vert, and the men who had been selected to make the
charge were the Territorials and the Liverpool Irish. They got
into the first line of German trenches which the Teutons shelled
to such an extent that the remnant of the attacking force had to
retreat. Then the Second Gordon Highlanders and other Scotch soldiers
made a gallant charge at the same place, Rue d'Ouvert, on June 18,
1915, but were forced to retire to their own trenches.

These attacks on this part of the German front resulted in repulses
for those who made them; but, at the same time, they helped the
Allies win victories elsewhere by keeping the German troops on
that part of the line from going to reenforce those who were being
hard pressed by the French. In this manner the British and Canadians,
who fought so valiantly and with so little apparent success at
Stony Mountain and Rue d'Ouvert, were in a measure responsible
for the French victories at Angres, Souchez, and the Labyrinth.
The Crown Prince of Bavaria could not hold out against both the
French and British, but he believed it was more important for him
to check the British, because a victory for them would threaten
Lille to a greater extent.

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CHAPTER XI

OPERATIONS AROUND HOOGE

The next action of importance on the British front occurred at
the Chateau of Hooge on the Menin road about three miles east of
Ypres. Here had been the headquarters of Sir John French and Sir
Douglas Haig at the first battle of Ypres. From the Chateau Sir
John French had seen the British line break at Gheluvelt, thereby
opening the road for the Germans to Calais. That opening, however,
had been closed by the Worchsters. After the Germans began to use
their deadly gas in the spring of 1915 they again took possession
of Hooge, and used the Menin road for a forward movement which
threatened what was left of Ypres.

The Duke of Wuerttemberg was in command of that part of the line
opposed to the British, and his forces extended from near Pilkem in
the north to near Hill 60 in the south, in the form of a crescent.
He made use of the asphyxiating gas cloud and gas bombs so frequently
on this part of the front that the British soldiers became expert in
donning their hood like masks and in using respirators. Moreover,
the British were constantly on the alert for the appearance of the
poison gas. So that this method of attack was much less effective.
Before the Germans discovered h