Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-30
PAY NO HEED TO TERRIBLE
FIRE FROM HIDDEN GUNS
British Press Through Wire Barriers.
Force Trenches and Bayonet
Germans in Them.
CAPTURE OF VILLAGE or Loos
Men Without Experience in Real
Fighting Spring Forward With
Dash and Gallantry-One of Most
Glorious Exploits of Army.

LONDON. September GA CORE
! spondent Of Reuters Telegram Com
! pany sends the following dispatch from
| British headquarters. under date OF
! Tuesday. describing the lighting in the
great offensive Of the allies on the
western front:
The first charge made by our men
| from the Nermelles trenches in the
gray light of Saturday morning. which
| carried them right through the village
and beyond this. will rank as one Of
the most glorious exploits Of the Brit
ish army.
Nothing could stop them Two Ger
man trenches defending the village fell
hfSt: then race across some open
country. and they We're in the streets
of l.oos. Some hand-to-hand lighting
with bombs and hayoncts. and then
out OF the village 10 the slope OF Hill
20. about half mile 10 the east The
last desperate rush took them TO the
summit. some going even beyond until
checked by strong earthwork defense
with numerous machine guns
The enemy's batteries had by this
time begun to concentrate on the slopes
OF the hill. and therefore. our men
were ordered 10 dig in about n hum
dred yards from the summit,
Fierce lighting continued around
the hill on Sunday and Monday. Tho
new army hattaljons played an impor-
tant part in tho attack; men who had
no experience in real lighting spranC
cotXard TO the sound of the officers
whistles with a dash and Sallantry
which nothing could stop. Paying no
heed 10 the terrible fire poured on them
from hidden guns they pressed for
ward at steady pace. making their
way through the harbed wire en,anele-
rents forcing tho cnemy's trenches
and hayonet!nE the Germans in them.
GERMANS HAULED FORTH
FROI CELLARS IN LCOS
Germans caught hiding IN cellars
from which they kept up steady IRE
or the men dashing throuel the streets
o; the village were hauled forth: ma
chine guns firing throurh holes in the
walls Of cottages were charged and
captured.
The village was protected by
triple line OF harbed wire OF eNtrao-di-
nary thickness and strength. the barbs
being nearly an inch in length The
hrs, two lines had been we'll DESTROYED
IS the artillery. but Ing third still
stood. and this had 10 b. cut r. men
standing in the ogen exposed 10 the
en-mys fire
around th- town tn. German dead in
some places were piled four deep. Many
cellars contained Germans seeking pro-
lection from ihs bomb srdHleu- and
into the houses dashed tne bomb
throwers. They pulled " .re nap Of
The cellars and dropped in couple o.
bombs. IL one ducout German Of
acer was FOUND with ? telephone re.
ce.yer - his ear Ia had been 5;.
recti-c ~" ire o: the German a--i!!e~y
on the village AFTER The British occu-
pied l..
The village itself Vas h.alr dan.
aged. The church vas 9 shz pe!es:
mass az bricks houses we-e blew %
pieces streets were piled wiki csh-ss
amid which lay mary hundreds - dead
and wounded TIE few Frerc:: i-.ttbi.
iants st!ll living IT The vimar. con.
sisted Of Two O. three families, mostly
women