The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-27
SUPREME ASSAULT
BY THE GERMANS
ANOTHER OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT
Is ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED
IN THE WEST.
10 REACH FRENCH COAST
British Fleet Resumes an Effective
Bombardment Of German Positions
Along the Belgian LittoraI.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
LOndOn.-Whlie undertaking i'm
mense tasks in the East. the Ger
mans, according to all accounts are
preparing to launch another offensive
movement in the West 1t is believed
they will make another effort to ge
through to the French coast and per
APPS at the same time try to force
the line Of French fortresses In the
frgonne region.
The Germans have been violently
''ombarding Ypres in Flanders. Sois
sons In the Aisne valley and Rheims
while they have been making attacks
In force in the Argonne region. The
French claim the assaults in the last.
named region have been repulsed
while the Germans say they have been
gaining ground steadily.
Any or all Of this activity may be
intended to divert attention from the
quarter in which the supreme attack
is to be made: but the allies are sure
to discover soon where they must cx-
pect the next blow. In order to ward
off the possibility of the Germans try.
ing again to move along the coast, the
British fleet has been bombarding
their positions from the sea.
The opposing army in France and
In Belgium appear to be enjoying a
1ong-deserved rest, for the only re-
naming evidence that the belligerents
are facing each other is an occasion.
II bombardment with heavy guns.
Infantry attacks have temporarily
ceIsed, and while the generals are
laying their plans for their next move
the men are getting a chance to rest
and to tidy themselves up, after a
month in the water-soaked trenches.
The Servians are making a stand
agains the Austrians in well-chosen
fortified positions on the Kolubara
river, but as the Austrians command
superior forces and Servia is without
allies near enough to offer her assist
ance, 1t seems apparent that unless
other Balkan states come into the war,
Servia is faced with defeat.
The recruiting campaign which is
being carried on throughout the Brit
1sh Isles has resulted in bringing
many men to the colors. Troops with
banners flying and bands playing
marched Sunday through the east emf
of London to Victoria park, where
speakers addressed the crowds from
early morning until late in the even
ing.
The Germans, It is evident, have
sent their best troops to the Eastern
front and even in big guns the allies
appear to have the advantage over
them. There are no signs, however,
Of an offensive on large scale on the
part of the allies, who. probably are
as badly in need of rest as their or
ponents. 1t is said officers and men
who have borne the brunt of the hight.
ing in the trenches are being given
q short leave.
This, together with the cancellation
OF the order for the removal Of ship
ping from Dunkirk, is taken to indi.
cate that the allies consider their po-
sition safe for the present and they
do not contemplate any attempt at a
forward movement
A new crop of stories has arisen
that the Germans are sending heavy
gums and submarines by rail to Bel
kium, destined for the coast. Other
reports that long trains, capable all
told of moving 100000 men, are being
prepared to take German reinforce
ment to the Eastern front.