Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
Allies Now Have Additional
Death Machine That Blows
the Germans Into Smith
Greens,
EYE WITNESS TELLS
OF ARTILLERY HORROR
Detonation of Shells of New
Monster Is Heard Twenty.
Miles Away kaiSer's Forces
Still Game,

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London, Feb, ~ G.35 y. M l--Thel
British army In France is now using
heavy howitzers which. according TO
a report from the official eye wit
ness" with the expedtionary forces.
have gained ascendency over the
heavy German guns. These howtzers,
he states, were used In successful at
tacks on the German positions in the
brick fields south of La Bassee canal
Il week ago tonight
Our heavy howitzers took part in
this bombardmcnt their fire being /
on the railway triangle the |
"eye witness says The boom of
these pieces and the decorations OF
their shells were audible twenty miles
above the roar Of the other artillery, |
while TO those close at hand the
shrieking Of the great projectiles
through the air was most impress
sive, as were the volumes of smoke
and debris thrown up, The effect Of
the lyddite shells was terrific. one
house being blown into the air. and
as thoy burst among the brick stacks
they created great havoc among the
enemy
Confusion Worse Confounded.
"'rhe assault was launched against
strong position OF keep among the
stacks of bricks held by the Ger
mans. our storming columns rushed
the work from three sides at once
and captured II with very little loss
| for. as prisoners afterwards stated,
| the noise of the bursting shells was
so great and the clouds OF dust with
which the defenders were aurround-
ed were so thick that they did not
observe our men advancing until too
late At the same time TRENCHES To
the north Of this point between II and
! the canal were stormed by another
party. BY selling these points, we
were enabled 10 occupy continuous
/ line southwards from our forward
posts on the canal which formed an
advantageous position in front of the
brick fields.
( Germans Are Game.
1--WE captured nineteen unwounded
prisoners in addition to many wound
ed. a trench mortar and machine
guns. The Germans left seventy dead
on the ground, while our casualties
we're insignificant.
"Tho Germans, however, showed
no inclination TO accept this reverse,
for in the early hours Of February y
a body of them advanced along the
canal bank shouting, Don't shoot we
are engineers. This form of strategy
unfortunately for the enemy has
now lost It's novelty our men held
their fire until the supposed sappers
were only few yards away ana
then opened with machine gun
with the result that the engineers
fell back, leaving thirty dead bodies
din trout Of our line. In the afternoon
anothcr attack was attempted but u
melted away under our heavy artil-
lery fire and did not arrive az close
quarters
Artillery tn" accurate.
great feature of the recent fight
ling has been the accuracy of our ar
tllery dre. on one occasion our guns
accomplished the feat Of blowing the
lCermans out Of trenches they were
occupying on an embankment, al
Though il was only forty yards from
that which we were holding.
con the 9Th of February, most OF
lthe enemys casualties were due to
our shell lire. The whole Of the area
both behind and Immediately In front
of the trenches We now hold was
found to be Uttered with the bodies
Of hundreds Of Germans killed IN the
various fights since The 26th Of Janu-
AIRY.
Complete Ascendency Claimed
our artillery fire here has obtain
ed such ascendency that after the as
sauit on that day our troops actually
} we're able to put up barbed wire en-
tanglenents in front Of their trenches
n broad daylight without being fired
, at by the enomy's infantry Prisoners
captured here were despondont ana
much shaken
k'erhe Germans rely very much on
! the incendiary shell for damaging
! towns and in their recent bomoaiu-
: nent OF Armentiers they made Use
OF proioctiles Of this type packed with
candIes composed OF celluloid, phos.
lphorus and wax, which mateilai v
, so inflammable that ii viii ignite u
placed in the sun.
unflt for soldiers,
The "eye witness SAYS that some
OF the prisoners captured lately have
: been of comparatively poor physique
/ land tells of finding In the pocket o.
4 a dead German, two medical certifl'
Gates accompanied by an Application
i from the soldiers father asking tha'
the son be relieved from the necessity
of going into active service, the OF
r fetal observer also quotes letters
4 which he says were received by sol
oilers from home and which wer'