The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1914, Page 4

|firnt to moet the recrudescence of Mee In the shape of an attack in the nelahborhood of Dixmude and (reo hovte. “Our turn game next. After olght lease of comparative relagation, we | were under constant pressure from | Tuesday Nov, & to Tuesday, the 10th. ‘the nm day saw a repeiition of the [area attempt of the Germans to ‘break through our Vines to the French Conat IMMENSE GERMAN LOSSES FIVE-DAY ATTACK. “What was realized might happen |did happen. In apite of the immense ‘tonwae suffered by tho enemy during the five-day attack against Ypres, which lasted from Oct. 29 to the 24 of thin month, the cessation of their mote violent efforta on the Intter day 414 not wignalize the abandonment of the whole project, but merely the tom- porary retinquishment of the mata offensive until fresh troops had been manned to carry on what was proving to be costly and difficult operation. Meanwhile the interval was employed ISH REPORT TELLS HOW AAISER’S GUARD RUSHED ON ~ TO SLAUGHTER ON YPRES LINE LONDON, Nov. 17 (Associated Proan),—Col. F. 1. Swinton, the officis! Pieorver at the British headquarters, gives, today, a further chapter 1p Ris narrative of operations at the front, bringing up hix account to Nov, 13 Hie latest report describes the fleres attack of the Prussian Guards on the Britigh lines in the neighborhood of Ypres Col, Bwinton’s report, insued through | German rush to the Wort has not janted tong. Tho rection the front the s250 PIANO| GWA —9.20 PER WEER | IN by repeated loc forces, and to al longed and concentrated bombar ment. Ly the llth, therefore, it scone that they considered they had tained both objects, for on that day Peon oe & fey a oy $ they recommenced the desperate pay nothing « pow, eat pe 168 buttle for the possession of Ypres and {te neighborhood unre tome tt Faae DBLIVERT. 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Newark, 101 Halsey St. “Though the struggle not yet come to can be aid: The Germans has | dol) but they “In repulaing the enemy #0 far we have auffered heavy casualttios, but battles of this flerce and prolonged nature cannot be but to both widen, WV have th on of knowing that we have foiled thi in what appeare to be at prea- i@ main object jn the western at operations, and have in- filoted immensely greater losses on him than those we have euffered our- wolves, ENEMY REPULGED IN ATTACK ON FRENCH LINE. “To carry on the narrative for three ya of the 10th, ith and 12th of vembe: uesday, the 10th, was uneventful for us, At aome distance beyond our left flank the enemy advanced in force againat the French and were Directly on our left, ho Greater part of the front, shelling was leas Ey a and ne infantry attacks took pl “To the southeast Pot ot Xpres the enemy kept up @ very heavy bom- bardmont against our lino, as well as that of the French. On our left cen- tre the situation remained unchanged, both sides contenting with furious cannonad! LOOK DIAMOND FACTS IN THE FACE Diamond prices hold firm. are not ta to fall in cm 4 in doing Lo incurred @ heavy loss pom our artillery and machine gun fire.” “Incidentally, one of the houses held by the @ wad wa knocked about by our fire that its defenders bolted. On their way to the rear they were met by reinforcements under an oMcer, who halted them, evidently in an endeavor to persuade them to return. W! the parley was going on one of our machine guns was quietly moved ¢o @ position of vant- age, whence it opened a most effect- ive fire on the ployed against us. A fow hours later they followed thie by an infantry as- sault in foros. GUARD CORPS SUPREME EFFORT. “This attack was carried out by the Firet and Fourth Brigades of the Guard Corps, which, as we now know from prisonega, been sent for to make @ supreme effort to capture Ypres, since that task had ore too heavy for the infantry of ¢! “As the attackers © DIAMONDS JEWELRY WATCHES . Third Avenue, Cor. 58th St. Open Evenings Until 6. Saturday Nights Until 10 be gauged to some extent from the Fost Cink che member of Gand lett ta GERMANS BLOWN UP BY MINES IN TRENCHES, southeast of Ypres held by us was heavily shelled, but did not undergo any very serious Infantry attack, That occupied by the Frenob, how- ever, was both bombarded and flervely assaulted. On the rest of our the usual bombari- comparatively quiet. On the right of our trenohes was mined and then abandoned, As soon as it was occupied by the enemy the red and several Ger- to pleces. Zo get right to the point: Simple means ere best; direct methods most effective. Therelore— if your child’s ankles “turn fm,” steaighten and strengthen them with @ pair of Cowarp Ancu Scrront Suoms ¢) ywith Oowazp Exrenuon Hers @owest Arch Support Bhoe and Coward Extension ~ Weel, have been made by James 8. in Coward, for over 34 years. Cant rx 3 avawtne WORLD,. themaeives | = nitiiated by a night attack with the haydnet executed by the Slightly south the enemy was forced back thres-quarters of 9 mile. Immediately on our left the French were strongly attacked driven back for a hort dist « extrame left having to coht movement. To the southea anipers were very actly and right the enemy's bombard- ment was maintained, but nothing ATTACKING GROUPS OF GER- MANS HAD HAD ENOUGH. t that on this day the ad- inst our line in front of « not pushed home after t Inesday moment, the attacking troops had had enough. “Although the fatlur thin great attack by the Guard Corps to ac ct cannot be de- of Ypres clone of thi attempt to not without @ dramatic interest of ti once definitely failed to achieve this object by means of the sheer weight of number and having done thelr beat to wear us down, the Ger- mane brought in fresh 1 ed troops to carry the Ypres salient by an an- nault from the north, the south and the east, “That the Prussian Guard Sore should have been selected to act against the Kastern edge of salient may be taken as proof of the necessity felt by the Germans to gain this point in the line. Their dogged persev. ‘© in pursuance of t objective claims whole-hearted tion. The failure of one great Idede an it was by an jm- Pp ppeal to the troops made in the 1 presence of the Emperor him- self, but carried out by partial! trained men, has been only the signal for another desperate effort in which | the place of honor was assigned to| talk oe a'Elite of the German GUARD EMULATES THE HEROES OF 1870. ‘It must be admitted th: Quard Corps has retained tha’ tation for courage and contempt of death which it earned in 1879, when Pmperor William I., after the battle of Gravelot, wrote: ‘My Guard ha found ita grave in front of St. Privat, the and the swarms of men who came up) bravely to the British rifles in the) woods around Ypres repeated the tactics of forty-four years ago when! tholr dense columns, tolling up the! slopes of St. Privat, melted away under the fire of the French. “That the Germans are cunning fighters, and well up in all the tricks of the trade, has frequently been pointed out, For instance, they often mucceed in ascertaining what r ment or brigade is opposed to thi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 4| commander Pronounes | was somewhat a the! 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The Fourth Company has now no leaders but a couple of noncoma, Whén will my turn com: I hope to goodness I Ket home again, we of employ the purpor Ona having by some el the name of the of the company holding B. Altum & Co. the trench they we 4 amd siinwp- called hiv eusing. w a cup of rice and one- n apple per man, Let us yme goon, Buch @ pt He irlonity was cowarded by discover. “too awful. The English have prepared for to-morrow (Wednesday) th the officer in question . If no reinforcements men were very much there.) come up, especially heavy artillery, we shall a poor lookout and ere f th 4 ’ hy hee wearing Betis and Tithe first day 1 went quietly into A Sale of Men s Pajamas the fight with indifference which to doubi authentic ease ing near Ypre their truth, curred in the fight- A man dressed in @ resembling that of @ day, for the first when my com- astonished me. time, in advancing, rades on the right and left were fall- ing, 1 fee er nervous, But I lost that feeling again soon, One becomes horribly indifferent. | picked up a@ of bread by At least I have somethiig to There are about 70,000 English ked from all four However, they at prices which are fully one-third ‘less than usual tated th and that ment had been orde: GIVEN TO DETAIN THE TRANGE OFFICER: iintlar visit having been by several men In different the ait. it Men’s Pajamas of silk mixtures, in a variety gene of patterns and colors per suit $2.85 Men's Pajamas of cotton crepe or mercerized materials per suit $1.35 Men’s Pajamas of fancy madras, in a variety of attractive designs per suit $).00 Men’s Pajamas of outing flannel per suit trenches, orders were issued that this atrange officer was to be detained if n again. Uniuekily he did not make another appearance. The following remarks tnken from the diary of a German soldier are published not because there is reason {® bolleve they are justified with re. gard to the conduct of German of ficers, but because of thair interes “ human document. Under date of Nov. 2, this German soldier wrote ‘Previous to noon we were, sent out in a regular storm of bullets on the order of the major, These gentlemen, the officers, send their men forward in a most ridiculous way. They them- selves remain far behind safely under yver, Our leadership is really scan: ous, Enormous losses on our side {are partly from the fire of our own people, for our leaders neither know | where the enemy lies nor where our |own troops are, #0 that we often are fired on by our own men, It ts ao marvel to me that we have got on as jfar as we have done. “Our Captain fell, as did our section leaders and a lar; ber of our men. 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