r referring to some of the battles in which the Indian troops took
part, Field Marshal French says:

"Since their arrival in this country and their occupation of the line
allotted to them I have been much impressed by the initiative and
resource displayed by the Indian troops. Some of the ruses they have
employed to deceive the enemy have been attended with the best results
and have doubtless kept the superior forces in front of them at bay. Our
Indian sappers and miners have long enjoyed a high reputation for skill
and resource. Without going into detail I can confidently assert that
throughout their work in this campaign they have fully justified that
reputation.

"The General officer commanding the Indian army describes the conduct
and bearing of these troops in strange and new surroundings to have been
highly satisfactory, and I am enabled from my own observations to fully
corroborate this statement."

Sir John French goes on to say that, while the whole line continued to
be heavily pressed, the Germans' efforts from Nov. 1 have been
concentrated upon breaking through the line held by the First British
and the Ninth French Corps and thus gaining possession of the town of
Ypres. Three Bavarian and one German corps, in addition to other troops,
were all directed against this northern line.

About Nov. 10, after several units of these corps had been completely
shattered in futile attacks, the Field Marshal continues, a division of
the Prussian Guard, which had been operating in the vicinity of Arras,
was moved up to this area with great speed and secrecy. Documents found
on dead officers, the report says, proved that the Guard received the
German Emperor's special command to break through and succeed where
their comrades of the line had failed. They took the leading part in the
vigorous attacks made against the centre on the 11th and 12th, says
Field Marshal French, but, like their comrades, were repulsed with
enormous casualties.

He pays high tribute to Sir Douglas Haig and his divisional and brigade
commanders, who, he says, "held the line with marvelous tenacity and
undaunted courage." The Field Marshal predicts that "their deeds during
these days of stress and trial will furnish some of the most brilliant
chapters which will be found in the military history of our time."

High praise is also given the Third Cavalry Division under Major Gen.
Julian Byng, whose troops "were repeatedly called upon to restore
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