The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-14

London, March t3.-10:10 D. m.- The British offensive which resulted in the capture of Neuye Chapelle and the country beyond it, began early in the morning of March 10 with a bom- bardment by large number of guns and HoWitzers, according to an "eye witness with the British expedition. ary force in France.
 Our men in the trenches" he says
 describe this fire as being the most tremendous both in point of noise and in actual effect they have ever seen, or heard. The shrieking of shells in the air, their explosion and the con- tiIuous thunder Of the batteries were all merged into one great volume of sound The discharges of the guns were so rapid that they sounded like the fire of a gigantic machine gun.
 During the g. minutes it continued our men could show themselves freely and even walk about in perfect safety. Then the signal for the attack was given and in less than half an hour almost the while of the abor- ate series of German trenches in and about Neuve Chapelle was in our hands
 Except at one point. there was hardly and resistance for the trenches, which ia places were lit- orally plotted out, were filled with dead and dying partly buried in the earth and debris and the majority of the survivors were in no mood for further fighting
 ITO the northeast of the village, however, body of Germans ell. sconsed iH some enclosures, still con. tinued to hold out for a few hours. Three attacks, in spite of the extreme gallantry with which they were con ducted, failed to dislodge them, but by about noon the arrival of reinforce ments drove the Germans from their last stronghold in the village
 This part of the fighting was re- markable for the manner in which every part of the attacking line af- forded one another mutual support.
 Meanwhile. on the right, from the direction of Richebourg a similar ad- vance had been made toward Bois du Biez, small rectangular wood lying about 1000 yards to the southeast of Neuve ChapeIle. Here also little resistance was met, and our line reached point about four hundred yards from the wood
 In the afternoon the troops who had seized Neuve Chapelle advanced still further to the east. gaining near ly 100 yards, while on their left again north of the village. our forward movement progressed tor a consid- able distance and the fighting con- tinued long after darkness had set in.
 The enemy were by this time thor oughiy shaken and in some parts Of the field were surrendered il groups. Throughout the day the Germans con- tlnued to hold out in strong posi- tlon at the aangle of the cross roads south of the village, where they were established in a perfect network of trenches and barbed wire. This posi-. ton had been known as Port Arthur and hard struggle ragged for some hours around it, until at 5:S0 in the evening when it was stormed at the point Of the bayonet.
 By nightfall we were in possession of all of the elemy's trenches on a front Of 1000 yards. representing an advance of more than 1,200 yards from our original trenches at the fur. thorest point. The numJer of prison CTS captured is officially reported to he 750, but there is reason to believe that others were taken who have not yet been sent in,
 During the day two remarkable feats were performed by our airmen. One. flying at a height of only 150 feet in order to make sure of his mark, dropped a bomb on the impor tant railroad bridge at Menia, de- stroying one of the piers. Another, flying over the Courtrai railway june tion, dropped a bomb on the station and completely wrecked it. These two points are of vital importance to the German communications
 The German batteries on this day made no effective reply to our artil- lery fire
 "On Thursday March IT, the fight ing continued almost as tiercely as on the previous day The enemy at tempted counter attacks at various