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Show HOUSEMEN OF BIG ARMIES II CONTACT Saber and Lance Used With Deadly Effect Along the Battle Front THE BATTLE FEONT v a Pans Oct 10 11 51 a m Saber and lance came into play many times today The rrench British and German hussars lancers dragoons and cuirassiers in enormous numbers came into contact near Lalle There were no brill ant charges by long lines of horsemen to record but the Br t sh squadron in khaki and the Trench in the r 1 ght and dark blue uniforms often crossed swords with the blue gray clad Germans There is not an inch of ground here abonts wh ch does not show traces of the awful character of the battle The town of Albert is a mass of ru ns only a church steeple rema ning stand ng Boye has d sappeared under constant bombardment It was the center of the German effort to break through the al lied lines The German artillery had taken advantage of many quarr es n the vicinity where they placed guns which were beyond the reach of the French artillery Beconno tering part es seeking to d s cover the strength of the r opponents frequently came in conflict In these engagements the sold ers would take shelter behind the many bodies on the field or occas onally make smart dashes , across the open wnere the r arms gl t tered in the sunl ght But noth ng oc curred wh ch could be called a general battle The vicinity of Arras however was the scene of very v gorous encounters between nfantrymen who engaged n close fight ng w th the bayonet after the art llerj duel ceased At some po nts along the 1 ne numbers of Ger mans approached the trenches of the al bes w fnout the r rifles and offered to surrender f g en food, say ng that the rat ons at that part of the German pos tlon had r n out Beyond Bove where the fighting had been except onally severe for fifteen days as possess on of the place n eans control of the ra lroad 1 nes and also the road to Amiens the all es cont nued the r efforts to i slodge the Germans who held on with wonderful tenac ty It was ne essary for the all es to con duct regular siege operat ons to get at them Farther east the French made a con s derable advance n Alsace an 1 cap t ired some terr torv on the he ghts of he Me se where the Cermans n tacked en p eatedl b t alwav were oi cn a ght itta k aj pear o a a ed fo the cnt ex ept a a cw o ate 1 a ce G e al s lc a Frenc nfantr nn n a ler has 1 eu k lied b a frag ment of a hrapnel shell |