Show MEN ARE POURED INTO DEATH TRAP nAP Gruesome Results of Ebb Ebband Ebband and Flow of Y cr River Battle LO LONDON DOX O Oct t. t 25 8 a. a in The in-The The of the Tim Times in West est Flanders under date of Tue Tuesday in do- do scribing the ebb and anti flow V of the battle and the stubborn heroism of the Belgian Bel gina gian m soldiers says The Tho Belgians never entirely dislodged dislodged dis dis- lodged d the German Germa from the footing they obtained across cro s tho the Ter near thou though h tho the t erman red terrible Jos losses in keeping the strip of ol ground thus won in m tho the bend of the river Again and again they tho bare bavo bt boon been cn pra tica swept awa away by Belgian shrapnel ad nel hut but the they thoy have continued to pour men into the death trap which served them hem as a bridge head At and aud Nieuport the gle jle has hos been equally severe At t Di Dix Dir mudo nudo tho the French marines were Vere obliged to o withstand a hour forty continuous attack before tho they cro able to to the he Germans at tho point of the ba bayo o i ineL net neL i Last Saturday the tho Germans mado made another crossing further south near Saint Georges Lapelle capelle and a n. n frightful struggle ensued d between th tb river chan chan- nels The Germans O occupied the vii vil- lago ago of and were driven en out hut but not not for for long The They concen concen- rated their theu cs on on n the tho canal bank ank and raked the thc Belgians ns ing ng them to retire retiro again Tho The fighting continued till Sunda Sunday morning when heu the he arrival of the tho French forces resulted ill in 11 driving tho the Germans back over the tho I river iver tho the little forces holding the tho ho bridge o head bead at T r acte The The German attack on was Tas repulsed epu-ed last night with hea heavy loss lose The poi point t. t at which tho Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans cro crossed ed the tho river and where the has line been most critical is north of f the village of l erv e on OD the railway rail rail- wa way vay line from Iron Nieuport rt to They Thc crO crossed last Thursday but were pr froth from advancing over oer cr the tho main waterway at that time On Saturday they hoy succeeded in getting across the second channel and ana nearly reached tho railway ailway r line linc Tho Thor were finally driven back ack after fierce fi fighting and Rna it is the ther r railway ailway y embankment which now forms the ho main line of the Belgian defense front from rom to During yesterday mornin morning a German Ger Ger- man nan force entered and for a aime time ime p paralyzed the defend defenders rs who ap ap- later to have ha recovered reco them them- elves and turned on the thc invaders y r street fighting r resulted in the tho capture of the tho greater part of t c GC- GC man lan man battalion The correspondent pays pys a tributa tributo trib- trib uto uta to to the Belgians for their valor 1101 and tenacity it He TIe says wiy II On On top of f t two o hard fight fight- ill ing ig followed b by a long dis discouraging ng retreat and tired and ana di or orin in n- n zed they wore oro called upon to hold tho the tho line lino no pf Of when they thc well weB deserved deser a are re rest ett t. t Yet Yeb they fulfilled d the task Jon cr than tian was waR expected ler trvin conditions con con- The infantry has has in the ti-e ti trenches alm sf without re repose sc- sc for fol ten days drinking only III the water waler from the tho canals which winch they ther are arc guarding g with little opportunity to prepare a hot meal and constantly under a rain of Gorman German shells |