The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-13

takes us place, IN nerceness OF attack
and stubbornness OF defense. with the
struggle in that district six months
ago. at the time of the great check
OF the German advance. and with the
battle Of Neuve Chappelie
An account of the engagement is given
by the official eyewitness with the
! British army in "A statement issued BY
the official press bureau to-day.
/ The Germans. apparently expecting
an attack from the right of the British
line. attacked the British saturday morn
ing on both sides of the Ypres- Roulers
railway. penetrating the Allied line.
British counter-attack made in the af-
ternoon was checked and with fresh
masses the Germans made determined
and partially successful. attack soutn
/ of the Menin road. The battle continued
through the night of saturday sunday.
! with attacks and counter-attacks, ana.
with "A short respite sunday morning.
then was continued. the climax being
reached sunday afternoon with hve sep
aratc assaults by the Germans, all OF
which were repulsed.
At the conclusion OF the fighting sun
day night the British line was intact
were slight as compared TO the Ger
man The action. so far a. the British
were concerned. resolved itself, as the
eyewitness expresses II. into pure
killing"
The accoun; follows
Early on Saturday the Germans were
preparing an attack in strength asahs'
our line east and northeast 81 ipi'S
and concentrating under cover OF WOO
lent artillery FIRE. At 10 A. NJ the pat'
tie began in earnest. The Germans at
tackled our line from the ipres-foelcap.
pelle road to within :. short distance OF
the Menin highroad. Evidently II was
their intention to break our front III 'nc
vicinity of tn. Ypres-Roulcrs railway. 10
the North and south OF which their most
determined assaults were Delivered
Under this pressure our front was peht-
trated at some points around rrezeh'
berg. ..
AT 4n + NJ we made counter
attack between the Houneheke ROAD anu
the railway TO recover we .os' s.'u''"
our advance was conducted most s"''
lnutly but II was checked before i"hG
hy machine guns Meanwhile the tnem!
launched another attack through '"c
woods south OF the Mcnn road ana ~
tie same tirAe threatened our lct' noI'"
of Ypres with fresh masses MoS' utH
pcrate fighting eusied. the German IN,
S,n,rv coming again and again ana
gradually forcing our troops o"'N'
though for only a short distance III
spite of repeated counter att''hs-
x,,l,uc strcwn Win Dead.
.,,,,ri,,,. tho night the fight continued
- -, .,er increasing fury. our
w., -. hroleu AT different points AZ
! one time the euemy's infantry P1u' :"
;hr, >en along the poelcappene ROAD ana
even got as far as Wieltje. ~ !. VI.
,hara ,Iso Was "A considerable gap IN
wv, -, ,bnu, t'rezenberg. where hos
IN. ia,,,bn,,n,s had penetrated.
~ hoth poinis counter attacks we're
,,,n,,.d without delay. The Germans
-. ars, driven back to freZcuberg.
Y .rh.,e they made a firm stand ana under
- Tho ur.ssur. OF fresh Reinforcement
% 49,. ,su hack again toward \erlorenho"h
"\nothar counter attack carried on'
~, ,,,,s more successful. our troops
~ ,ha or.,,v ont of Wieltje at the
80, ~ "a. h,.onrt leaving the village
,r.,,r with GERMAN dead. Pushing on
,,, rsy,inad most of the ground NORTH
", maj poiut.
80 tho fight surged to and ire
,,',h'''', Inc might. An round N,
oD. ~ rontict the sky Was lit up l.,
nashes of guns and blazing villages an'
,,,i,., md flame Looming In the murkN
TN, o,., tho cr,lmbling ruins of the old
-, r,s. IA. battered wreck of III,
a,had,,I towers and the spires of th'
,'inth Hall
.,Iybcr sunday dawned there came :
.hor, r.snite and the firing for the TINT
80, Lt.d down The comparative lul
hI.d no IA r.organiZe and consolidate
,,r nnsi,ior on the new line and Obtain
,'., ,fter the fatigue and strain of Tn
,i,h,
me Iull NV ~" ,to 'II,,ox 81 TN. haiti
was reached Under cover of an !ntens
l. artillery fire the Germans lauhched nv
n separate assaults. ON the south, on IN
i Menin road the fighting was espec'"I''
m fierce Masses of infantry were huIlc
an. with absolute desperation ana "ei
beaten off with corresponding sIauehl''
-, At one point north OF the toWh 81"
~ o. the enemy advanced from "A Wooo
L is affirmed by those present WA, u.
- , single man escaped. NJ -" T. VI
" an endeavor was made 10 storm w
Is ground of the Chateau HODGE horth O
the Menin road, but the force attenn'
ln;- il broke and fell back under nan O
shrapnel poured upon them ny our gum
ION this side, where they hdu 10 rae
the concentrated fire OF guns Maxim
!, and rifles again and again u their Ell
forts to break through, the Germans III
CURED their heaviest losses The sroun
literally was heaped with dead y
r night came ON the furE OF thef olens'N
o. gradually slaCkened, the hours OF difH
ga ness passing IL quetnoss
m $50 far as the ipres region Is cor
he Cerned this, for us. had been SUGGEST