The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-28
BRITISH REPUlSE
RECKLESS TtUTOh
BUSHES At YPREs
Prince Hurls Best Troops Along
Six-Miie Line.
FORTUNE OF BATTLE
...s e..s. SWAPS TO AND FRO
Dusk Finds English Forces in Com
pIete Possession of All Gains---SIer-
mans Claim Front mistaken.

London. Sept, 27.-Four times in
succession within three hours the Ba-
Varian crown princes best troops
( rushed in dense waves against the
! British on the latter's new six-mile
/ front esta blished in yesterdays ad-
vance northeast of Ypres. Comhats
OF the fiercest sort developed. the for
tune of battle swaying 70 and fro, but
! dusk saw the British in complete pos
session of all their gains Relatively
the success In beating off the Teuton
! counter -thrusts was even bigger than
THAT of the previous days advance, for
! the Germans hurled themselves for
ward with a reekletSuess and in such
! strong electives that the British adj
lmittedly had their hands full holding
/ them at bay.
| The front attacked stretches from
Tower hamlets, captured by the Brit
| ish yesterday, to st. Julien Toaays
/ front dispatches disclosed that the ad-
vance yesterday gained a minimum
depth Of one mile in the sector of Zon-
nebeke village. Sir Douglas Haig's
| official Lulletin describes the German
losses a. extremely heavy.
The Berlin statement asserts that
! at least twelve British divisions were
deployed for yesterdays drive Gao, 900
menl.
! The frmness of the German front
was not shaken" the German account
/ ass erts, adding that the village. of
/ Gheluvelt. described as one OF the
British detectives. remained firmly in
Teuton hands. 1t Is admitted, how
ever, that the British broke through
the German defense system TO depth
of one kilometer (ffve-eighths of a
mile) east of St. Julien TO the Ypres-
| Menin road.
Paris officially announced the re-
| pulse of strong Teuton attacks north
| of the Aisne and on the Verdun front.
Amsterdam, Sept. 27.--The desire to
prevent an open debate on peace
terms, which might reopen the cieav-
age between the big political parties.
/ put a quick end to yesterdays reich
stag meeting. Berlin dispatches state.
The body adjourned until October 3.
! 1t expects to be in session only week
/ beginning that day.
| bitter attack on President Wilson
by the reichstags president, DR..
/ kaempf, preceded yesterdays adj
journment.
He who tries TO drive wedge be-
tween the kaiser and the people" said
he. bites on granite. We read in
| President Wilson'S note to the pope
! the word humanity Are we to believe
/ the words of man who had the power
to preserve hundreds and thousands of
lives by preventing the export of mu-
nitions and war material from America
/ to the entente?
Can that man boast OF humanity
/ who, apart from the munitions sup
! plies. prolonged the war by his un-
neutral attitude before America de-
clared the war, and who supported
| England's war of starvation against
I German women and children"
| Attacks on the American executive
also are contained In enpire-wide adj
vertisements for the new war loan.
Chancellor Michaelis Is not expected
to speak at the coming sessions. but
win address confidential meetings Of
| the ;..e1a committee