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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-05-07, Page 7CAHWANS SAVEB THE DAY Graphic " Details of How Our Forces Fought the Trained Germans Opening of the Battle. The day was as peaceful one, warm and sunny, and except that, the pre- vious day had witnessed a further bom'bardmen't of tihe stricken (town of Ypres, ev'erythi'ng •seemed, quiet in front of the iOana,clian line. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon: a plan carefully prepared . was put into execution against of r French allies' on the left.. Asphyxiating gas of great intensity was projected inibo their trenches, probably by means of force pumps: and pies laid out under the parapets. The fumes, aided by a favorable wind, floated backwards, poi'sonin'g and disabling over an extended .area those who fell under their effect. The result was that the French we're, compelled to give ground for a considerable distance. The glory which the French army has won in this war would make itUimpertinen't to labor on the compelling nature of the poisonous discharges under which the trenches were lost. The Fremdh did, as everyone knew they would do, all that' 'Stout soldiers could do, and the Canadian division, officers and men, Book forward to many occasions in the future in which they will stand aide by aide with the brave armies of France. The immediate cone• quenaee of this enforoed withdrawal was, of course, extremely grave. The third brigade of the Canadian division was without any l'e'ft, 'or, in ,other words; its left was in the 'air. It became imperatively necessary greatly to extend.. the- Canadian lines to the left reaair. It was not, of course, 'practioatble to move the first brigade from reserve at a me- m'ent''s naotice, and the line, ex- • tended from. five to nine thousand yards, was not n'ab:nal: y the line that had been held by the, sillies at five o'clock, and a gap still existed on its left. Capture of the Guns. The new line, of which qur re- cent point of contact with the All through the following day and French foruned the apex, ran quite nights these battalions shared the rougihly to the south and west. As fortunes and ,misfortunes of the shown, abovel it became necessary third 'brigade. An officer who took for Brrgadaer=General Turneir, part in the attack describes ;how commanding the third brigade, to the. men about pian fell under the throw back his left flank southward fire of the machiee gu,nis which in to protect his near. In the course' his . phrase, pliaye.d upo 1 thein of the confusion . which followed "like, a 'watering pot."' He added upon the readjustment of position, quite simply, "I wrote my own the enemy, who had advanced life off," but the line never wav- rapidly after 'hiss initial succeisses erred. When pine man fs11'another took four .British 4.7 guns in a small took his place, and, with a final wood to the west of the viildiage of shout, the survivors of the two St. Julien, two miles in the rear of battalions bung 'themselves into the the original French trenches. wood. The German garrison was' The story of the second Battbe of completely demoralized, and the Ypres is the story of how the Cana- impetuous advance of the Cana- dian division, enormously outnuanr- dians did not cease • until they bered, for they had in front of 'them readied the far side of the wood at' least four divisionis, supported and entrenched themaselves there by immensely heavy artillery, with in the position so dearly gained. a gap still existing, though re- duced, in their lines, and with dis- positions ni,ade hurriedly under the stimulus of critical danger, fought through'' the day and through the eight, .and then through another day and night ; fought under their officers untile as happened to eO many, these perished gloriously, and then fought from the impulsion of sheer velar because . #hey came from fighting ,Mock. The enemy, of course, was aware Whether fully or not may perhaps be doubted, of the advantage this breach in the 'Bine haci given him, and immediately began to push is formidable series of attacks upon the whole of the newly formed Canadian salient. If it is possible to distinguish when the attack was everywhere so fierce it developed with particular intensity at this moment upon the apex of the newly -formed line run- ning in the direotii.n of St. Julien. It has already b sem stated that four British guns were taken in a wood comparatively early in the evening of the 22nd. In the course of -that night, and under the heavi- est machine gun fire, this. wood was assaulted by the Canadian Scot- tish, 16th battalion, of the 3rd brigade, and the lath battalion, -of the 2nd brigade, which was inter- cepted for this purpose on its way to a reserve trench. Th•e battalions wore respectively commanded by Lieut, -Col. Leckie and Lieut, -Col. Bayle, and after a . most fierce struggle in the slight of a misty moon they took the position at the point of the 'bayonet. At ,midnight the second battalion., undaer;Lieut.- Co'1.. Watson and the Toronto.regi- men't, Queen's Own (3rd battalion), under Lieut. -Col. Renziie,. both of the 1st brigade, brought up much- needed reinforcements, and though not actually engaged in the assault, were in reserve. Line ,Never Wavered. ALLIED FLA1\ I WAS EXPOSED But for Canadians, Germans Would Have Been Well Behind the British Lines. A despatch from "London says: The B,ritislh official "eye -witness" in a narrative of the fba:ttle of Ypres says the Germans had prepared to attack the alli'e'd' line on the 20th, but the wind, not being favorable "for their use of asphyxiating gases," they postponed it until the 22nd. The gas, the narrative says, was distributed along ibhe German front line in front of the French position, and the wind being from the north it was blown directly on the French. . The Germaan plan, acoord- ing to the "eye -witness," was to snake a sudden onslaught south- westward, which, if successful, would enable the Germans to gain crossings of the canal south of Bix- echoote and plane them we1Lbehind the British line and in a position 'to threaten Ypres. "Allowing time for the vapors to take full effect on the troops facing them," says the- "eye -witness," "the Germans charged forward over the practioal'ly unresisting enemy in their immediate front, and, penetrating through the gap thus created., pressed on silently and swiftly to the south :and west. eBy their ,sudden irruption they weed able to over -run and surprise a large proportion of the French troops billeted, b:ehiand the front line in this area and to bring some of the French guns, as' well .tis our own, under a hot rifle -fire at close range. "Our bank 'being thus . exp• osed, the troops were ordered to retire on St. Julien, with their left flank parallel to, but to the west; of the high road. The splendid resistance of these ,troops (the Oan.mcaans), who saved the situation, already has been mentioned by the com- mander-in-chief. GER1VJilS. SLAY WOIIITJEB Were Deliberately Sought Out and Follovved by a German . Battery Until All Had Been billed A despatch from London says: The correasp'oandaent of the Daily Mail deiil,ares emphatically ' that he has never sent, and never intends to send.a unproven stories ofGer- rnaan cru'e'lty, but the says the fel- lowing isabsolutely proved "a. Canadian ambulance was deliber- ateil sought out and g followed by .a battery until alit were killed. Al- most for the first Ttin's," he adds, �c four nd in ourWren feelinghate of bitter ranoor whidh snakes even shattered hien crawl book from the hospital into battle.." A1)IIIIRA.L VON TIRHT'Z, Kaiser Decorates Ilim with Iron Cross -"Savior of Empire." Berlin, April 24, -Kaiser Willhe�lm thus afternoon announced decora- tion of the German Admiral with an Iron Cross of the first class. In a telegram to him he adescribed Von Tirpitz as "the Isevioir of the Em- pire." Ib was made 'known also, that Von Tirpitz would ,receive an hereditary title: 12,000 GERMANS KILLED AT YPRES While the Wounded TotalSeveral Times that Number -Rein- foreernents Arriving. A despatch froan - London eayie : Twelve : thousaind Geranivnsi have been killed ,and, several times .that number woundedin the ;second bat- tle of Ypres, telegraphs. the Daily Mail's• correspondent in ,: Northej n France, who says that the informa- tion comes fronr.aa reliable source. The 'operations in •tihis vicinity, ice oontiinues, have now developed into a bottle between big guns on both 'sides, Which -awe throwing out a cuetain of fire to conceal tha con- centration of tbroop.s. The can- ,nd:nade has been incessant since Friday in the neighborhood • of Yeses and Dixmude, Attacks on Zeebrugge from the -sera have iso .worried the Germans that they are building iron sl•uioes of great •sibremgth and height at Fort Lapin on the outskirts of Bmugeis to stens the floods should, the big water gates at Zeeibsnggie. be destroyed by e th bomb , ardmiient German troops are continually being put through practice drills directed toward• an imaginary enemy aittemptdng to land along this 'coast. The greatest activity has been apparent at Cod - vend. Last week 20,000 new German troops .arrived at Lissreweghe, end 8,000 of them were despatched to Courtrai. Thousand's of German wounded continue to arrive at Bou - lets and Bruges. More German cavalry has arrived along the Dutch frontier ito assist the already numerous guard there. At Eccloo and Watervliet the Wtiertteanburg laaadstursn troops are on darty, standing only ten yards apart. Me Germans have begun to build a high wall topped with barbed wire :so'uth of Brabant and Limburg to prevent the Bel- gians from escaping. .14 i1'PSTRIAN PIR•ISONER SHOT. Made a Dash for Liberty When in '•' Custody. A aiespasitch from Montreal says Jan Blttuzek, an Austrian prisoiner, was 'sit of and mortally wounded shortly gi efore 9 o'clock Sunday night ab the Windsors (0.P.11,,) sta- tion because he was' trying to es- cape, He died half an hour after being removed to the Montreal General Hospital. Biauze'k was iin a li'arty of 108 Austrians who were being taken from the, de't'ention prison on St. Antoine Street, this city, to the detention camp at Spi- rit Lake. Major W. E. Date, pro- vost marshal; Captain and a strong guard had marched the prisoners to Windsor Station, into which the .Austrians were teeming, when Bauzek made his break for liberty. He asta.rted along Osborne Street toward Stanley .Street, par sued by a sergeant and a guard. He had lalanost reached Stanley Street, as ,short block away, when the gitard called: "Halt I or I'll sahooit," After vauiriily shouting his warning three times, with Bauzek thirty feet away, the guard fired. The bullet hit Banask in the ehest, book of ith,e right lung., and passed clear through his body. Ile did nob speak, except to ask for a drink. and soon lapsed into en; conseiouisnessa. AI4LIES A. R DAN,E.LLEs [PRICE! R. .F.Iiiirt.P110.0.gt$ Line TB d-owai Across Southern Extremity of the ltalllpoli Peninsular A despatch from London says The allies have made rapid pro greet in their land' and sea attack upon the Dardanelles -.the gateway to Constantinople. Already the British troops havethrowli a lane across the southern extremity of the Gallipoli Peninsula from the Aegean coast to, a point northeast of Eski Hieasarlik, a strongly forts- fled position facing the straits, thus isolating the Turkish stronghold at DSeardddaenl eBl'1ahesr, at the very lip the This has been done, says the Ad- miralty, in the face of a strenuous resistance by the Turkish forces, who have combated every foot of ground won with furious obstinacy. Further north on the Aegean side of the peninsula, at Gaba Te- beh, and at .a point opposite to the inland village of Saribair, addi- tional landing forces have made good their foothold on Turkish soil, and have driven the opposing forces back from the coast despite a vigor- ous artillery fire. Gaba Tebeh is about ten miles from the end of. the Gallipoli Peninsula; Saribair is about five miles farther. The troops Who drove a line across the penin- sula to the vicinity of Eski Hisar- lik landed on a level shore some three miles from the entrance to the straits. Eski Hissarlik is some three milers inside• the straits. With the French army of inva- sion holding Kuan Kale at the southern or Asiatic side of the en trance, and the British forces sweeping across the lower fifteen miles of the Gallipoli Peninsula, it will thus be 'seen that the task of aequiring a foothold has been ac- complished with great speed. Sedd el Bahr is already cut off from its base of supplies, and must .of ne- cessity fall before many days ; German commanders, who had wo- ven al; network of wire entangle- ments just off the shore under the sea swell and had dug' great pits which were teethed with spikes. The shore as well had beenfortified with barbed wire. A despatch from Landon says : After very eieriouo fighting, in which the Turks offered a stubborn re.sisttanoe, . British troops have firmly established themselves on the Gallipoli Peninsula and made considerable advance toward the narrows of the Dardanelles, while the French have °leaved Cape Kum Kale, on the Asiatic side of the straits, of the Turks. Thus it may be said that, the second and in•ost serious attempt to force the Dar- danelles has been fairly launched. Work of the Australians. "Meanwhile the Australian and New Zealand troops at Sari Bair, who pushed on with the utmost boldness aaf'ter the landing had been engaged almost constantly with the enemy, who made strong repeated counter-attacks which in- variably were repulsed. The Aus- tralria,n and New 'Zealand troops fought with a. fine spirit of deter- mination. "A fresh Turkish division was launched against Sari Bair, pre- oeded by a heavy artillery fire. A hot engagement followed. The enemy same on boldy time after time, but the AustaaIi'an and New Zealand troops defeated their every attempt, and resumed the offen- sive. "The French troops at Kum. Kale also were four times strongly coun- ter-attaoked, but retained all their poni'taons. Five hundred Turks Kum. Kale Is p•ra�eticailly in the hand's who, in the course of one. of these of the French, and noxtih, at the 'c'o'unter -attacks, were out off by entrance to the Narrows, Kilid Bahr, a position upon whish the Turks place great reliance, is the Objective of a British army which is driving the enemy rapidly before it. • The despatches indicate tihat both the Fr'earch and British forces are entirely landed,despite moist ela- borate precauions taken by the Turks, under the generalship of the fire of the fleet, were made pri- soners. Turk Transport Sunk. "A transport of about 8,005 tons was reported off Maidos, and be- fore elle could escape the Quem Elizabeth opened fire. The third shot hit and destroyed her. She sank rapddlry, but whether sate cou- tained troops or not could not be seen." EIOSQII1TO FLEETS ATTLE H. M. Destroyer Recruit Submarined, Four of 'Her Officers and Twenty-one of the Crew Saved A despatch from London says: "A ,series of smailll affairs took place in, tibia neighborhood of 'the Galloper and North Hinder Light- ships on Saturday. "During the forenoon H.M. de - strayer' Beoruit was Bunk by a sub- mairine, four oB,oers and 21 men being eared by the, trawler Daisy. "Act 3, p.in. the trawler Colombia was attacked by two German tor- pedo boats, who aAproaohed her from the' westward. and commenced an erotical without hoistiaig their colors, The Oolona'biia was sunk by a torpedo, only one deck hand be- ing salved by other trawlers. A division of British destroyers, .colnprisi'ng .the Lafoaey, Leonidas, Lawford and Lark, chased the, two German v'eae,sels, and after a brief running fight of about one hour sank them booth. The British de- sbnoyears sustained no casualties. patrol duty Saturday morning when the su•banarine sank her. According to details, she was struck amidships by the torpedo and began to sink. The wounded vessels signalled for assistance, and her oat was an- swered by the trawler Daisy, and 30 men out of her complement of 85 were saved. It is stated .that a torpedo wan fired at the Daisy, which was forced to leave one of her rescue boats be- hind, and that the submarine chased this boat and fired .her gun at it, wounding four men. British torpedo -boast destroyers, sighting in the distance, two Ger- man torpedo boats. which had sunk the trawler Colombia and appar- ently were supporting a submarine, engaged the Germans at long range in the vicinity of the North Hinder light. The Germans endeavored to mon away, but the British boats it pressed therm hard and shortly Two German offieera and 44 afterwards -sank them. 'Ilbe Bri- men were Teemed from the sea and atish boats rescued some of the made prisoneese of was." crews of the Germans and Banded The destroyer Recruit was on them to -day. ZEPPE �I1V'S kIIE A3 -AIN USY Three Houses Hit hi the Town of Ipswich and Set on Fire, But Nobody Was Hurt A despatch from Ipswich, Suf- houses, which within an hour were folk, says: A. hostile air craft almost destroyed. Other bombs raided Ipswich +earlyy, Thursday were dropped on Waterloo Road. 1n.oreeng. Several bombs were Tho air croft then passed dropped,' One struck a house in Whitton,where it o seop on x- also dropped �rs- Brookshall Road. It was au ineen- plosives. So far as is known no - diary bomb and it pierced the roof ' body was injured. A Central and fell into the :bedro m of little des ateh says,that News '�rl: ` � p a Zeppelin was Some of the furniture �? a ire i,tire w s aseen during n the night 51 t at t g` Bury e.I 1 v St set afire, but.tiles child ices re:sued i ltclmtulds, 8uffollz County, tivheare it by her father, Harry Goodwin. The' dropped bombs and set several flames spread to two adjoining buildings on fire. REPORTS FROM THE LEAD114a3 TRADE CENTRES of AMER]PA, Toronto, bray 4.---flour-11anita'bit Bre patents quoted at $8,10, in jute baba sec- ond patent:, $7.60; strong bakers', $7.40.. Ontario whoa' dour, 90 por tent. patents, Quoted. at 46.50 to 46.60, ,r,aeboard, and ay $6,50 to $6,60 Toronto freight, Wheat - Manitoba No. 1 Northern. Quoted at $1.68; No, 2 -at $1.66 1-2, and No. 3 at $1.64'12. Ontario wheat Is nominal at 41.60 for No, 2, at outside points. Oats -Ontario quoted at 600, outside, and at 630, 'l'ormuto. Western Canada, No. 2, quoted tit 690, unci No, 3 at 67c, 04,1„ Bay porta, 'Barley --•The market is nominal: C1ood malting grades, 75c, outside, Eye -The market to dull at $1,05 to $1,10, outside. Peas -The market is quiet, with No. 1 quoted at 41,75, outside, • Cori - No, 2 new American quoted at no- c.i.f., Bay ports, and No. 3 at 811-20, Bay ports. Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted at 80 to 820, outside; Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at $27 a ton, and ehorte at $29 to 430. Rolled oats: -Car lots. per bag of 90 lbs $3.40. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 27 to 28c; inferior, 21 to 23e; creamery prints, 35 to 360; do., solids, 31 1-2 to 32 1.2c. , Egge •-The market is steady with sales at 21 to 22o per dozen in case lots. Beane -The market is quiet at 43.25 for prime, and $3.35 to $3,40 for hand-picked. Poultry --Chickens, dressed, 18 to 20o: ducks, dressed, 15 to 17e; fowl, 13 to 150; turkeys, dreeeed, 20 to 21c. Cheese --The 'market ie quiet, with new quoted at 17 1.2e for large, and at 17 3-4o for twine. 01d quoted 5.t 19 to 19 1-4o. Potatoes --Ontario, 60 to 65c per' bag, out of store, and 500 in car lots. New Bruns - wicks, car lots, -60o per bag. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 13 3:4 to 14e per 1•b. in case lots. .Hams -Medium, 17 to 17 1-2c; do.. heavy, 14 1-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 14 1-20; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 20 to 21c; boneless 'banks, 23c. Lard --Pure lard, tubs, 11 3-4 to 120; d0., pails, 12 to 14 1.2c. Compound, tubs, 9 3-4 to 104; do., pails, 10 to 10 1-4c. Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is quoted at 47.50 to 48 a ton in car lot deliveries on track here. Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at $17 to 417.50; No. 2 at 414.50 to $15.50, and No, 3 at $12 to $13. Business in Montreal. Montreal, May 4. -Corn -American yellow, 83 to 84e. Oats --Canadian e, No. 3, 671.20; do., extra No. 1 f 71.2c; do„ No. 2 local white, 66 1-2c; 0. )3, 65 1-2c; do., No. 4, 64 1-20. Berle silting, 86 to 88c. Fleur -Man. Spr heat patents, firsts, 48.20; do., seoon 7.70; do„ strong bakers', $7.50; do., W er patents, choice, $7.90; do„ atraig Hera, 47.40 to 87.50; do., bags, $3.50 3.60. Rolled oats -Barrels, $6.75 to o.; bases, 90 ibe•, $3,25 to $3.35. Bran, horts, $28. Middlings, $33 to 434. Mo re, $35 to $38. Hay -No. 2, ,per top, ts, 418 to 419.50. Cheese -Finest W res, 16 1-2 to 16 3.4c; do., eastern, 16 1-4c. Butter -Choicest • creamery, o., seconds, 32c. Eggs --Fresh, 22 to 2 o., selected, 25c; do., No. 2 stock, 210. toes -Por bag. car lots, 47 1-2 to 5 reseed hogs - Abattoir killed, $13 13.50; do., country, $11.75 to $12. Por easy Canada, short mese, 3120e., 35: to ieces, 428; do., short cut backs bels., 65 pieces, $27.50.. Lard-dompa ernes, 375 lbs., 9 1-2o; do.. wood polis, lee-, net, 10c; do., pure, tierces, 375 Ibe 1-2c, au:, wnod pails. 20 ibe. net, 120. Winnipeg Crain. Winnipeg, May 4. -Cash quotations heat, No. 1 Northern, -$1.63 1-4; No. orthern 41.61 1-4; No. 3 Norther 583.4 at 0 s - No 2 C.W„ 6418c; No. W., 61380 extra, N. 1 feed, 61 1-40; N feed, 59 580; No. 2 feed, 58 5-8c Flax 1 N. W.C., $1.77 1-2; No. 2 C.W 74 1.-20.. W 2 6 N M w $ t r $ a s 1' to e d d to D $ 11 to ti 11 w N $1 C 1 No $1. rn No. est cad, do., y- t thg Win to 47 426. iii t - car est - to 330; 3e; Po- et. to k- 45 and, 20 n 0 . 41. to 41. U.S. Markets. h3nneapolis, May 4.--Wheat-No. 1 hard, 64 1-8;No. 1 Northern, 41.59 5-8 to 63 5-8; No, 2 Northern, 41,55 5.8 to 60 5-8; May $1.57 5-8. Corn -No, 3 yellow, 1-4 to 73 3-4c. Oats -No, 3 white, 53 1-4 531.2c. Flour and bran unchanged, uluth, May 4. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 64 7-8; No, 1 Northern, 41,63 7-8; May, 62 7-8. Linseed, cash and May, $1.96 1.4, Live Stock Markets. oronto, May 4.-Butoheri' cattle, choice 0 bo 48; do., good; $7.10 to $7.40; de cum, 46.75 to $7; do., common, 46.10 to 0; butchers' •bulls, choice, $6.25 to $7 s ood $44.60bt 17$5.75; b to ere 'cones, a oicce 5 to $6,85; do„ medium, $5.25 to $6; do, mon, $4.60 to $6; feeders, good, 46.4 87.25; do., rough brills, 45 to 45.50 kers, 700 to 1,000 nee $6 to $7; Fanner cutters, $3.75 to 44.65; milkers, choice , $60 to $85; do„ common and medium , 435 to $45; springers, $50 to $75; light s, $7 to 48; do., heavy, $5 to 46.30; do: 43.50 to $4.50; lambs, $6 to 410.50; es, $5.50 to $9,50; hogs, fed and water - 48.55; do., off cars, $8.90 to $9. ntreaal, May 4. The trade in cattle fairly active, with sales of full loads choice steers at $8; good at $7:50. and lower .grades from that down to $6, e butchers' cows brought from 44 to and bulls from 44 to $7 per cwt. Tho ure of the small moat trade was the a demand tor calves, and as the sup - vas large, a brick trade was done at es ranging from $2.50 to $10 each, as ze and quality. Another feature of rade wan the weaker •feelin4 in the et for hogs, owing to the increased eCeilite, which were in excess of the re- ments, and :prices declined, 10 to 250 cwt., with sales of selected lotu tut to 49.50 per cwt„ weighed off ears. e was a fair demand for Spring s at $7 to 49 each, and a few small of yearling lambs sold at $9.50, to per cwt. 125 Survivors From Leon Gambetta despatch from Paris says: An. al statement issued by the stry of Marine says: "One bun - and ten survivors of tlrs. eh armored -cruiser' Leon Gam- , which was ;sunk by the Aus-' submarine U-5, have been n to Syracuse, and 25 others at Brindisi. The bodies of. Ad- Series and of 52 sailors have buried at Cape Lento,' line circumstances of the loss of raiser have not yet exactly erode known. There is no motion that she previously ten trailed by a ship, and no should be attached ed• to reports omrnentarres based on. infer - n (roan foreign " o n sauice.s. A. man of few words does not have to take so manv of. them ::"i $7.5 Vied $6.6 olobull 46.2 coin to atoc and each each ewe bucks caly ed, Mo was of the whil feat natty p1Y pric to si the t mark r quire $9 5 Ther lam b lots $9,75 Only it 0 .• A offici Mini died Fr ens bedim true take are miral been theTc been confrr had b credit and natio