The Detroit times., 1914-11-16


sea vas then washing over her quar-
terdeck The cruiser Liverpool was
nearby and had circled ahead 10 make
sure there were not other mines In
the vicinity. Fourteen lifeboats were
swung over from the Olympic. A
heavy sea was running and boat
was seen TO be swung over from
the side OF the dreadnought. II cap
sized almost Immediately, Four OF
the men were picked up by one OF the
olympic's boats. The NTH man. a
petty oficer. was drowned. according
10 Beames.
1T required a half hour for the
boats TO reach the Audacious," SAID
Beames. owing to the rough sea. The
olympic's boats brought $50 men 10
our ship"
Beanie then told OF the Intellectual
efforts TO tow the Audacious ana OF
the hawsers breaking.
Beames said that a member Of the
Audacious crew told him that when
first hit. they believed the battleship
had been torpedoed. II was discovered,
however. that the dreadnought had
hit a mine laid by German vessel
which had been seen In that vicinity
flying the Norwegian flag
Hugh Griffiths, musician on the
Olympic. was authority for the state
ment that the Audacious had been
blown up. He said he was on deck
about 3 o'clock when there was loud
explosion and bright glare lighted
the sea. Later. he said. men who
were brought on board said the
Audacicus had been blown up at the
order Of wireless instructions received
by the admiralty. Griffiths said these
men were brought TO the Olympic
about midnight. No other story. how
ever. has mentioned survivors being
BROUGHT to the Olympic after she LETT
the scene, and apparently no one on
the Olympic actually saw the Auda-
cious sink. All stories. have agreed.
however. that there was an explosion
Of some sort.
PARIS, Nov. l6.--In trenches hiied
with water and swept by rain ana
snow driven before a gale from the
sea, the allied and German armies
continue their struggle for possession
Of the line leading to the coast cities
OF Dunkirk and Calais.
Heavy artillery fire has marked the
fighting for the past "a hours, II was
stated at the war ONCE today. wealth
er conditions preventing successiui
work by infantry. The Germans ire
now struggling to regain footnoid On
the left bank OF the User.
The oficial statement. announcing
that the Germans have been driven
back to the right bank OF the canal
all along the line resulted in the great
est satisfaction here. The enemy paid
terrible toll for the ground they held
on the left bank. II was only by con-
stantly pouring men In massed lorna
ton through the fre Of the allied guns
which moved down hundreds that
foothold was gained.
Reports here declare the German
forces about Dixmude are being con-
stantly reinforced. The town Is =
wreck. however, and the advantage
Of holding II IL declared TO be slight.
The lighting has now swung away
from Ypres, which has not been bonn
barded during the last two days. The
heaviest lighting In this section has
been six miles from Ypres. The
battle I'm the wooded section south )f
fBixschoote and about Ypres has been
terrific. A wood south OF Bixschoote
was taken by the allies yesterday. but
the losses In the attack were tx
tremely heavy.
The woods north Of Ypres cleared
by the British are full OF German
dead. The lighting there was the
bayonet in hand-tohand encounters
the Germans holding their position
with the greatest bravery and deter
mination until practically all we're
killed or wounded.
The condition OF the User is a
source OF constant menace to both
armies, owing to the danger Of an
epidemic of disease. The fighting
which resulted in the driving OF the
Germans from the left bank has again
filed the canal with bodies of men
and horses. Germans who were cap.
tured declared they literally crossed
upon bridges Of their own men and
horses.