The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-10-30
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COAST AGAIN
ALLIES ARE STILL HOLDING
THEIR OWN IN BATTLE
WEST OF USER.
ARMIES ARE EXHAUSTED
Fourteenth Day of Battle in West
Flanders Brings No Decided
Change-Germans May Now Shift
to South.

London, Oct 29.-The fourteenth
day OF the battle of West Flanders.
which is being fought over an area
hardly greater than large farm in
the state Of Iowa, found the allies
holding their ground to the west
OF the User and the &c mans appar-
entity bringing up NOR reinforce
ments to repeat their furious at
tempts to break through and reach
the coast of France.
All dispatches seem to gree that
there was temporary lull yesterday
in the fighing between Nieu 1ort and
fpres, but the reports are Ear from
unanimous as to whether tE was
due to an armistice to bury the dead
and remove the wounded, which must.
thlckly cover the field, or whether it
was caused by the exhaustion G. he
contending forces or the German .:..
OF ammunition.
The London press hazards all three
guesses and contends at all events
that the position of the allies is sat
islactory. The public is warned, how
evefNS that the struggle in this quar-
ter is not yet over, for the Ge mans,
if they find the northern routS\ to
Dunkirk and Calais impossible, / ay
shift to the south, with Bouglone as
an objective. 1t was at Boulogne that
Napoleon waited in vain for his
troops to embark for England, and
the taking of this city by the Ger
mans would stir the German people
as nothing else would
Berlin claims that there has been
no recent progress in the struggle in
FLANDERS, and, as if explaining this,
says sixteen British warships are
operating on the coast This num-
ber never has been confirmed ty
British sources, but a dispatch from
Dover reports that a battleShip
equipped with 12-inch guns has gone
to the assistance of the British mon
itors, which have been shelling the
Germans on shore. Other reports
speak of heavy firing in the North
Sea, as if big naval engagement
had taken place, but the admiralty
here is silent.
Taken as whole, the English in
depreciation of the news this morn
ing was cheerful.
From South Africa came a state
ment that General Botha had infiict-
ed sharp defeat upon General Bey-
ers, tie latest recruit to the revolu-
South Africa.
In the eastern arena of the war
in Europe the Russians appear to
have driven in the German Eight wing
as fortnight ago they shattered the
left before Warsaw. In confirmation
of this is the German official admis-
sion that their troops, together with
the TAustrians, had retreated in Po-
land.
Beginning today the British court
goes into mourning for three weeks
for Prince Maurice of Battenberg, the
first member of the royal family to
be sacrificed in the war. The prince
was a cousin of King George and
son of Prince Henry CT Battenberg.
He held a commission in the kings
royal rifle corps and died of wounds
Areceived in battle. Royal condo
dences already have been sent to his
sister, the Queen of Spain, who but
few days, ago gave Eirth to son.
There are recurring reports that
the Germans are constructing sheds
on the Belgian coast for the housing
OF Zeppelin airships. A loca NEWS
paper is offering free insurance
against Zeppelins to its subscribers.
There is no official confirmation Of
the reported German invasion of
Portuguese West Africa.
Holland is still on edge as regards
a possfblJ violation of her neutrality.
The first boat load of food for
Belgium under American supervision
left Londoh today.