Harbin, Nov. 2.
A "Reuter Special," dated October 27, describes the battle of Ypres where the British, for five critical days, stemmed the on-slaugh of 250,000 Germans. The British continuously poured in their rifle fire and charged with the bayonet. Receiving _reinforcements, they drove back the Germans for fifteen miles.
During the battle the Germans made @ surprise attack and captured a company of a Scottish regiment. The British counterattacked, captured the enemy's positions, and rescued the Scottish troops who bad been captured.
The Sikhs and Gurkhas received their baptism of fire at Labboro(1). They saved the situation when the German avalanche swept into the trenches. The Indians, who had been kept in reserve, having withstood the onslaught, charged with the bayonet and routed the Germans.
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