The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
IBy VIM. G. Shepherd, United Press
STAFF Correspondent.l


STAFF Correspondent
copyright 1915 by the United Press.]
[Copyright In Great Britain.]
AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF
THE BRITISH OVER SEAS ARMY.
NORTHERN FRANCE, Sunday, Apr;.
25, (via London April 26).-"The
further they come the harder they'll
get whipped.
The above phrase. the sharp COM
ment Of Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander in chief of the
British forces, when appraised that
the Germans had hacked their way
through to the Ypres canal, is today
the slogan OF the entire British army.
1t expresses the supreme confidence
of the entifa force, regular and volun-
teer and IS being followed up by an
sonslAughf all along fhe line to Try.
and recover the lost ground that for
fierceness has never been equalled in
any previous war. The fighting con-
-tinues OF the utmost intensity and the
reinforcements are being thrown into
tho battle line at every point where
reports of airmen indicate the Ger
ma-s have massed for renewed as
sault
Stepding on a hill, five miles from
Yprss. TODAY saw reflected along
] fteen mi',, panorama filed with
smoFe the gigantic opposition which
General French's army is making
3gainst the weisbt Of the reinforced
German war machine Through the
sp,c,,e and tnmult OF the horizon. dot
ted with whit, clouds from the burst
inc shrapnel the British still hold all
cf their positions in the vicinity of
hill sixty Over the hill itself dense
smoke cloud hangs. placed there by
the enormous shells from the German
guns which constantly burst over
every portion of the british positions.
Six miles northeast OF ypres, where
the Canadians still ar, gallant'y hold
ing thei- new positions, the line can
Just be DISTINGUISHED through the whit
jsh smoke Ypres itself Is being sub
iected to almost continuous lombard
ment from the German heavy artil-
la-v, and has been set on fir" in many
places. The great tower Of the beau
tiful Cloth Hall glistens In the sun
lisht above the sea Of smoke which
fills the city, offering great target
TO the hostile guns. Smoke from six
furning Belgian villages is easily dis
cernable on the horizon, while above
It all can be picked ND the British
aeroplanes reconnoiterfng the enc
my's positions and watching as the
eyes OF the army for new masslng OF
troops that forecasts another attempt
ed advance.
The quantity of the German poison
Gus gases which was showered over
the allied lines was so great that the
ground for q wide area has turned
deep yellow which viewed from a dis
tance seems as though it We're Gov
cred with powder Although the al
lied soldiers were affected for an area
OF half a mile behind their trenches.
the German soldiers rushed into the
fumes unharmed. This was explained
when on prisoners were found wads
of cotton and they said they had re-
ceived instructions to plug their nos
trils when charging after the gas guns
had been fired.
From General French down, the
British believe that the present drive
Is the supreme attempt of the Ger
man general staff to hack through TO
Calais and every precaution has peen
taken to meet the movement.
On the French Front.
below is the first of series OF
seven articles from the French patt,e
front by william Philip Simms, Unit
ed Press correspondent, who was tax
en- along the front line by direction OF
the French general staff. All nave
been passed by the French censor.I
Awakening Of War God.
dCopyright, 1915, by the United Press.l
[Copyright in Great Brftaln.J
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, Apt'i
10. (By mail to New York. April 26.)-
Along the battle front from Swltzer.