A dispatch to the London _Times_ from Dunkirk, France, said:
"It may be admitted that the position at Ypres two days ago was
serious. The town itself was bombarded by the Germans with great
violence and under the fierce cannonading the Allies had to withdraw
from the town, which became a 'No Man's Land,' shells from both
sides bursting across it.
"The Germans made a final effort under cover of a fierce bombardment
of the British positions. They had prepared a determined onslaught.
Masses of men were launched in succession at chosen points on the
allied front. The assault was met in a supreme way.
"Two regiments, one Scottish and one of the Guards, went down with
bayonets to stem the advance. It was the most terrible bayonet
charge of the whole war. It succeeded, the break in the line was
repaired and the German attack was once more driven back.
"That was their last effort. The Germans are now assailing the
allied line at Arras, forty miles further to the south, but not
with the same fury as they exhibited in the onslaught of the past
week.
"So fierce has been the fighting around Ypres that the casualties
of the Germans are believed to have reached 100,000, though these
figures may prove to have been exaggerated."