| Show OUTNUMBERED BUT BRITISH MOW MO DOWN GERMAN MASSES r Indian Troops Also Said toBe to toBe toBe Be Superior to T in Battle PARIS Nov 0 9 14 a. a m. m m.-A m. A general central ba battle has been along the whole x IQ front from the tho sea aUA to tho mountains for tor the pa past pant t three daja daya without without with with- out the Germans Germann ha born been ba able to find finda a a. weak tak pot spot In the French I defenses defense however er e It till still la Ja In Flanders that In In- In I In the formidable and seeming Interminable battle centers centeno The Germane Germans Ger Gor- mane mans arc concentrating thero there all manthey man aten th they y can get t and Ics ly uro hurling them against the allies allies' linea Never I huff huft method b been n directed eted with as ILS I much t tenacity and fury ax na now The Tito on the lino from Ypres to the Ly Lys are arc mo more violent nt oven en than those thosa directed u against the const coast road and the passages passage II of or the Y cr It la is the tho British who Mho bear r the brunt of at these onslaughts onslaughts- In many places th their Ir lines line have 13 become become BO so thin r Pi Kiya Piya ya nn officer r who lias lans been en In that r region lon durin tho tiro put pest fortnight that on only I by honing howing obstinacy worthy worth of ot the traditions of ot Waterloo are they able ablo to hold their ground rou Their louses losses In officers rs have o been terrible Ont One battalion of ot went Into action commanded command command- ed d b by a noncommissioned officer Certain I alf ca cavalry regiments regiment have lost half their effective strength British Stubborn Fighters Occasionally according to this officer the Germans Germane by surprise e some some- meI me- I of ot trenches trenched but by vigorous horous counterattacks counterattacks counter attacks the British not only regain thew th s but win fresh ground The Indian troops continue to bear themselves magnificently despite enormous losses They Thy have ha proved themselves Uca the equal of or an any other troops troop both In la d defending t the trenches or orIn orIn orin In attacking positions Compared with the Ge German n Jot losses Josses this officer continues those of ot the allies appear ap- ap pear dr almost Insignificant After night at attacks attacks nt- nt tacks 00 dead he Ire says say MYR often orten are round found I before a allies' allies tr trench lIch Re Recently still sUIl according to this officer a a. British battalion caught cau ht a German Germun Germ brigade In clot close o formation and slaughtered of ot I It Its men In a Q few ew minutes The Tho n fight ht rage with the greatest lt In Intensity intensity In- In south of or Ypres on the lenin road tho tiro canal tho Iye and the tC pt plateau crossed h by tho the rOtI rod from Ypres to tor Ar- Ar fee s. s Hero the tho e by the tue Mlles has hils been met by violent counter nt- nt tacks delivered bv by a t German acU corpa corps Just brought Into Flanders supported sup sup supported ported by the concentrated fire nrc of or a great number of or masked The Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans so 60 far or are said NIl to hAve achieved achieve nothing more than temporary ch checks and that slowly but surely Burely the allies cr creep p forward Allies More Than Hold Own the most Important Important Im Im- Im In Artois Pa Pas de engagements are being fought In Inthe Inthe the the Mains of Lens fens The The- Germans are ara as assailing as- as sailing calling particularly the village f for of or Cambrin Cam- Cam brin on the road from La Ba Da Basses e e to Bethune It l is e even en n reported that the latter town is being bombarded Determined attacks are oro being directed against t Ie Alx le a a. village e which I iu h situated at ot the foot root of or a wooded height dominating a 1 vast plain It Ir commands the road from Isom Arras Anus to Bothun A mile northeast of It stood tho the tree under hl which h the great Conde was waa stationed Uon during during the battle of ot l Lens In Ha 1641 In which h he der defeated Archduke Leopold The damp I toss fogs which prevail In this bleak country countr at this season enlon of or the year ar make observations observations n. by aviators lator almost and artillery action Is la very difficult Hampered lIam Ham d by these disadvantages e the German German German Ger Ger- man offensive allies Js Is s declared to bo Ineffective ineffective tive Uve and the a allies U a are ore said paid to be mo more than holding their own On the leD the French are showing inc rene renewed d activity and are ara declared to b b making m. headway notably between en and Bray En Bray En |
