IN my right
Gen. French men describes certain re-
arrangement OF tho forces in consequence.
Of the seventh Division OF the First Corp.
having become very weak owing to sever.
losses in the constant fghting, and con
tinuss:
"A heavy attack on the centre of tn,
First Corps on October 90 caused pro
longed lighting, as result OF which tn
First Corps reestablished an adv nce,
line. The enemy made an attack ON Oc
toOer 30. as result OF which The r!Ch
of the seventh Division had 10 wlthd-a "
This made the position serious aN'
tn" First Corps was ordered to the l!n'
from Gneluvelt to tho corner Il tho cana
and to hold f. at all costs
! An order found on a pr soncr capture,
= on october 30 purportng to emdnate from
Gen. Won Be.mlinE said the Fifteenth
German Corps with the Second Bavaria
and Thirteenth Corps were entrusted viii
the task of breaking through TO Ypres
: and that the Emperor himself rons!dore'
, success in this attack OF vital importanc
10 successful issue OF the war.
Perhaps the most important dec! siN
attack teNcept that OF tho Prussisn Guar,
on November 15) against the First Corp
! during the whole Of It's arduous cN
! periences in the neghborhood Of Ypre