New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
"pURE KILLING"
TASK OF BRITISH
IN YPRES FIGHT
German Attacks Result
IN Veritable Slaughter,
"Eye-Witness" Says
ENGLISH COUNT
BATTLE AS SUCCESS
e.obborn Stand and Loss In
ricted on Invaders Regarded
Is Aiding French Advance.

roriar. Nop -. The official
p-...st cpl-rl'vcss under date Of
r,y Il rircs an account Of the
cl~,~oa 4..cmp's on Saturday and
c.v5-. ,-s' - break the British
,.(. around Yprcs and the com
.>,.lmSr. Of 'Ic AnG'o-Frcnch Of
l...,~e ro~.t ~ Arras. lie says:
Tho calm ,-a; prevailed on Thursday
IA FRIDAY proved 90 be only the hull
tie che storm Early Saturday
-.-,-c g.. became apparent that ;he
r.--s-s we've preparing 81 attack IN
....,r.t against our line, running east
"a -or.-cas: from Ypres, for they
~. ,,~ce-.ra.rc under cover Of
....-. artillery ere. and at about 10
,..,,k ,1e battle began in earnest.
4. .Aa. ho.- .hc Germans attacked
,r- line from The Npres- Poelcappelle
-,ss 70 within a short distance Of the
v.-;7 high road. Il was evidently
,..ir Intention. while engaging IS
,,,..,v On the whole Of this sector. TO
b-,sk Guy front IN the vicinity Of the
y,-..-Rou'ers railway, 20 the north
90 70 The south Of which their strong
-, and most determined assaults were
6slvered.
v-d4- this pressure our front was
r,re.rs'ei 81 some points around
y-e7enserr. srd e. 4:8o o'clock in the
afternoon We made a counter attack
As.veen the Zonnebeke road and the
,srvav 20 recover the lost ground. Our
o4.r.ive was conducted most gallsntly.
IN, We. checked before long by the
fire o. machine guns.
British Lines Broken.
vs,,p:,le the enemy launched ar
,,ts, stack through the woods south
n. ths Ner.r road and az the same
-. threatened our left 20 the north
,.yrres With fresh masses. Most des-
-.-s.e fighting ensued. the German in
1s,.rg coming on again and again and
r-,5us!y forcing our troops back,
,-oyrh only for a short distance, in
suite o. re-eated counter attacks.
During .te night the sighting con-
...ei 20 rage with ever increasing
.ay. !. s., impossible 10 say at ex-
s-'v VIVA. hour our line was broken at
Caeren. points. but i is certain that
e. one tine the enemy's infantry
poured through along the POelcappeIle
load and even got as far a NleltIe
c. % p. n.
There was also a considerable gap in
clY front about Frezenberg, where nos
lie Ce,achmc.ts had penetrated. Az
both points counter attacks were or
gained without delay. To the east OF
The saMen. the Germans first were
driven back 90 Frezenberg, but there
;tey made q firm stand, and under
pressure O. fresh relnforcements, we
g.. back again lward Nerlorenhoek.
Nor,heas. o. the salient o counter
attack carried out by US about ! a m.
was more s.cce~ sful. Our troops swept
the enemy OUT Of Wieltje at the bay
one,'s point leaving the village strewn
WIKI German dead, and, pushing on, re
gained mos. Of the ground 10 the north
q thai point. And so the fight surged
70 and fro throughout the night. All
around .re scene Of the conflict the
ssy wss 10 UP by the flashes Of the
guns and ne light of blazing villages
and farms. while against this back
ground o. smoke and fame. looking out
IN the murky light over the crumbling
ruins Of the old town. rose the battered
wreck Of the cathedral tower and the
spires Of Cloth Hall.
Five Assaults Repulsed.
When Sunday dawned there came
shor, respite and the firing for time
died down. The comparative lull en-
sbled US 90 rcorganize and consolidate
our position on the new line We had
taken up and 20 obtain some rest after
IN fatigue and strain Of the night. 1t
I'D not las. long, however. and IN the
afternoon the climax Of the battle was
reached. FOR under the cover Of intense
artillery ire the Germans launched no
less than i've separate assaults against
tAe east o. the salient
To the north and northeast their at,
i1cAs were not a. first pressed so hard
as on the south Of the Menln ROAD
lrerp tho tfrt stYo =. ,rga aeperlallV neICp.