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The action seems to have been exceedingly well planned by

the staff, and the artillery work was done with great skill. The storm of shells which burst continually over the earth- works accounted for a great many of the German deaths, and destroyed eight machine-guns, in addition to two which we captured uninjured. The infantry attack, when it closed, was carried out with the utmost dash, gallantry, and determina- tion. The Times correspondent describes bow, in the pale light of dawn, the British battalion fought with bayonets, butt-ends, and even with their fists, until no German was left alive in the contested ground unless lie flung up his hands. About one hundred and seventy were taken prisoners. Curiously enough, the usual counter-attacks seem not to have been made.

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