Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
BR|T|SHiPUSH AHEAD VERY
 LITTLE OVER MUDDY PLAIN.
In Spite of Terrible Difficult ties English Troops Main tain the Positions Won and Attempt to Secure Others.

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Oct. 13.-(By Associated Press.)-British troops southwest of Passchendaele village, during the night, pushed forward slightly their advance line which they reached in yesterdays offensive but over the ma jor portion of the six-mile battle front there has been little change in the sit uation. MOrasses that in places were impossible and at all points almost i'm possible to push through were holding operations in an iron grip.
 British Hold Gains
 Over large part of the front the British this morning were holding a line that represented appreciable gains in territory. At fe wpoints a check because of the weather had to be acknowledge and the attacking troops fell back to position which they had left.
 Counter Attacks Futile.
 Two counter attacks were attempted by the Germans yesterday and both were dealt with quickly by the artil- lery One was in the neighborhood of the Broodseinde-P e-Passchendaele high way and the other started from posi- tions east and sou :hwset of the village of Passehendaele Neither counter at tacking fo ce appears even to have reached its objective before it was smashed. The night was fairly quiet as far as infantry action was concern ed. In the northern sec ,ioE in the advance between Poelcapelle and Houtholst forest fewer difficulties were encountered in yesterdays at tack than on the sou .hern portion Along the southern edge of the forest the British pushed their lines 200 yards forward along 1000-yard front, thereby considerably improving their previous positions. Between the Ypres- Staden railway and Poelcapelle the gain varies in depth up to maximum of about TOO yards. eBtween Poelcap- elle and Wallemoilen on the south the British had swung the line in numer- ous places to include strong positions. that at some points was made yester- day. Southwest of Passchendaele along the Ypres the British were main taining themselves in positions about 800 yards or more in advance of Jump ing-On Place and this advantage ex- tended along a front of about 1,2OO yards.
 Untcld Difficulties.
 It rained hard again las. night and this morning shortly before noon when the sun broke through the clouds. In some cases, the British infantrymen were unable to keep up with the artil- lery barrage and was result of the C5ndi ions of the rifles or machine guns of the hidden enemy marksmen who had escaped death in the barJage. Stretcher bearers encountered untold difficulties, not only from the deep mud but from the British snipers.
 German Tactics
 The correspondent today talked with several wounded stretcher bearers who came back from Poelcapele and from them heard of a remarkable incident during yesterdays battle. They said they had worked continually in mud, that the best was up Q their knees and in addition were constantly har- rassed by enemy snipers concealed in shell holes and even in shattered trees. During the morning. German stretcher bearers had advanced numerous times almost to the British lines to get their own wounded and had not been molest- ed because of their Red Cross flags. Notwithstanding this the Germans continued firing on the British until the climax was reached when the sretcher-bearers. working together, were shot dead by snipers hidden near by.
 Thet Hun Shamed.
 Infuriated by this outrage. a British officer seized the Red Cross flag and waving it over his head rushed toward the snipers When he arrived within speaking distance of them, he bitterly denounced their tTeacherous action employing as his medium the German speech which he speaks fluently. He called the enemy's attention forcibly to their violation of the laws of wal and humanity and pointed out that the German stretcher bearers, had been operating without molestation. The officer after having expressed himself