Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-28
pction 81 the troops enumerated
Strong Elort Made.

Strong Eflort Made
fNcrHhius possible has been done
to furufN the morale of the troops.
Al tho beginning OF october the
Grown Prince of Bavaria, IN a proc
lu4atiun had cXhorted his soldiers
20 hmakc the decisive effort against
the French left wing and To settle
thus the fate of the battle which has
flastcd four weeks
ON October 2Sth. Prince Bupprecht
of Bavaria declared in an army order
that his troops had iGst been tight
ing under very difficult conditions
land he added
1T is our business not to let the
struggle with our most detested en-
cmy drag on longer, the decisive blow
Is still To be struck" on october 30,
General vun Deimlng, commanding
the Fifteenth army corps thelongihs
Ia General Won Fabock's command
issued an order declaring that the
thrust against Ypres will he OF deei.
styc importance" 1t should he noteu
also that the emperor proceeded IN
person TO Thielt and Courtrai 10 eN-
ait by his presence. the nrdor OF his
troops Finally at the close of Octo-
her the entire German press inces-
artly proclaimed the Importance of
the battle of Calais. It is supertluous
to add that events in Poland explain
In large measure the passionate re
solve OF the German general stan 10
obtain a decision on the western the
.atcr of operations at all costs. Thls
decision would hC obtained II our lett
were pierced or driven In To reach
Calais. that is to break out left, 70
.cotrv Ypres. that is To- cut II i'm hair
through both points to menace the
communication and supplies OF the
British cXpedtonary force, perhaps
~ threaten Britain in her island such
was the German plan m the battle OF
Flanders. II was a plan that could
ia It be executed.
Check of the German Attack.
The enemy. who had az his disposal
"A considerable quantity OF hcaNN
artillery. directed his effort at first
upon the coast ana the country 20 the
north Of DiNmude His objective was
manifestly the capture Of Dunklrk.
then of Calais and then Roulogne and
this objective he pursued until Mo-
vcmher ].
on october 23rd the Belgians along
the railway line from Nieuport TO DIX
nude were strengthened by "A Frehch
division Dixmude was occupied ny
onr marines ON the 18th the inunda-
tions effected between the canal ana
the railway line spread along our
front. ON the 30th We recaptured
Ramscapelle, the only point on the
railway which the Belgians had lost.
on the first and second Of November
y the enemy homborded Furnes, but be-
gan to show signs OF WEAKNESS. ON
the second he evacuated the ground
hetwecn the User and the railway,
abandoning cannon dead and wound
ed ON the 3rd our troops were able
10 rc-cnter the Dixmudc district The
success achieved by the enemy at DIX
nude at this iuncture was without
fruit They succeeded In taking the
town. They could not debouch
from it,
The coast attack had thus proved q
total failure.
since then it has never been re-
newed
The battle of Calais, so noisily am
lnounced by the German press,
amounted 10 "a decided reverse for the
Germans
rnc German Defeat NJ Nprcs.
The) enemy had now begun an at
/ tack more important than its pfede-
cessor. in view Of the numbers en-
gagged in IT, This attack was intended
as a renewal to the south Of the et-
fort which had lust been shattered to
the north. Instead Of turning our
flank on the coast, II was now sought
to drive in the right of our northern
army under the shock of powerful
masses. This was the battle of fpres'
Ypres was solidly covered and the
connections Of all the allied forces
were established Against the line
thus formed the German attack was
hurled from Ostobcr 20 10 November
l13, to the north, the east and south
Of Ypres. From october 20 on, the
attacks were renewed daily with eX-
traordinnry violence, obliglng US to
employ, our rcinforcements at the
most threatened points as soon IA they
came up. Between october 80 ana
November g. YpreS was several tunes
i'm danger Tho British lost Hand
vordc, Ghcluveli McssineA aud Wyts-
chaetc. The front Of the allies. thus
contracted, was al the moro difficult
to defend. but defended, II was with
out "A recoil. The arrival there OF
three French divisions IN our line enH-
bled us 10 resume from the fourth to
the eighth vigorous offensive
ON the 10th and 18th this offensive,
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