The sun., 1918-10-02
Avenge Wrongs by Staying
Many and Taxing 5000
Prisoners.
RIVALS PALESTINE BAG
Captures Of Men and Guns in
Three Days OH British
Front Are Huge.
ny PERRY ROBINSON.
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COPYRIGHT. 1918: oil ri0hts retefred.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRhStZ.
Oct. i.-Success piles up on success. II
Is difficult 20 give an intelligent account
Of each OF the three battles now in prog
ress on the British front. in the course
OF which In the last three days prisoners
have been taken iivall!ng in numbers
the captures in Palestine. 0nd the Ger
man guns that haye fallen into British
and Belgian hands are not less than 500
or 800 and may prove many moro.
or the three Victories II seems 70 m,
that OF the Belgians in the extreme
north, with British troops cooperating,
has been the most dramatic. The dash
and ferocity with which the Belgians At
lacked IL simply Incompatible. for they
have been nursing their wrongs and
their determination 10 svcnge them for
four years.
One section OF the Belgian attacking
force. am informed. fell In with the
regiment which notoriously was re-
sponsible for the outrages in Dinant-
and. adds my informant. they did not
forget it." However We may be fired
with hatred of all that Germany stands
for In this war, Il Is necessary to be
moved by some such bitter and persona!
wrongs as the Belgians have suffered to
be able TO fight with really the utmost
degree of ferocity.
German Casualties Heavy,
That the German casualties on the
front opposed to the Beleians were eN-
tremely heavy is beyond all doubt. Piles
Of German dead show that In some small
part the Belgians' injuries have been
avenged. But although the Belglans
killed so many OF the enemy, they had
this morning about G,O00 prisoners and
there are many more st!u TO come. The
British fighting with the Belgians had
5000 prisoners this morning. which itself
is good enough for one days work on
! this marrow front.
With the prisoners :hc British troops
took n hundred guns, but the Belgians
have captured about 900, although they
have not yet had time 20 count them We
knew that there were great concentra-
tions OF guns in and around Houtholst
forest. All these appear to have fallen
Into the hands OF tho Belgians with
| comparatively little resistance.
or all the German troops In this sec
| tor the only ones who fought with any
! stoutness were the Landwohr units, who
although looked down upon by the other
German troops, behaved like men. while
the others OF higher reputation failed.
| The ground over which most of the a,
! tack was delivered was swampy, an are
| of deep mud and slime, with pools oi
! standing water and morasses. The urorm.
! ing was thick with mist and the Ger.
mans seem to have been surprised. al
| though the evidence on this point. as Is
often true, is contradictory. Some o.
the prisoners say they knew tho attack
was coming. but captured diary. with
entries UP to the preceding night, records
! that there was no sign OF any enemy
attack IN ;ha: sector,
! Destroy Three Years Barricade.
! before the front attacked by tie Eel!
CLANS there were grcat quantities Of wir,
| which the Germans had set UP labor!
ously at Intervals In the last three years
For this reason there was -four hours o
heavy- bombardment before the attack
and in most places the viro was we'll de
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