The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-21
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Back and Forth Eons tho Tide
Of Battle
Along the Northern Front Of
the Allied Armies.
over / WEB Of WlTERWlYS
And Across Trenches, Woods
and Villages It Moves.
British Fleet Stil Hurting
Shells Into German Forces.
OVER 1 WEB Of NLIERNAYS

l AOu0On, OCI. Z1."W nile Eu8lAnQ
today paid homage TO Nelson on this.
the anniversary OF the battle Of Trafal-
gar. the forces OF Germany and the al
lies continued to fight back and forth
along the battle line in France and
Belgium to the south and from trench
es. woods and villages And to the north
over a web Of Waterways, the presence
of which seems likely to give the strug-
gle there the name Of the battle Of the
Canals.
It was q strange coincidence that
Britons learned ON Trafalgar day for
| the first time officially that the British
| fleet was cooperating with the allied
army on the French coast and the un-
| usual number OF wreaths placed on
the Nelson monument were indicative
| Of an expectancy that the day might
be marked with cheering news.
What units Of the fleet are in the
shells into the German columns, of
| course, are not known, but the pres
ence Of gunboats has been mentioned.
which upholds the theory advanced
that the British navy had taken charge
| Of the extreme left Of the allies line.
What progress il any has been made
by any side in the vicinity Of Ostend
is not disclosed in the latest Paris COM
munication which merely said the
| Belgians were resisting attacks along
| the User.
No Progress Made.
Violent German onsIaughts at other
points of the battle line it was claimed
also were checked. but it was note
worthy that no progress anywhere was
claimed 1t is naturally the allies
contention that the outcome OF the
German advance on the coast towns,
now seemingly in allegiance, was q
repetition of the German sweep on
Il xaok ic =
treat.
All reports agree that the Germans
are bringing up all their available re-
disbursements and elzA4 twin require
an, an effort a. great q tny made since
Withdraw.
The power of the British fleet and
England'ss mastery over the sea, are
slowly becoming more and more fac
tors In the great war. England has
been fretting in the face of a situation
which so far has precluded any general
engagement with the German fleet
Thus the mention Of British ships az
being active off the Belgian coast is
hailed with particular public satisfac-
tion.
! All reports that the allies had re-
taken Ostend proved incorrect and not
much faith is placed In the dispatches
saying they had occupied Bruges. II
they have done SO. 1t would mean that
tu0 1cIIudn line mas Decn DuSncQ SC
far back as to be virtually cut and
German forces in the vicinity of Nieu-
port isolated.
l German Line Is Bent
As it is decided bend has been made
in the German line in the neighborhood
of Boulers as compared with the line
which recently stretched due south
from Ostend through Ypres to Lille.
i Available. dispatches afford no new
Interpretation Of the colossal operations
in the east and 1t may take the COM
ing week to even decide the preliminary
stages of the struggle between the
Russians and the Austro-Germar
forces.
Reports of an engagement in the
Baltic sea between German torpedo
boats and hostile submarines are not
confirmed. Neither is the German re-
port that q British submarine has beer
destroyed in a German bay in the
North sea. An attempted revolution al
Braganza and Mafra, in Portugal, at.
tributed here to royalists, whose OBJ.
ject is to prevent Portugal joining the
allies. apparently met with shor.
shrift- Portuguese military prepara.
tions for war are said tc be proceeding
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