HI 2100 MEN SURVIVE OF 10,000 IN STRIKE
armans in Derouement Counterattack Against British Beyond
Devil's Wood.
SHORT ON MILE-AND-HALF LINK
&
??*ch Contingent Mowed Down by
I lllaxta Prom Rifles, Machinery Guns
and Artillery?Question of Numbers in Ghastly Controversy.
WITH THE BATTLE OF AUGUSTA.
PANICK, September 4 (via London).?
Some details now are available concerning the German counterattack on Thursday night against the British position beyond Pelville, or Pelville's wood, which was the most desperate attempt, participated in by the largest force and supported by the heaviest artillery fire that the Germans have made since the British offensive began. The time chosen was in the midst of a heavy rainstorm, when the British were drenched and their trenches were running with water. 