New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1917, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, REATEST BATTLE N WORLD’S HISTORY (Continued from First Page) und in the region of Poelcapelle not in bad condition, except along Be Strombeek river where it was Bry marshy, necessitating a slow ad- Nce. The tanks operating with the 0ops here did excellent service, re- cing a number of strong redoubts \d concrete pill boxes. Poelcapelle as well garrisoned, but apparently ld not offer strong resistance. The ritish were within reach of the town [v. 10:30 o'clotk, Meantime others were making their Ay over Abraham heights, near avenstafel. There was some cellar ghting here, but it was brief. The ain trouble wad encountered near he fort where the Germans had eight ong concrete redoubts. Sharp fight- g followed, but the Germans finally ere forced with rifles and bombs to pirrender. Both Poelcapelle and venstafel are masses of ruins. The Mest reports show the British have med over virtually all of Graven- fel ridge. ‘South of the Ypres-Roulers rail- oy, which cuts the Passchenddele- fheluvelt ridge where the Gravensta- 3l arm joins it, the British were on he orest of the ridge or beyond it hroughout the remeainder of its jangth They had little trouble iIn eaching it. There was a brief battle jear Molenaarelsthoek crossroads hich weroe fortified. Just north of ere the Germans held a farm from lch they poured heavy machine n fire into the British ranks until jhe place was subdued. | Prisoners were secured in Poler- k and the chateau near there was led after sharp fighting. Joist m, near the southeastern edge of olygon wood, which had been a sore jpot to the British for days, still held ut at the latest reports ,although he irilsh had pushed beyond it on both ides. This wae the only snag of the find encountered so far as is known. Broodseinde, which lies on th dge, was the approximate center o! he day's attack, and here was the leepest point of the advance. From his village the line tapered off grad- ly to the north and the south. FRENCH AT IT, TOO. Are Causing Germans Trouble in Upper Alsace. Paris, Oct. 5.—French troops dur- ng last night repulsed German sur- rise attacks in the Champagne and jin upper Alsace, the official statement om the war office today says. The fstatement reads: “The enemy attempted without suc- less several surprise attacks during he night, especially in Champagne, east of the Butte de Souain, and in upper Alsace, near Machelbach. “There were violent artillery ac- tions on the right bank of the Meuse in the region of Bezonvaux and Hill 344 OFFICIAL STATEMENT. London Gives Out Text of Report from British Headquarters. London, Oct. 5.—The text of the re- port from British hreadquarters in France last night, detaillng the events of the latest drive of the army under Field Marshal Halg, is as fol- lows: “Our attack was launched on a front of over eight miles, from south of Tower hamlets to the Ypres-Staden railway, north of Langemarck and has been completely successful. All our objectives have been gained; positions of great importance have been won and over 8,000 German prisoners have already reached the collecting stations, “ “We are now in possession of the main ridge up to a point 1,000 yards north of Broodseinde. “South of the Menin road, where only a short advance was intended, our objectives were reached at an early hour. ' North of the road the English battalions carried the hamlet ‘ot Polderhoek and Polderhoek cha- teau, where sharp fighting occurred, and drove the enemy from numer- ous farms and small woods south and east of Polygon wood. Australian troops captured Molenaarelsthoek and cleared the houses on the Zonnebeke- Broodseinde road. New Zealand troops took Gravenstafel and on their left other English divisions continued the line of our advance and reached the outskirts of Poelcapelle. Within @ short time of the opening of the assault our first objectives had gained on the whole front of attack. “The advance against our final ob- Jectives was carried out in accordance with the plan and was attended by equal success:' Bnglish troops took the village of Reutel and Noordenhork and secured the high ground overlooking Recel- aere. Australian regiments captured Broodseinde and established them- selves well over the crest of the ridge five miles east of Ypres, which gives observation eastward. On the left of our attack English troops line of their objectives east of Poelcapelle church. “The whole of our objectives had been captured before mid-day. In- formation obtained from prisoners and confirmed by identications of Ger- man units and by the numbers German dead established the fact that our attack anticipated by a few min- utes an attack in force by five Ger- man divisions against our front from Polygon wood to Zonnebeke. “Our artillery barrage descended upon the enemy’s troops as they were assembling and the hostile attack never took place. Those of the enemy’s Infantry who escaped the fire of our artillery weve overwhelmed by the advance of our infantry. In con- sequence of the enemy’s losses in the of I area of his intended attack, & few counter-attacks have yet developed. Two counter-attacks attempted early in the afternoon east of Gravenstafel were in each case broken up by our fire before reaching our positions. An- other counter-attack northeast of Langemarck resulted in severe fight- ing, but it was unable to drive our troops from the positions they had gained. Later In the afternoon three other unsuccessful counter-attacks were made by the enemy southeast of Polygon wood. “The enemy's losses throughout the whole fighting have been exceedingly heavy, being greatly increased by the unusual number of German troops on the battlefront at the opening of our attack. Our casualties have been light. In addition to the prisoners taken we also oaptured a few guns and much other material. “The weather, which durlng our preparations for the attack gave promise of continuing favorable, yes- terday became less settled. The wind inoreased steadily last night and throughout the battle had blown strongly from the west at times with the force of a gale and had been ac- companied by storms of rain. These adverse conditions added to the diffi- culty of the advance and to the work of our airmen. Notwithstanding this, our afrcraft performed valuable work and afforded useful information from time to time, both regarding the po- sitions of our own troops and the assembly of the enemy for counter- attacks. “The assault was delivered by Eng- lish, Australlan and New Zealand di- visions. Included among the British troops were battalions from 28 Eng- lish counties. There were also two battalions from Scotlund Ireland and Wales. “At all points rapld progress made from the start.” ARE NOW FEARFUL. was | Germang Getting Scared of Activities of Entente Air Men. Amsterdam, Oct. 5.—A semi-official statement issued in Berlin refers to the attacks of Entente airmen on German towns and says they prove it is necessary for Germany to press back the enemy aerlal bases as far as possible. “If today enemy airmen had bases on the Meuse line or in Belgium, we should discover that not only western Germany but the heart of Germany would be exposed to enemy bombs,” says the statement. It draws the conclusion that Belglum must no longer be dependent in a political or military sense on Entente powers.” mm;Ns. SENATOR ‘Washington, Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon. who nar- rowly escaped an appendicitis opera- tlon, returned today to the senate. FORMER OHIEF DIES. Meriden, Oct. 7.—John Tracy, for- mer chief of the Meriden fire depart- ment, died at his home here today, aged 71 years. city. Store Boston Clothing Wants to call your attention to the fact that unless you have once dealt with us you can never know what a wonderful service we are offering. Just think! The finest Clothes that money can buy. Prices the lowestin the Pay for them in small sums, as conven- ient, and enjoy the wearing of the clothes while you are paying for them. The above is worthy of your attention. You are cordially invited to call. | We carry a complete line of Ladies’ Suits, Coats, Skirts and Furs of the latest styles. Also a complete line of Clotling for Men, Young Men and Boys. Our terms are but 1.00 A WEE BOSTON CLOTHING STORE 63 CHURCH STREET HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Principal L. P. Slade has announced a new plan of elections for the coming year. On Thursday morning, Oct. 11, informal ballots will be taken in all four classes for the office of presi- dent only. On the following Thurs- day formal ballots for the three high- est will be taken. If the president of the senior class is elected from the academic building, the secretary will also be chosen from that building, and the vice president wiil be chosen from the Vocational school. If, on the other hand, the president is elect- ed from the Vocational bullding, the secretary will also come from there, and the other offices will be filled from the Academic building. The same procedure will be followed out in the three other classes. If the president and secretary come from the Vocational building this ¥ these offices will be fllled from the Academic building next year. Al- Teady & large number of candidates have been put into the fleld, and close returns are expected in all four classes. Plans are being formulated for the establishment of a Teachers Athletic association at the High school. It a sufficlent number of teachers signi- ty their jntentions of becoming mem- bers, the club will be started in the near future. A communication has been received by Principal Slade from the fire com- missioners stating that Fire Preven- tion Day will be celebrated Oct. 9 and recommending that some form of cel- ebration be given at the High school. However because of the crowded con- dition at the school and the absence of proper facilities for holding as- semblies, the celebration will be held Oct. 11 and 12, the days of regular assemblies. For several years it has been impossible to hold assemblies of the school as a whole. The Poster club will hold a meet- ing Monday at 4:30 in the art de- partment. At the meeting of the Debating club Wednesday, a discussion will be held on the advisability of requiring alllens, residents of this count:y for | two years, to join the army or navy. A meeting of the Vocational Sub- Council was held today in Vice Prin- cipal Moody's office. Traffic, progress and efficlency committees were ap- pointed for the coming year. DOING HIS BIT. Frands R. Cooley Has Charge of Se- curing Pledges for Food Control. Hartford, Oct. 5—Francis R. Cooley of Hartford, appointed by Robert Scoville, state food commissioner to have charge of the campaign for 200,000 pledges to conserve food during war times, today began work by circularizing local committees as to the general plan of work. He has named 24 sub-leaders, three in each county who are respectively the coun- ty chairman of the state council of defense, the county chairman of women's activities of the council and the county chairman of the woman's home economies council. The whirlwind wind-up will come in the week of October 21-28. County meetings will be called by the county chairman of the state council. Mr. Scoville and Mr. Cooley have received the federal figures of popu- lation on which to base their work of obtaining 200,000 pledges. The census bureau places the number of persons to the average family at 4.5. For the state at large the population is given at 1,334,864, or 296,641 fam- ilies. Mr. Scoville accepts as his figures 214,324, or about 10 per cent of the census figures. Fairfield county is glven at 314,000 with 69,777 Bridgeport, according to his accept- ance, has 23,333 familles, New Brit- ain 9,999; New Haven county 63,935 and New Haven town 24,577; Water- bury 16,166; New London coynty 16,999. These figures represent the number of pledges by families that will be secured as a minimum. ARE NOW GENERALS. Important Promotion Made by Senatc Yesterday for Pershing. Washington, Oct. 5.—It is no longer Major-General Pershing or Major- General Bliss, as by a unanimous vote yesterday the senate conferred upon thesc two heroes the title of General, a title held by only four other mcn since Washington. Major-® General Dershing, in the field in France, was out-ranged by field mar- shals, by generals and lieutenant- generals, but now he is as good as any of them. The wmendment which made the new title makes lieutenant- generals of all commanders of armies or army corps organized or authorized and confers the rank of major-gen- eral on all heads of departments and bureaus. Generals and licutenant. generals are to recelve $10,000 and $9,000 respectively. BOMBS AND GERMANS. if You Do Play With a Bomb Fuse, Don’t Be Studying German. Richmond, Va., Oct. 5.—Last sum- mer young Kenneth Haas, 15 years old, found a bomb fuse while visiting his uncle in York, Pa. Yesterday the lad took the fuse to school with him and while reciting a German les- son it exploded, causing excitement, breaking windows, burning the Ger- man book, and causing injury to the boy’s hand. He lost three fingers. The lad =ays it's a bad thing to be studying German and playing with a bomb fuse at the same time. AUTOS IN COLLISION. Albin F. Hyde of Berlin, driver of an auto truck, reported to the police this morning, that his machine collid- ed with a lighter vehicle at the corner of Main and Lafayette strects. Ac- cording to his story he was driving in a southerly direction when ,at the corner of Lafayette street, the chauf- feur of the other machine tried to get in fronc of his car. The wet pavement caused the machine to skid and it crashed against his truck, dam- aging the fer.der. The other chauf- feur did not disclose his identity. 1017, SOME OF THE GERMANS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH IN THE DRIVE IN FLANDERS HONORS McKINLEY. Memorial Building Erccted in Memory of Martyred President. Niles, O., Oct. 5.—This little north- western Ohlo town today honored its most notable citizen, President Wil- liam McKinley, by dedicating to his memory a magnificent marble memo- rial bullding near- the site of his birth, Prominent men and visitors from MOHICAN CREAMERY BUTTER Lb. 48¢ WHOLE MILK CHEESE Lb.31c “National Party’” Chicago, party,” is the name with all over the country attended the dedi- cation mer, and Governor James o speakers included for- nt Willlam Howarg Tafl M. Cox. 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