Daily British Whig (1850), 20 Apr 1915, p. 9

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ADE AGE w" rw The Daily British Wh PAGES 9-12. + YEAR 82 NO, 92 HOW GE N. SIR JO KINGSTON ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915 HN FRENCH WON THE BATTLE OF YPRES Famous Field Marshal Rallied Small British Army Which German Hordes -Were Outflanking and Pressing Back. He Dashed Into the Battle Line Just in Time---His Feat Compared to That of Caesar Against the Nervii---Ypres Sealed the Road to ), Calais. Will Irwin, in London Da Mail when history runs a thread through It happened so close to the capital the confusions and obscurities of of Great Britain that in a Armageddon, historians may call it hurry are now making the trip iromw the most vital battle jn the annal' of London to Headquarters in four the sland people. Not Crecy nor Blen- hours. It happened in an age when heim nor Waterloo seems now more intelligence travely by lightning. It important... For it closed the last gap happened in a day of that when in: the combined defensive-ofiensive op- every mind of the western world was | eration of the Western Allies. 1t made awaiting bungrily Yet the | impossible--short of an utter collapse real news--the news that the battle of of the Allied armies--any further Ger- | Ypres decisive, on the western man move on Pacis of any move to front, that it may rank with Water- | take the French in the rear. loo and Blenheim for glory and 'for Most impartantly : effect--that news is coming out only | sealed the road to Calais --- - - critical port within eye English coast. Further, more English troops .were | engaged here than in any previous battle of the Empire, iermans than in the whole Fran . a hundred and i English against six hundred thousand Germans. Yet one thinks of the ¥ng- lish force, and rightly, as a "little" J army in this . war of ufiprecedented numbers; it seems, in its relation to ! the whole picture, like one those brigades which immortal glory in old wars by holding a crucial point on a battle-line. The German artillery ard a massed sattack of German artillery had broken the First Division of the § First Corps mar Ypres; the division was boing back; the French support was going back: "We must-have re-! | inforcementy," said the message. 1 | can give you my two sontries and my | Headquarters Staff," replied: French. Disaster after disaster followed. The Bl | Royal Scots Fusiliers, remaining too | #1 long in a hot place, were for their | | very valor cut off. The tUprmans had | 8 found new artillery positions, had | | | shelled General Douglas Haig's head- quarters, A shell had burst in the | house. Haig was outside at the | time; but nearly every staff officer of | the First Corps was killed or wound- {ed. The army up there was almost | { headless--was fighting .as individuals on primitive fighting instinct, officers age for news. was sland, it that vital, ht of the to cr ---------------------- of won In It To Last Man. A day's march away from |is the ford where 2,000 years {Caesar had his close call from the | Nervii. That was the battle where | | Caesar, snatching a shield from a! | soldier, himseli plunged into the thick of things, and acting as line the veil drawn by military censor | officer and general all at once, rallied | ship; the very novelty af pailitary sci-| the Roman army. Warfare has | ence brought about by new servanes | changed, hut manhood and leadership | of death, such gs the aeroplane, have | remain the same. : | 80 confused the situation, so muddled| French jumped into his motor ear | the public mind, that even the mili-| and rushed to the line of the First | tary experis at home have only begun | Division. He had not so far to go to realize that a great, decigibe ac-|as he thought. The line had retired | tion separate from the vest of "the | four miles. Through his glasses he | war in its character and consequences, | could see the close-locked quadruple | occurred on the line between la Bas [ranks of Gérman infantrymen at- see and the sea in October and No- | tacking everywhere. And everywhere | vember of 1014. {the Fnglish were fighting valiantly, . A decisive action--perhaps the really | hut without method. They were in decipive action of the war. indeed; {5 the last man--even the regimental leooks. The officers of infantry and {cavalry were firing with the privates, their servants loading spare rifles | behind them. P- i pe-Critical- Moment---- h, assisted by the ails Haig, became a Headquarters Sta im- self. They say hat he risked his life twenty times that afternoon, as his motor ear took him from focus Hof trouble to--focus--of--more--trouble: Ile gave an order here; he encourag- ed an officer there. In the thickest of that day's fighting he left his motor car and ran to a wood where a brigade was giving ground. s he Ypres ago | GEN. SIR JOIN FRENCH. pp e------ now, months after the event. strange times do we live. The wonfused immensity of this war, In such 3 -After Winter's Wear and Tear one requires a food in Springtime that builds _up both brain and body. | Grape-Nuts nn JOE) L-made.of wheat and ing-@ odo ¥ ee ai an || win down ani plies: ndid _ bal Jaime to hin -mmon,. ance, the elements ne- Frenc hem, He | from Switzerland to La Bassee. i {had cost England 50,000 men out {of 120,000 engaged TToss greater than out decimated; for it had been hold- ing off, alone, a whole army corps of 41,000! In old wars a battle lasted a day or two; victory came in aa hour and it was all over but the pursuit; the courier went forward to the capi- tal; there was illumination and bell- ringing. In this new war no one, not even the commander, 'may know the decisive moment; the day of real victory blends intd days where the fight still goes on; to none of these modern battles is 'there zs yet an end. October 31st was the decisive A NAN AM trast, <THE - es et eA i i a, point of the action before Ypres; but no one knew it then A fortnight more and the line] from La Bassee to the sea had been | locked as thoroughly as the ine | t ever knew, concluded Mr. Irwin. It had cost the French and Belgians 170,000. It probably cost the Ger-| 1375,000. This is a half-million in| all. The American Civil War has! been called --the---most terrible ia. modern hjstory. In this one 'long battle Burope lost as macy men as, the North lost in the whole Civil] War. ! previous war, 1 A SOLDIER'S PRAYER Out here to-night with the stars. shining, and the shells shrieking their death calls, I ask Thee to show me how I may best serve my coun- try and my Ki If it be to answer Death's call to the life beyond, I ask Thee to | me go out on thé long Trail like a man fearless and un- afraid, knowing that T have done my best Fill my heart and the hearts of all the soldiers with pure thoughts. If there be other ways than death whereby we may serve, let us know those things which will help us to save the lives of all these men, whom we must call odr country's enemy's. Show us the lLight. Protect those whom we have left behind. minds with cheerfulness to bear the strains and to carry og tli# work at home.as we Let them belie%e it is for the rightour fr play part of "silent soldiers' are in need Show each one hov right And peace. Out here to-night, whistling Death's call, I ask Thee to Fill their hearts and of the nights of worries, must believe it is right. Let lends. and: their friends. who liome help our loved ones if » help in this struggle for r the stars and with the shells tis all the Light. Amen. the A A cs i A cablegram received at ' Perth, tells of the death -of Hubert Allan, second son of J. A. Allan, barrister, This took place near Dieppe, 'and was the result erving as chaplain 'anadian contingent. Robert E. Blackburn, Coe Hill, has taken possession of the farm at Glen- ora recently bought from Mr. Ira Storms. Dr. McGuirl, Smith's Falls, has been appointed dentist to the mili- tary camp at Petewawa. A A Ae Al pe a Pt N.THE DOOR" fever, with Ww the first CARD O FRISE ---- = ------ dried up the roads, trenches and lines | of communication, making the sol- dier's life a paradise compared with {former conditions. With | there' also has been a marked increase in the number of aeroplane recon- Armies Eager For Their Task ; want. Half a dozen air craft ma- of the British | nouvered over Ypres all Saturday af- ! ternoon. The majority were British, attempting to bring down a German General Headquarters Army in France, April 19 (via Lon- don).--~The mud element, which has so ham : 4 flyer, who was trying to spot bat- ET atatians. tn. Neance. atl til. tories at the rear of the British lines. winter roadly speaking, there has heen no ium, now has practically disap) | . ta % i the. British front. Dismal rain | hange in the British front since days have given way to almost ub- Neuve Chappelle, ach Satiarscon- broken weeks of sunshine, which has |tinuing along the whole line," with ey nly afew casualties here and thero aily. Cures Biliousness Prevent Bright's Disease etre Fe Germany tntely wre using | artillery than the British, failing to | reply even to persistent shelling ex- | capt where from their many: observa- the coming of clear 'weather | Trenches Dry mies on bon' sols oni, | 32 - line. A general immediately. The fighting was hand : in eis | oventn I a Mantags, 9 The following contributions have) been received towards the field equip- | ment of the 21st Battalion: i F..M. Gray, Toronto, $ 250] Mrs. *R., H. Gray, Toronto, 250 | Miss E. Gray, Toronto, ...... 100 | H. B. Fetterley, Cornwall High | School 251 Village of Winchester, 50 J. Campbell Strange, { ton, ... City of Be Samuel Flink John M. Gill Cornwall Public School J. A. Stewart .... Lt.-Col. Stewart, Ottawa, .... Township of Sidney Township of Seymour Township of Mountain County of Renfrew Township of Winchester Renfrew Patriotic Fund Long Sault Chapter, 1.O.D.E., Cornwall, .... .... Newcastle Patriotic Society .. Town of Arnprior Covenant Chapter, R.A.M, Samuel Nesbit, Brighton .... Cramahe Township .. Town of Campbeliford A Friend , Township of Haldimand L..O. D. E.,, Cobourg Women's Patriotic Corp., Co- BOER, «vc iio vs D. O. Alguire, Cornwall, .... Township of Osnabruck I. O. D. E., Colborne, Village of Colborne, .... W. L. McLaren, Perth, Corporation of Brighton, .... County of Victoria Patriotic Fund .... anima Township of Charlottenburg, . A. J. Macdonell, Cornwall, County of Lanark Cornwall Lodge 125 A.F.&A.M. Williamstown High Schoot . .. John McMartin, Cornwall, ... Lady Whitney Chapter Chil- dren-of the Empire, Corn- WALL ua. ah ae Cobourg Branch Women's In- stitute Township of Roxborough .... Brockville Womens Patriotic Léague .... .... Lt.-Col. Milton Adams, Picton, 25! Township of Augusta 501 Wm. Drake, St.John, NB. Town of Cornwall, Township of Hamilton Town of Alexandria Cornwall Club D. Ford Jones, Gananoque, .. Brighton Township Womens Institute, Codrington, Mrs. W. L. Payne, Colborne, . Town of Cobourg .... . Pembroke. Patriotic Rellef ... Village of Stirling .... Corporation of Millbrook . .. Miss M. Sager, Cornwall, .... St. Columbans .Girls Separate School, Cornwall .. .. .., Business Girls Club, Peterbero, Miss Bertha Colquhoun, Corn- wall, Lt.-Col. tawa, Officers 43rd D.C.O.R., Ottawa Lt-Col. D. Walker, Peferboro City of Peterboro, * 5! 200, 25) 40 40] 50! 100 100 | 30] 50 500! 50 | 200 96 50 150 15 50, 35 40 100 25 25 25 100 25 10 50 500 100 5 Qo 1,600 15 15 10} 50 9 50 | 250 25| 15 5 15 15 von vv ian 10 Woods, G.G.F.G., Ot- : 100 200 100 100 SLAUGHTER OF PRUSSIAN | GUARD, | When French Infantry Seized Net- Work of Strongly Fortified Trenches. Parls, April 20.--A charge by a regiment of French infantry over a network of strongly fortified trench- es, which resulted in the gain of a thousand yards at Bois Jaune Brules, near Mesnil-le-Hurlus, is described by an eye-witness in an official state- ment issued by the War Office. The French attack was prepared by sap- pers, who dug into the first line of trenches and annihilated the oeccup- ants, with hand grenades. The three who survived-were made prison ers. "The Germans, surprised, were unable to defend their front," says the eye-witness, "and the French ad- vance guard was installed in the first line. = A ge attack follewed | to hand, and few shots were fired. The Germans scarcely were able to utilize their hand grenades and were obliged to Teliré precipiiately. "Pus in strong redoubt in the centre of 'the woods. They then pushed out to the right to broaden the front captured. "The third regiment of rallying them, until they held. - naan = gathered _of the -gessary for upbuilding 1 fe ge and keeping in repair First Division amd threw it at Hank of a German attack which was the brain, nerve and musele tissue. proceedi reckless theory that nl are totally = beat: = Nuts has a rich nut-like flavour -- al-- ways fresh, erisp, sweet and ready to eat direet from package. F--Phrowsands have found ' Grape-Nuts a wonderful invigorator 4-of, both brain and body "There's a Reason' ve-took Gheluvelt on the line. On this start, and pertly by move after move of the closest and yet mest daring strategy, but part iy by the spirit of any army which rbagins to see , French snatch- od back the positions on that four- 'mite-retirement and original line. * The English had merely held -- technically; really, they had won the Bos fe Jai MADE IN CANADA Sold by Grocers every- woo whepe, Canadian Postum (Cereal Co., en. 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