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Show BRITONS DRIVE RACK ENEI AT TERRIBLE COST Famous English, Scottish and Irish Regiments Take Advanced Positions With Heavy Losses NO FLINCHING UNDER A DEVASTATING FIRE Both Sides Fight With Des peration, Combat Follows Unceasingly All Along the Line Q THE BVTTLE rRO.T by way of Par s 5 30 p in Sept IS The g gant e battle or more properly bat ties continues day and n ght along the entire front from, loyon to the fron t er The f ghtmg does not cons st of one sustained and co nbined mo ement but m reality is several combats pro ceed ng incessantly at the strongest po nts of the Germans defend ng line along the nver A sne Each encounter however influences the execution of the general in ch ef of the all ed armies Attacks and counter attacks follow one. another mrapid sue cess on every hour of the twenty four Dur ng the n ght of September 15 lb the Germans attempted a form dable movement in the western sphere but were met by the French and Br t sh with courage that was marvelous aga nst overwhelm ng odds The Ger mans returned to the attack no fewer than ten t mes w th remarkable ten ac ty and ntreped tj but were unable to breal through the f rm line presented by the all es infantry The f ght just before daybreak was the most v olent of all The Gern ans appeared to throw into the charge all that rema ned of the r energy but were rolled back w th enormous losses Before ret r ng behind their b g gurt they sacr f ced many of the r number d splaying resolut on wh ch approached desperat on A v gorous counter attacl from the all es ensued d r ng wh ch a small amo nt of ground was ga ned Last n ght was comparat vely calm along the front b t today the f ght ng becan e more fur ous than ever Dur ng the darkness operat ons are ren dered d ff cult owing to the reluctance of the oppos ng commanders to use search! ghts wh ch m ght expose tho r pos t on After th s stage of the f ght was con eluded the Gem ans appeared to ret re about seven miles Dur ng the combat the adversar es in many instances came to hand to hand clashes and the bayo net was extens vely used The carnage was terr fying but the troops of both arm es appear to have become hardened to such scenes and fought w th great coolness The allies av ators apparently dis covered today the placements of some b g Ger nan guns notw thstanding the cle erness w th wh ch they are h dden beneath an earthen covering strewn w tl the branches of trees The Ger man art llery ofened a concentrated f re on a certa n portion of the 1 ne and the hea y German art llery afterward lapsed nto s lence at that spot al I tho gh t 3 not 1 nown whether they' were rendered mpotent or were merely effect ng a change of pos t on owing to the r forn er emplacement hav ng be come ntenable It s imposs ble to learn from any one port on of the 1 ne what s occurr ng at other pla es but an ncl nat on to re cede si ghtly seemed evident on the Ger man s de although they offered the most obst nate res stance and fought as though made of ro The all es at the same t me doggedly purs ed the small advantage they ga ned and kept at tl e heels of the r reluctantly ret r rsn foes s At a po nt where the bnlk of the Brit si troops formed part of the all es 1 ne the fight ng was fur 0 s yesterda3 and today and some of the most fan ous Engl sh 'Scott sh and Irish regiments nelud nc the cruards and t.hn h tri,ioj ers s ffered seve cl They performed the task set for them unfl nchingly ad anc ng and occupy ng some of the ad anccd German posit ons but at ten-ble ten-ble cost Bel nd the f ght ne 1 ne along the Ac Pu seaux road st 11 1 e man of the dead who fell n the f ght ng of Septem er ) I aborers engaged n the tasl f nterment declared that although e had b r e 1 great n mbers oca t 0 and bod e st 11 awa te 1 rcmo al from the battlef eld |