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Straits of Dover, prosecuted with
such reckless abandon and courage
as to wiring praise even from the foe,
appeared today to have relaxed tenn
porarily. Along the User from the
sands Of the North Sea coast to the
ruined town of DiXmude. the situa-
tion today was reported 'relatively
quict.
Along the rest of the battle line
which stretches across France, i'm
pOrtant advantages are said to have
been won by the Allies. Today's Of
fetal French statement says that the
British and French forces have re-
pulsed German attacks along almost
the entire front and that northeast
of Nerdun. where the territory has
long been disputed with exceptional
ferocity. two villages have been
captured.
The fighting there has all but
ceased and the tide of battle has
rolled southward, leaving behind it
the countless dead.
South of Yprcs, on the line extend
ing down over the french border to
Arras the Germans re preparing an
other furious onslaught, spurrcd on
by the Emperor. The main battle
there, upon which depends so much
for the Germans and allies alike. has
not yet begun. Pending decisive de-
vclopmcnts on any of the European
fields of battle. the fall of the Using
Tau held first place in the attention
of military men today. official re-
ports from Toxic show that it was
not without desperate resistance that
the German garrison. vastly outnum-
bcred by British and japanese. gave
up the fight. For days the German
forces have been subjected to Il with
ering fire from land and sea. Sud
denly says the official report from
Toxic. the flag of surrender ran up
in the morning breeze on the wealth
sea and land"
J, The. vice minister of the .nnry
stHtes that Japan Will hold Using
Tau until the war is over, when she
will open negotiations" with China.
When the fighting at Using Tau is
at an end the question is raised as to
what Japan will do next 1t is sug-
gested that she will now inausurate
an offensive naval campaign on the
Pacific. employing the fleet released
from the bombardment of Using Tau
in an attempt to run down the Ger
man warships which wrought such
havoc to British Shipping interests
and defeated the British fleet off
Chile.
Notwithstanding Russian claim, to
an Overwhelming success" in the
east there is nothing to show that the
German and Austrian forces have
met great disaster and although thcH
were able to fall back upon strongly
fortified positions selected in ad
vance. The probability that they arc
safe in these positions for the pres
ent at least. leads London to suggest
that German troops will be with
drawn and rushed to the west to bols-
ter up the battered forces there for a
line south of Yprcs. For the last
two days heavy cannonading has
been under way and this is believed
to be Il preliminary to the main Ger
man attack
Over the remainder Of the battle
line. through France. there are no
decisive changes. Although todays
official French statement asserts that
the Germans have been driven back
al various points. the situation in the
main aptly is about the same as it
has been for several weeks.
Russia. in an official statement
makes claims that the resistance Of
the enemy has been broken, after
fighting of several weeks along a
front of $50 miles This campaign
has now been closed. In the opinion
of the Russian military authorities,
who say that n new period of war