The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-11-07
GERMANS HELD
BACK BY ALLIES
Kaiser Attempts to Blast Way
TO Calais.
The LOSSES IRE HEAVY
Teuton Reinforeements Are Thrown
Back In Attempt to Cut Foes Bat
tie Front.

Back In Attempt TO cur foee BAT
tie Front
London, Nov. THE second at
tempt of the German army to blast Its
way through to the sea was flaming
and roaring from Newport, in Bel
GUM. to and beyond the French from
tier, without definite result SO far on
either side.
The area near the coast formerly
held by the extreme German right and
| from which the invaders were forced
| by the allies after many days Of hard
! fighting. is held only by dead. dying
and wounded, the inundation having
!, made the vicinity untnhibatable for
! the living and having prevented an
advance of the British. French and
Belgian allies.
Thousand of Germans left behind
| in the retreat doubtless will perish,
as many were marooned like drift
wood on an American lowland In time
| of flood. Thousands of men more on
both sides are yet to perish in the
struggle now progressing. the out
| come of which should decide whether
the Germans are going to reach the
French coast this winter.
Dispatches from the front tell OF
the awful losses already In this gu.
preme effort of the kaiser's army In
Flanders to carry out his order. ION
| to Calais"
Paris reports that the fierce en-.
counters still continue. While reports
| from that section Of the fighting are
meager, 1t is believed in the French
capital that the allied forces are still
on the offensive In the region Of
Ypres. where the Germans have made
extraordinary efforts to cut through
the defenders lines.
In the region of Arras. where the
Germans launched a@new attack and
where Berlin reports. claimed sue
cesses for the invaders, the French
report declares the kaiser's troops
have been thrown back. On the Aisne,
east of Vailly. the allies have retaken
the village Of Soupir. which was cap.
| tured by the Germans several days
ago. -
The German attack. also continues
In the Argonne region. but without
result, while on the heights Of the
Meuse and east Of Verdun. the French
claim to have captured some German
trenches. 80
New forces are being rushed to the
aid Of the Germans in the fighting
between Dixmude and Lys. according
to the earlier Official statement Is
sued in Paris. They are reinforcing
their reserve corps with active troops
and these forces are being hurried to
the German lines In preparation for a
fresh offensive movement.
That the invaders still shy at bayo
net charges Is evident from this some
communication, which announced
that in the Arsonne region several
such attacks by the French troops
succeeded In driving the Germans back
with heavy losses. In the Woevre dis.
trict vigorous attacks by the Ger.
mans also are said to have been re-
pulsed. i
A new German movement against
the chain of Notifications around
Nancy also has been begun. To the
east Of these forts the kaiser's troops
have attacked the advance posts Of
the French ; forces, but have been
driven back. according to the French
reports. Similar attacks In the region
Of the forest Of PERCY and between
Bassarat and tBlamont have met q
like fate. - -
Reports from. the western battle
front from German sources indicate
that the Germans have retired from
the User. but the fighting Is said still
to be proceeding within the triangle
of Ypres, Dixmude and Roulers.
The latest, Official communications
give evidence that the German as
saults are becoming less intense and
there are some indications Of the re.
sumption OF. the offensive on the part
of the allies, with. the Belgians re-
ported as occupying both banks of the
User and forcing the Germans In that
neighborhood to retire on Bruges. In
spite of these reports. however. there
Is no disposition. among the allies to
be. overconfident. -