The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-12
SAYS KAISER IS
FIGHTING ONLY
FOR TERMS NOW
SAXON Professor Captured b,
British Admits Ger
many's Failure.
EYEWITNESS AT FRONT
SENDS FURTHER REPORT
Specid cable Dcspdtch 10 Tue srs.

NpeciH cable Dcspdtch 10 THE suS.
Lo$uuN. Nov 1.-THE official news
bureau in an additional narrative of the
operations at the front. covering the pe-
u1d up to November 8. says that nothing
& Importance has occurred
TIE writer quotes Saxon professor
Who WAS captured on the very day he
.Jcuci the front as saying that in his
opinion Germany had failed In her object
ma t'Allzcd 1t and was continuing the
Vtu only to obtain good terms.
ia, writer of the narrative adds that
.ue worth OF the professors opinion re-
ulIu- to he seen.
The writer describes the part which
Tie London scottish terrtorials have
n.0scd ia the recent lighting.
'lt is a special event" said the cor
respondent. because il forms an epoch
In o., military history OF the British EN-
.,e and marks the first time that com
He,r Unit of our Territorial army has
us'u thrown INTO "a fight alongside tt
sIer units Of the regular army"
On october 81 the battalion was or
",r'd To- take up section on the firing
ne 'o support che cavalry. The battal-
ION advanced to the position under heavy
Ire and reached a point where further
movement forward was impossible. II
maintained itself there until dusk, when
I n.rcnChed.
Tire Germans made numerous attacks
between =. NJ. and A. NJ Al these
.ttaaNs were repulsed by rife fire.
a \ VI the Germans directed an as
sault against the left Of the front and sue
ceci,d IN penetrating between the trenches
20, the first aud second line. Rifle and
hayouet lighting occurred both In front
~ the trenches and behind them. A re-
scrNN company made repeated bayonet
.h.
vtopueut and retirement was effected at
dawn The Scots inflicted more damage
thtu they received.
AT dawn" the correspondent continues,
'i' WIS discovered that large numbers
o. the enemy had. according to custom.
worked round both TANKS with machine
guns ana retirement was carried ou:.
tbs was effected under a crosshre from
machine guns and rifles.
inhi"t Heavy Damage on Germans.
~ ttu-ally. in an encounter of this ma
'Urc, the battalion suffered a heavy loss
hui though unable to maintain its pJ-
ton. 10 acquitted itself with gallantry
sGi coo,ness IN "A situation Of peculiar
a'Truly, and following the national motto
CO., memo me impune lacesset.' inflicted far
r'r' damage on tile enemy than II re-
te.yad.
ITO turn to the general narrative:
"On November | the full violence of
the cucmys attack again Tell on our left
.h-r main efforts being still directed
slightly south Of Nprcs. Such was the
force Of the onslaught and the weight oi
the artillery supporting it that our line
vas temporarily driven back. 1t was soor
r'ltJuS,ed however. and by evening the
situation in this quarter was the same
as Z had been twenty-f"ur hours earlier
That night some shells were thrown
Into Npres itself. Further to the south
'hc Germans the previous night had re-
taken the village Of Mtssines and had
also captured Wystchaetc. BY II A. NJ.
our cavalry, working in cooperation with
he French, drove them out Of the latter
place by BRILLIANT bayon-t charge, but
we did not occupy It. 4 few of the
rI.suuers taken at this place were only
II years of age. and said that they
had had practically no training and little
food Some of them had never fired a
A. bet. re-
The fact that Messines still remained
H hostile hands necessitatcd "A elight ad-
.3stmrut OF our front in the centre But
HnJrt from this there was no change in
this quarter the bombardment con.inu-
i1E ti day.
During the action around 'hese two
..Uugc, the Germans moving across our
front suffered very greatly from the
lN.-,d fire of our horse artillery ~ short
.tuse. but though they fell literally in
caps tines stiIl came ON with admirable
determination