The evening world., 1915-03-16
ENC[ANDtEARNS
HOWFRENCH SAVED
nation At HOOGE
Germans Winning Ypres Battle
When General Inspired
Men by Presence.
TOTAL OF 100000 LOST.
Even Cooks and Chauffeurs
Helped Hold Back Foe
From Calais.
TOTAL OF 100000 LOST.
By william, G.. Shepherd.


LONDON. March (by mail to
United Press).-'T was present at
Hooge between . and 3 o'clock on
this day."
These thirteen days will ring down
through the ages in English history.
They were written by Sir John
French In his official report Of the
Battle Of Ypres on Oct. 81
1t has raken the English people
five months to learn what a gigantic
crisis in the history of an empire lies
behind this phrase. For the first time
II IL now possible to make public the
details OF that thrilling and tremen-
dous hour between 2 and 8 o'clock
'at Hoore."
They were sixty short. terrible
minutes which were the climax to
twenty days OF terrific fighting. Each
day had seen n battle historic In its
intensity. but the daily fighting was
only skirmishing compared with the
struggle that came on Oct. 81. The
fate Of France was decided in each
clock tick and the future Of the Eng
lish Empire was hanging in the bal
ance.
FRENCH ORDERED TO HOLD
GAP At YPREs.
The Germans had taken Antwerp
and were swinging down toward the
English Channel and Calais. Sir
John French and his men had been
entrusted with the duty OF stopping
the gap In the allies lines between
Armentieres and Ypre6.
For twenty days French had been
Strengthening his line until he had
10000 men. but. during the same
time. the Germans had been piling UP
their forces. until. on the morning Of
Oct. 81. there were nearly four Ger
man army corps facing the centre Of
the English Generals line. This
centre was held by French's first
army corps under Sir Douglas Hais.
Four Germans to one Englishman
were the odds.
An English flying man came down
out Of the sky that morning. He was
white and sick.
1T isn't the shrapnel I mind" he
said, as he staggered into head
quarters. But, my God. II you
could see the millions Of Germans and
then look at our thin little English
line. And the Germans are all NOV.
ing toward U.S."
| Gen. French realised that. afteI
twenty days Of sparring. the Ger.
mans had decided where to strike. Ths
Kaiser himself had sent word thai
this battle OF Oct. 81 ''was of vita
Importance" Sir Douglas Haig's
forty thousand Englishmen were te
hold the line against. perhaps. 0.OO'
Germans.
The battle began early with con.
tests along the whole line. Napoleon
standing near the Belle Allianc<
tavern. where he had established hi.
headquarters, could view every cor
ner OF the battle ground at Waterloo
Gen. French's battle must be Tough
along front OF thirty miles; thirty
six towns, villages and settlement
were involved.
ROYAL SCOTS FUslLEERs REol
MENT WIPED OUT.
Back at Ypres Gen. French studied
the battle by means Of maps. As tn,
day advanced the fighting on tn
wings grew less: In the centre
grew nercer and fercer; the burdcl
Of the day was falling on the Ftrs
Army Corps. Generals began to sent
back word that the pressure was be
coming too strong TO resist. Amos
ul.k -
was either suffering some catas
trophe or achieving some wonderful
: feat. The Royal Scots Fusileers wer
cut of, surrounded and wiped Out
All the news was bad and 1t grew
A shell struck the headquarters o
Sir Douglas Haig. the commander o