New-York tribune., 1914-11-17

. NNAANilNHs AHt ANAhi HNNN's'
gagged being estimated at 1000
German Losses Huge.
"These strong attacks were accom-
/ PANIED or preceded by attempts to press
I al other points. which were usually AT
/ tended with heavy loss. An instance OF
/ the cost TO the enemy OF these sun
sidiary operations occurred on TINS
day, when one Of our battalions killed
/ forty-seven Germans number be-
+ ing actually counted in front OF our
/ trenches-snd captured hfty-one. AZ
! is calculated that on Sunday thelr
casualties in killed and wounded IN
front of one small section of our line
were about 1900.
"Ypres itself was again subjected TO
heavy shclling and some damage was
done 70 the town.
an front of our right centre the
enemy fell back slightly, while further
south. 10 the north of Lys, he con-
tinued 10 occupy the trenches and
houses he had secured, but was unaole
TO reinforce this point and so con,
solidate his position, for the ground
was swept by the fire of our guns ana
| CnfiladCd from our trenches.
"To the south Of the Lys the nos
tile attacks were renewed without sue
cess on the nights of the 7th and sth'
and on our right also minor ehort
met with the same fate.
monday. the 9th. was compare
lively quiet day. On our left ,I me
shelling was less in this direction ne
Germans. for the time being, desisteo
from making attacks IN force ana con
fined their efforts to MINOR assaults
and the wanton destruction OF hpres'
which. with Louvain and Rheims' Is
apparently 10 be included among the
monuments Of German culture.
Machine Guns Taken.
During the fighting of the 9TH Sth
and 10th, 10 prisoners and SIX ma ma
chine guns were captured by us IN Vhls
quarter. Slightly TO the south the
French made some progress, whlie on
our centre the situation renamed
much the same as il had been. Inc
houses and trenches gained by the
I Germans remained in their hands dur
ING the day. but measures we're taken
~ overcome their resistance, ana III
niohtfall part of the ground was re-
taker by us. ~. &c
"On our right, during the night OF
Noveuber S and 9, a German trench
was captured; otherwise the SITUATION
did not alter. Night attacks nave peeh
Of regular occurrence al dlHerehI
Doints. and are made apparently more
with a view 10 annoying our troops ana
preventing them from sleeping than
with any other object. Sometimes OF
course. the advance has been OF more
serious nature, and has been carried
out by large bodies. -. -,
"In such cases the Germans nave so
far. invariably lost heavily, and, even
. rr,craaApn Gaming our
FIRST line of trenches, they have almost
always been driven out again. Inc
demonstrations would appear to be pro
portionately more costly and even
more useless than the heavier attacks
"Similar tactics were feature OF the
fighting on the Aisne, and, 10 Judge oy
the diaries we have obtained from Ger
man soldiers, their futility is fully ap-
preciated by the men. They are usu.
ally made from trenches IN the rear o.
the front line, the latter being ohly
lightly held. The front lines OF Doth
sides are now at many points so elose
that our men amuse themselves by
listening TO what goes on IN the
enemy's trenches.
"The Germans frequently cheer them
selves up with music or singing, while
on one occasion the usual programme
was varied by violent quarrel, whlch
appeared 20 have eliminated IN free
fight
New Troops Unframed.
con the whole, there is evidence 10
show that the Germans are beginning
to be affected by their heavy losses.
From prisoners IL is gathered that the
Young men Of the new corps cannot
withstand the fatigues and privauons
of campaigning, and that the middle
aged men lack ardor. From the same
source also it is learned that the re-
cruits who have not previously served
have only received some eight or nlne
weeks training, instead OF the Twelve
weeks course prescribed for them; that
thew have had practically no instruc-
ton in musketry, and that they have
not practised intrenching.
"On the other hand, too much can
be made Of these sidelights on the
present condition Of the enemy. They
are still fighting with a stubbornness
and recklessness. which, wha ever It's
utility, is remarkable when exhibited
bv forces of which a large proportion
consists of comparatively unframed
men. The following two incidents will
serve to illustrate their courage:
During the fighting near Ypres
force. consisting of about one company
/ Of infantry, advancing against US, was
enfladed by one of our machine guns,
with the result that they were all
killed except six men, who crawled
away wounded. The corpses lay in
regular row.
"After nightfall another company,
nothing daunted, advanced and dug
themselves in on the line upon which
the bodies Of their comrades were
lying.
Cavalry Charges on Foot.
again, on November 4, some Of the
enemy's cavalry at dusk charged d
t nch held by the French. Every sin
gle horse was killed, but those riders
who were not hit continued and
charged on foot, the last survivors be
ing slain on the very parapet of the
trench.
whatever deterioration there may
be in the material now being drafted
into the ranks of oar enemy, it must
be admitted ghat the Prussian war ma
chine, acting on a nation previously
Injured 10 the sternest discipline, has
obtained the most remarkable results.
The Germans have up to the present
time been able to make good their