Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-28
The struaaIe Near Arras.

The character Of the town to town,
house to house struggle that has been
going on north OF Arras is shown In
nearly all it's details by the expert
ence of Careney. An Insignificant
hamlet of about ATS inhabitants be-
the honors of history. 1t first came
into the zone of operations when the
German movement toward the sea
was finally checked there.
The Bavarians, leaving Beaumont
October LIST, secured a footing on the
hills of Vimy and LEVIN, the 4th they
were at Carency, Givency-en- Gohelle
Ablain Saint Nazaire, all of which
have since had the honors of frequent
mention in the official communiQue.
The French cavalry with the Moroc-
can mounted rihemen met them there
and opposed further prC4ongation Of
the enemy's front by the valleys of
the Authie and the Canche, forcing
them to fortify themselves on the
Hills of Artois and in the coalf1elds
around Lens, thus saving Boulogne,
Calais and Dunkirk.
The French took about half of the
village Of Carency on the night Of Oc-
tober 5, but were stopped at the most
considerable building of the town, the
Carency brewery. where, the Germans
made their final stand and where they
maintained themselves all winter. Its
fall was the prelude to the conquest
of the surrounding hills. In the mean
time the physiognony, not only of the
hamlet itself, but of the surrounding
country had been so changed that it
is almost impossible for those who
knew it before the war to recognize
it now.
The owner of the brewery, an officer
in the French artillery, was already
"a
driven from their residence by the
approaching German fire. took refuge
there, but had scarcely established
themselves when the place became
the center OF violent conflict. While
hand to hand fighting was going on
in the gardens all round, at o'clock
in the morning, French soldiers hitch
ed horses to a conveyance, sent the
family back of the lines and then with
fixed bayonets returned to the assault
Of the brewery. They were unable to
carry it, but succeeded in organizing
the position with loopholes through
the walls SO as to hold the enemy in
check.
From that day the brewery and the
other buildings on the French lines
became the target for the German
inch and 6 inch guns. AS fast how
ever, as the shells reduced a building,
the French dug down and maintained
Der the French remained in the gar
ret OF the brewery, then were obliged
to climb down to the second floor. In
December the roof and garnet fell in
to the cellar, and New Years day saw
nothing but two Jagged walls remain
ing erect. from behind which the
French continued their fire. At Eas-
ter there remained but q fragment
about two feet above ground and the
French fortress was now entirely dug
into the earth. The part Of the vii
lage held by the Germans had under
gone the same transformation, and
when the day came for the final as
sault scarcely anything remained on
either side OF the lines but heaps OF
stone and plaster.
Partly moved down, partly dug up
at the roots, the hawthorne hedges
around the houses and fields had lost
their original lines. The shade trees,
stripped. splintered and cut down by
the constant fire are nothing but
stumps resembling battered and nib
bled hftching posts. From October to
May soldiers cap or g sapper's shovel
appearing above the surface of the
earth or around the corner Of a ruin
became instantly a target for a volley
OF musketry or for machine gun fire.
| The soldiers who had endured the