The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-10
Enemy Holds Ground
at Three Points.
MAKE FINAL
ATTEMPT IN FLANDERS
Fresh Troops and New Guns
in Battle at Dixmude.

London, Nov. 10.-At three places
in the area of hostilities-in Silesia,
in East Prussia and in Alsace-forces
of the entente allies we're on German
soil and for the first time since the
outbreak of hostilities conditions
seemed to presage, in the opinion of
British military observers, reversal
of the roles OF the contending coun-
tries.
Three points stand out in the latest
news of the great war. In Flanders,
the Germans, undaunted by past fail.
ures to break through to the Straits
of Dover, have launched their expect.
ed new attack, regarded by the allies
as their supreme effort.
In Russian Poland the immense
armies of the Russian emperor are
pushing forward with surprising
speed, threatening the Germans on
home soil.
From Toxic comes the report that a
Japanese army may be sent to The
west to take its part with the British,
French and Belgians In the struggles
on the battlefields of Europe.
Week May See Change.
Military observers agree the war has
entered on a crucial stage and that
the next week will mark definite
| turn in the course of events. In
| French opinion the Germans must Ell
| ther win their way to the English
| channel or fall back. For that reason
particular interest attached to the Off
| cial French statement which indicated
| the beginning of the onslaught for
which the Germans have been pre-
pairing during the lull of the last few
days.
Fresh troops and new guns from the
Krupp works have been rushed to the
line of battle from Dixmude south
! ward across the French border to Ar
ras. The Germans have struck their
first blows at Dixmude and in the
region of Ypres and the French war
office announces that their attacks
have been repulsed.
Slow progress FOR the allies along
the greater part of the line from Dix.
nude to the Lys is claimed by the
French. Over the remainder of the
disputed territory, across France, the
situation has not changed materially
although the French report that new
German attacks In Alsace have been
checked
Menace On the East.
i Up to the present Germany has beer
fighting, generally speaking, in the ter
ritory of her enemies, but now she
would appear to be more or less seri
ously menaced from the east by the
victorious armies of Grand Duke Mich
olas, the Russian commander-in-chie
in the field, the advance guards o.
which are reported as having crossed
the Silesian frontier. The Russians
also have crossed the East Prussiar
frontier, which also was the site of Z
brief Russian invasion I'm the early
stages of the war; London consider.
the latest development the most i'm
portant of the campaign up to the
present. The French for some time
have held their positions in Alsace.
Reports OF German retirement
from Belgium have been revived IL
connection with the Russian advance,
in the eastern area of the war, but i
: Is mere speculation to say that Ger
many will be obliged to retire from
Belgium. or even cease her offensiv,
In this region. In any event German
retirement from Belgium probabl.
would be slow, as the Teutonic troops
have made the entire country belfint
: their battle line one vast fortificatiop
with trenches even more careful.
prepared than those they still hold II
France.