The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-14
Fighting Near Ncuye Cha
pcllc Mos, Desperate i'm
France for Months.
MANY
IN q CHARGES
,pe,.ai oa,i. De-, Optci to rrt SIS.

NaIrl = ana = bombs, rifle grcuddcS
md su.p!u. were - directed that = mas
,prr OF TIA" enemy was gained.
1hr "cypVi tuca.' then give broad
outlines Il the Miles offensive at NeuNc
rhap,lie. y glancs at the map Will
siov that NcG,c Chapel" lies at tn.
Junction OF two main roads. one from
Ld BIssce and Estal;es and the other
tie principal ...-hway among "A perfect
network &c roads leading Via CroiN
r,aucl. aud tl,u"bL'N t. AruIentiores
l. tae uei ghborUooi Of Ncute 'hopellc.
"TDrsc Ioads.' the cycwitn'ss % II
tuuas FORM an regular diamond
satp.d figure our original line lays
a.ous the two roads forming Tn" western
sdts OF tac figure. while the German
In. was along the eastern sides Of the
,.lE. at the apex of the l1tt e.. Thus
tle line ABOUT Ncuvc chapelle and To- the
,outh represents a re'utraut 50 Far as
the British were concerned. Neuve
raapc.lc beiug the northern corner OF
the rcentgHnt.
"A: 1850 4 VI. on the morning OF
March - the battle opened with a bonn
hardment by numerous gun and howit-
rs. our men in the trenches describe
the Are as the most tremendous they
lave ,ycr seen or heard. The shrek Of
the shnlls t.eir explosions u the CON
'.autus thunder y. tn batteries were all
merged into. one great volume OF sound.
III, discharges OF the guns We're 50 rapid
...at they sounded like thc fire OF a gi-
tia,ig machine gun.
During tho ,h'rty-n,e minutes for
witch 4, continued our men could Snow
themselves freel, They could even walk
a,out In p-rfe,t safety.
.7hcn the signal 20 attack ,y,s piy.n
I. ,ess than half an hour almost tho
% ,le OF ,, elaborate series of s.rm,u
hes I'm and about Neuyc Chap.ll.
YER In our hands. Exc.p; at one poin;
-. vas hardIy anv resis,nnce' for
t1e trenches. which I'm ulace. were. III.
,,.lv blot,.,l ont. yer. tlled with dead
and DIVING vno var. ,lmnst hn- ad In
O.. .s-th and debris Tn. M, tnri,y Of
T.. surylvo-s we're not I'm a mood for
fu-,5cr tphtirp
Vo-th,l :, . the village. h,y-,vc..
4, .;er,nnus ,rLo w.r,. euscorc.I I'm on
co,ires. cun..lrp I to hol our fpr , frv
his Thr.. s-,,rks IN sni.e of -,
me .sl,an,rv ,,II.d +, sislnds. taan,
b., ,bou, noon the arrival OF reinforce
nets drove .,e Germans from .ns.-
las stronghold I'm fh, yillsv,
"N.anwn,,e. o. the right. from the di.
,,.iiou OF R,,hehcurr , similar ody,nc.
"a, made ,ovlrd he R.is du I,ie, "a
.llll ~rcctangu,s. wood. LOCO v.rI.
tou.he,st ~ S.uye ChapeIia Here also
there was A NH, resistance.
cur line reached about 400 ards
from the wood. In the Afternoon the
,.Gop, VINO had seized N.uve lie
advanced further east. gaining 80 Yards.
while ON ,ne left. north OF the village.
our forward movement progressed { =
=. considerable distance.
The lighting continued long after
darkness. The enemy by this time had
hseu ,horoughlv shaken and in SOM.
parts If IN, teld were ~rrendering in
groups
"Th-oughou, the DAY the Germans
g.. 'inuel To hold our I'm , strong posi-
Con ct an angle Of the crossroads south
IN. village where there We're estab-
l.aed a p.rfect network Of trenches and
larhad wire This position was known
g., POI Arthur. \ hard struggle ragged
To- some nours until AZ 80 = NJ. it
Wa taken by storm at the point OF the
ba,Oae,. At uightfali We we're in pos
session Of All the en.my's trenches on a
front Of 1000 yards. which represented
an tdvanc. Of more than LOO Yards
from our Original trenches.
tn" number of prisoners officially
reported as taken is $50. but there is
rrisoil TO bel eve that others wer" cap
to- d and their names not sen in as
y.'. During IN" day ther- were two
femaI Hunle feats by our airm"n. one
fyi1g a, a height Of only 100 feet
dropped a bomb on an important rail
Va Orldgr a. Menin, DESTROYING one
O. me piers. Mother. living over Cour-
va railway Junction. dropped 4 bomb
or N" station and completely WI, cked
II Bota these point were ~ vital
iTnor'anoc % the German cOmmunica-
tvrs Tac German batteries on this
O., mad no effective reply 20 our ar
'..'!y urc.
"Hn March ~ the lighting continued
ffnOst ~ ~iicrcely as on the previous
cH", The enemy made counter attacks
2 various points. especially from In.
Dos de E.,z. but our guns op.ied on
q. Woo With such effect that the ,;cr-
mans "ulld rot emery. from their shell
Z Little ground was gained at the
'arou. piiut4. but ON the whole the
''I7'ion remained much the same as ou
tie p|r"v'ou, day. The en.my's resist
t.e htd .,'T-nrd. hut AL the efforts Ia
o.Fe u. from the positions which We
trl gained wer, rcpnlsed with loss.
Tho German artillery now became
NJ" to'ivc. Neuve Chapelle was hcaN-
g. .8olleI ana the whole line was swept
w. s|uragr.l.
'It - difficult 10 give an idea of the
r'NN'' upon IN" mon Of this striking sue
CO.'S T0ry have been paying of old
o.'s The, have now inflicted upon
u" '""'uy something of the ordeal which
We ."N.e'eu ON us in the earlier stages