A wounded English officer describes the following incident of the
German attack between Dixmude and Ypres:
"A German regiment with the flag flying approached our trenches to
about 300 yards. It was met by a heavy discharge of our machine
guns and rifle fire, and fell back in disorder. Immediately it
reassembled some distance away. Once more we saw it advance, with
the ranks already thinner. It came to within 100 yards of us, when
it was received as before and again beaten back.
"This time the order was sent through our trenches to let them come
on to twenty yards. We did so; then the order to fire at will was
given. Two-thirds of the regiment had already fallen in the first
two attacks, and now the remainder was wiped out. Not one of the
assailants got to our trenches."