Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-05 | Page 1 | Loss near Bassee Blow to England

lOSS oss NEAR LA BASSEE BLOW TO ENGlAND London T Tempered by Reports Reports Re Re- ports Th That t the German Counter Attacks Had Been Beaten Off Along Remainder of British Front S I LONDON The Joss ss Q it tr r t J f fn n n near nr r La Bass Bassee as s' s announced d yesterday by by Fiel Field Fiel l' l Marshal Marshal- French was a keen dis disappointment disappoint disappoint- p ointment ment ment- to En England land It is assumed the th British troops after their rush forward over a comparatively wide wid front did not have sufficient time time- timeto to consolidate this his difficult po position The British commanders commander's commanders commander's com corn manders mander's admission of the loss was was was' tempered with the statement statement state state- ment that German counter attacks attacks at at- tacks had been beaten off along the remainder of the British front Military writers profess C to see already the effects of the offensive offensive of of offensive in the west on operations operations opera opera- over the eastern front The Russians are holding the Germans before and apparently ap are giving givin little ground elsewhere