Show INVADERS BRAVE DESPITE HEAVY CASUAL CASUALTIES British Official Observer Pays High Compliment to Troops LO LONDON DONt Nov o 17 1140 a. a m. m m. ol E. E D. D St the tho official at the British headquarters gives give t aay a t further chapter in his narrative o of operations operations oper opera nt at tho front bringing up his ac ac account count to November 13 IDs His latest re c- c port describes the time fi fierce attack of he Prussian guards on the British lines lilies ines iu itt tho neighborhood o of Ypres C Colonel lonel oils oil's report issued through the tha pr press bureau follows iol- iol ol- ol lows The IThe diminution on in the tha f fOrb r b of the tho German rush to tho the wc west t has n riot not t lasted long The section of the tho front to tho north of our bur forces was tras tho the first to to 10 meet tho the recrudescence of violence o. o in in tho shape of an attack in iii tho the neighborhood neighbor hood of or and c Our Our turn caino caine next After cj eight t days daIs of comparative relaxation n w under onder constant pressure pressure- from front Tu Tuesday November 3 to Tuesday the 1 th The TIle next day dal saw saw- sawa a repetition of the tho at attempt attempt nt at- tempt 0 ot of the Germans to break through our lines to tb the French coastIn coastIn coast In In spite of immense losses 8 Buffered Buffered- b bv time the enemy during th tho attack against Ypres pres th the tho cessation of or their moro Violent Vio io lent efforts on Octo October cr 29 9 o only signalized signal sigual- 1 the temporary relinquishment nt of the main offensive until fresh troops had been massed to carr carry on what hat wa was proving ing leg to be lie a l rost costly and difficult opera opera- tion Meanwhile the interval tofts V s employed em cm- in endeavoring to wear Weal out Ut nt tim tho allies by repeated local attacks and to shatter them by bv a prolonged b mont ment By Bv therefore it seems stems that they thai considered they had had haa d both bothi objects for on that day lIay they recommenced recommenced re re- commenced the tho desperate battle battlo for r the Uc possession of i anti and its ts neighbor hood Though lh the struggle le haS lias yet not come to nn an end this much muck Ill cati he said The Germans have hare gained aln d some Borne ground out but they have not captured Ypres t g In the enemy ifo fo o far fal falo wo we have hove suffered ed heavy casualties but battles bat bat- thee of or this fierce and prolonged nature cannot be but costly to both sides We have the satisfaction satisfaction- of or knowing that we have ha tolled foiled the tue enemy enemy- In tn what appears to b be b at present tho the enemy's main object In m the time western theatre of or operations and have hao inflicted immensely greater geenter losses JOses on omi him than those thosa we have havo suffered ourselves Tuesday November No r 10 11 was vas ful rul for tor us At some distance beyond our left heft flank the enem enemy advanced nd In force agaInst I nt tho the French and were ver re TC- TC puls pulsed t Directly on our left len however along tho the greater r part o of the front shell alien In ing was less ss s severe Overe and inti no rio Infantry attacks too took place To fe the s southeast of ot Ypres the enemy Kept ept up imp a vcr very heavy bombardment against our lino IIno an and that of or th tho French Frenell On our oua left tho the situation remained unchanged un Uti- Uti changed both hoth hothI I sides cs c themselves themselves them them- selves with furious cannonading In our center the tho Germans retained their hold holl holdon on tho the small amount of ground which they 13 hind had gained but In doing so In Incurred in- in a heavy toss loss from our artillery and machine gun fire As Aa tIme tho attackers surged forward they were mot met by our frontal fire and into they were moving diagonally across part of our front they were also attacked on the tho flank by artillery and machine guns Though their casualties must have been enormous such was their resolution and the tho momentum of the tho that in iii spite of the tho splendid resistance of our troops they succeeded In fri breaking through our line lino In iii three places They penetrated pene some distance Into the tho woods behind behind be be- hind our trenches but were counter attacked ut- ut tacked again enfiladed by machine guns puna and driven drivon back to their line lino of trenches a certain portion of which they lucy succeeded In Iii holding holding- The number of dead left In inthe the tho woods behind our lIne lino alone amounted to The portion of the line to the southeast of Ypres lucid held by us was heavily shelled but did not undergo any very serious Infantry In- In fintry fantry attack That occupied by the tho French 1 however was both bombarded and fiercely On tho rest of our front save for tho ho usual Bombardment Bombard fluent ment alt all was comparatively quiet On Omi tho right ono one of our trenches was wan ani then abandoned As soon boon as It was occupied by thin tho enemy ho charges wen tired fired and several Germans were blown to pieces Thursday November 12 wa was marked by u a partial lull in the tho fighting all along our line To tho thu north a a. German force Jorco which had crossed tIme the and en cn trenched on tho ho loft left bunk was annihilated ed by a night attack with tIm tho bayonet executed by tho tue French Fre Slightly to to- the tho south couth lie tho enemy was forced back for foe three quarters of a a. utile mile Immediately on our left the he French were strongly attacked and driven Iriven hack n a short distance our extreme extremo left having to conform to this Ma movement Our allies soon recovered the tho ground they had lost however arid and this enabled us to advance To tho ho southeast of Ypres the the-en en- en emy's snipers Were very active On our center anti right tho thu enemy enemy's was maintained but nothing worthy of special noto luoto occurred |