South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-21
Fleet COOperateS With Land
Forces in Driving Back Ger
mans and News of Successes
Cheers English With Hope.
FRESH SOLDIERS JOIN
FORCES OF BOTH SIDES
General Assault Along Whole
Battle Line Believed De-
signed to Cover important
Strategic Move.

LONDON. oct To-day the an
niversary OF Nelson's great naval
victory at Trafalgar. found British
warships and destroyers cooperauu-
with the allies land forces in repeII-
ing the attacks of the Germans. at
tempting 10 drive their way through
all that is left of the Kingdom Di
Belgium 10 the French coast As
Nelson's victory in 1898 electrided
the people of England so are reports
OF German reverses I'm the Belgian
battlefield giving renewed hope that
the height of German success has
been reached and that henceforth
the tide of victory viii flow toward
the allies.
A dispatch TO the London Times
from a correspondent IN Belgium in
dicates that the Germans have met
with disaster He says.
The latest war news has caused
great unrest among the German Of
ficers. All festivities have been cam
Celled. and an available troops have
been sent to Nieuport southwest COZ
Ostend). A German general has
committed suicide"
Report BrugeS Retaken.
The Chronicles correspondent at
Dunkirk says il is reported there that
the allies have retaken Bruges. This
is hardly likely. as the Daily Mali
correspondent at Flushing states THAI
heavy fighting continues near Nieu-
port. He reports. however. that th-
German field headquarters have
been shifted. The mails correspond
ent SAYS:
Heavy lighting continues near
NieupOrt Both sides hold their own
thus far but the Germans have suf-
fered very heavy losses.
tancfnnH fc FrII nf frrnrnnlI
Bruges tram cars and other vehicles
have been cOmmandcered for the
transportation of the German wound
ed. The losses are apparently about
5000 .men. German headquarters
have been moved from Oosticamp.
three miles south OF Bruges. probab-
~ TO Ghent, where large reinforce
ments are arriving daily
Allies Forces strengthened
Ii is understood that the forces n
the Belgian British French allies are
also being strengthened and conf
dence was exhibited at the war Office
today that they would be able To-
Withstand the assault of the fresh
German troops. The Germans will
have great difficulty in getting their
new batteries 10 the front because OF
the thick mud caused by several days
OF rain.
In the Belgian theater OF war the
1 Germans have also adopted the policy
of making night attacks a CORE
spondent OF the Times at Dunkirk
sends the following
The Germans attacked the French
position at DiNmunde IN force on the
night Of Oct. 1917. The assault be-
gan about midnight.
Large forces Of infantry advanced
against the trenches outside the town.
The troops holding them were out
r,r re rF...H
the town, where they held on g1mly
! in the outskirts.
Drive Germans Back.
"ReinfOrcements arrived about
dawn 4 counter attack was deliv-
cred and with the help OF artillery
fire the Germans were driven back
and the trenches won again. Durine
( the course of the days lighting the
heavy artillery duel continued with
the result that the Germans with
drew from Dixmunde"
Another Times correspondent teIe-
graphing from northern France.
/ says that the Germans have provided
trouble for themselves by occupyin-
4 open towns and that their plans
have been upset by the continued or
fensive OF the allies
/ The occupation OF Ostend had
little strategic advantage me SAYS.
/ 'Dunklrk is well fortified and an ar
tempt 20 move on II would be danger
/ Gus 10 the Germans. while Calais is
we'll able 10 look out for itself
The fighting line daily has under
gone variations which were tstOlIv
undersigned
Gain Doubtful Advantage.
The Germans desire for the oc-
cupatiOn Of open towns belonging t1
. the enemy has led them into greater
I difficulties than the temporary ac-
vantage in the matter OF food anord-
I ed them. II is only fair TO say. how
ever, that So far as I have been able
/ 20 gather, the Germans behaved wen
E in most OF the places that they ro-
/ Gently visited
A dispatch to the Daily telegraph
! says that the British squadron or the
! coast has shelled the German pos
1 tiOns south OF 9uddlekerke between
/ Nieuport and Ostend. and has forced
( the kaiser's troops there 10 withdra
} inland. The Telegraph's correspond
| ent reports that the Germans were
/ compelled 10 abandon two Villages
| and that they were then attacked by
! the Belgian Infantry and routed.
TETZLAFF "OFF" SPEEDING