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Show VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE Oil HE Correspondent of London Times Writing From "Behind "Be-hind British Lines," Sees Victory in Sight APPALLING SCENES DURING THE NIGHT Shell Fire Terrific Beyond Description, French and English Given Credit for Heroic Deeds LONDON Sept 20 9 4o p m A correspondent of the T mes sends the f Ilowine d spatch from beh nd the Br t sh lines dated September 19 The gTeat battle draws to a close Exhaust on rather than shot and shell 1 as wrought a terr ble peace along the nver banks a peace wh ch my eipe r ences of the last few days leads me to believe jnay be the herald of vie tory That at least is how I read the s tuat on I have seen our troops and the French go into battle these- last days not as worn and weary men but as conquerors I hav seen them return b curded from th s valley of death with the conquering spir t fanned to f erce f ur Here is a typical dscript on from the trenches of the great struggle , We are slowly beat ng them back We have to do it foot by toot for they have huge guns and the r shell f re 19 terr ble but we keep pegging away Howf Well we dig ourselves in we Br tish lads hae learned that lesson and then we go on f ghting and f ght, ing unt 1 the moment comes when we can make a small advance We crawl up aga n and d g ourselves in and so on Cold Steel at Last At the end t of course comes to cold steel We are all r ght there The scene on the river at n ght was magn f cent and appalling beond words The whole valley was swept w th a blaze of searchlights from dark ness unt 1 dawn Great Beams moed up and down search ng the skies and trenches and reveal ng masked bat ter es on the he ghts and dark forms ly ng along the ridges Here and there a lur d flash re vealed the burst ng of a shell or a w sp of f re a olley Irom some con ealed antage and o er al ro ed the per petual thunder of the guns a f erce and thr 11 ng accompan n ent An ncessant ra n flooded the great r ver making the work of the hero eng neers a eritable hrsk of Hercules Battle to the Death Th s was a battle to the la ounce of strength n wh h man and horse poured o t the r whole 1 es n a few frenzied moments Dav and n ght the combat rage i w thout uterm ssion ebb ng ani flow ng 1 ko tl e t de seeth ng 1 ke a cauldron And nto the hell strong men wnt down Oh It was a brave s ght to see them go ga 1 and 1 ght heartedly to return perhaps in a few hours broken for 1 fe, or t may be never to return at all for the loss was terr ble The battle westvard bv the forest of A glo has been can- cd bad fron the rive bank a n atter of some ten k lometers (about s m les) But at So sso s the enemv st 11 hold the r ground Here n the stono quarr es above the town they have o assed a powert 1 batter of art Her ot such heavy n etal that our g ns hs e not been strong enough to copo w th t For th s reason and for th s reason alone they ha e been able to w thstand o r attacks Happ ly the IVench ha e now bro ght up the r heav C8t guus and are abo t to oton a fresh bombard ont The one ad antage the enen v possessed he must prescntl lose frontal Attack Understant th s s the hardest fought enco nter of the warl It has been a frontal attack aga nst a power t 1 foe splond dly ntrenched and st ongl s f ated Onlv the better f ghter w ns s h a bat le To ha e co q ered at A snn is to ha e nro ed o es f ros st bl Tho co rospondent spoaks of the st anKe aln os nl un a 0 ai o and et na 1 eerf ess n the Br t sh tie e a of I ran e t at s r t flat akes c oo h ana c ,.,0 ost rresst o of tl n orld an 1 a Ids To s oak of lesaer n atters I ha e 8cc goat tra loads of apture i Oer ma cannon taken d r e the last woo an I st 11 great tra nload, 0t ca, t rel o n ans German pr soncrs pea of Uv at nor on tho ra oa Is a d le vl o oo g tnou e f llj la ah 1 nt a d f all T h "eeu o s e d 1 a r e e for ng tho r econ 81J worl Ntoed g a va to tl e th 1 a 1 tor or of a gr at ral T V otor b I we Wa t n row tl g oat ,ho c an i of den |