The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-27
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PARIS, Oct. 27.-With number Of
their heavy guns mounted to protect
their front and with hundreds Of light
pieces and rapid frers delugIng the
allied lines with shrapnei and bullets
the Germans continued today their ~
preme effort to win through to the
coast from the north and east inside
Of the Dixmudc-Nieuport line, the fight
Ing continued without iet.up last night
combstants operating In the glare Of
enormous searchilohts that made night
40 light 40 day. Rival aviators flew
over trenches, dropping bombs while
the monitors OF the fleet, which with.
drew TO sea after three had been hit,
were back throwing shells from their
long range guns. II the territory ly.
Ing southwest Of Ypres and, between
Armes and Lille further fighting 10 In
progress. The Germans are said to
be slowly forced back to the cast
They are now concentrating their st
forts to break through to the coast In
direct line with Dunklre.
BY changing their front after their
object 10 obtained and making part
Of Il again run 70 the north and south
instead Of to the east and west, the
officials point out, once the Germans
attain either Calais or Dunkirk thsy
,A,a,,lI hau = ka,naao nro% : eAIv,. xa,a n
between them and the sea from the
guns Of the warshIps. In part the
Germans have succeeded In that ma.
ncuvre on Sunday whom the British
warships were compelled to steam out
to sea and quit firing TO avoid hitting
their own men. But later when the
Germans moved south from Nieuport
and again appeared insids Of the coast
three mile lire which marks the effec-
tiveness Of the sea firing, the war
ships reappeared. Today they are
again In action.
IAN ~ the reports from the nerth
say thf fighting II constantty incress
Ing In strength, as me new bodIea
from each side get Into action. Every
hospital In Dunkirk and Calais 10 MI.
ed With wounded and many private
houses have been commandered for
hospital purposes. AZ fast - the hos.
pitaI ships can steam, they 90 back.
ward and forward across the channel
with their Ioads Of victIsns who are
being cared for In England.
IMPORTANT PLANS.
[By William Philip eimms, United
Press stam Correspondence
PARIS, Oct. 27-Whlie the Ger
mans are being held In check In the
north, the French are on the offen-
sive In the east. The combined arm
les from TouI and Nancy have thrown
the Germans back across the frontier
and are pushing them toward Metz.
At the game time the French armies
with headquarters at ee!fort have
pushed across into upper Alsacs and
reinforced the French forces already
holding Altkireh and Thanh.
II 10 considered certain that the
plan 10 to move heavy forces Into
upper Aisace and then TO move north
ward, sweeplng the Germans before
them 30 that the enemy's forces who
are centered on Strassburg will be un-
able to go to the aid Of the German
LEFT which is threatened by the Metz
movement.
This Is the first real offensive by
the French on the east since the early
days of the war and Is declared at
military headquarters here to be o.
the hirhest significance. Meanwhile
the fighting in the north continues un.
INTERRUPTED but with the allied lines
everywhere holding.
8 O'CLOCK REPORT.
PARIS, Oct 27.-The French are on
the offensive in the vicinity Of Nancy,
on the eastern frontier, and have driv-
en- the Germans across the frontier In
The direction OF Metz. This was the
declaration contained in the official
conn1unlque issued at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. It contradieted fatty re-
ports coming from German sources
that the kaiser's force are crumpline
the French right wing between Toul
and Verdun. II the advantage secured
by the French left near Nancy can be
maintained, II 10 declared here that It
will be only very short time when
the Germans must surrender the for
tifications In the vicinity Of ST. MizieT
which they have reduced and also re-
tire from the west bank Of the Meuse
in that vicinity or face being trapped
and captured.
Dealing with the general situation
In the north, the ofsfciaI statement
said everywhere the allied lines are
holding. Between the mouth of the
User and Lens the battle 10 declared
particularly violent but allies al
though On the defensive are maintain
ina their positions. They are also de-