The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-29
ALLIES HALT
TEuT0NADvANcE
00TN eI0ES FLING LIVES AWAY
IN cRucSAL DATVlE TO HoLD
ThE STRAITS OF DOVER.
SACRIFICE IS APPALLING
veR0UN 0eFENoER6 TO HOLD
GIANT elGcE GUNS FROM
FRENCH FoRTRgss.

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FRENCH FoRTRgss.
Western Nesapapsr Union News service.
London. Oct. 27.-The battle for the
straits Of Dover. one of the most san
culinary OF the war. 10 continuing with
unabated fury. but thus far without
either side gaining any decided sdvan.
taee.
ihe Germans. who At terrible cost
In life succeeded last Saturday in
crossing the User between Nieuport
and Dixmude. have not been able to
make further progress. n the allies.
according to report OF the German
general headquarters. are obstinstsly
defending their positions.
1t IL the same further south around
Armentieres. Lille, La Bassee and Ar
ras. The opposing armies are deliver
tAg fierce attacks. gaining or losing .
few miles or less of ground with sacri-
fices In life that are appalling. The
whole countryside is fairly reeking
with the blood Of thousands Of killed
or wounded. In the towns and villages
with which the country is crowded, and
most of which have been laid in ruins
By the artillery, most desperate fight
Ing has occurred when the cavalry and
speak OF the heavy losses they have
imposed on their adversaries but say
nothing Of their own dead or wounded.
Tho British fleet which did such exc
cutton in bombarding the German
hanks ~ they advanced along the
coast. seems to have withdrawn. The
Germans cay this was because their
artillery was beginning to reach the
ships. The belief Il expressed here,
however. that the fleet VIII be able to
reader untenable German occupation
Of any part Of the Belgian or French
coasts. The opinion also is expressed
hero that the operations Of the allied
vessels in the North Sea. off the Bel
gian coast and In the vicinity of the
Straits Of Dover. may cause the Ger
man fleet to come out and give battle.
In naval circles here It is considered
that the German submarines. although
they have proved deadly to ships
steamtng slowly. will not be 20 effect
i've against ships steaming and mansu-
vsring At high speed and in shallow
waters, - the British monitors and
their auxiliaries have been doing.
There IL some talk Of the Germans
bringing their 42-centimetre guns to
the coast to use against the allies war
ships, but the British sailors are cred
tied with saying that their vessels can
prevent these guns being put In posi-
tion. They claim that. even though
they be mounted, they will not be 10
deadly against fast-moving target. a.
they were against the stationary forts.
which they destroyed 20 easily.
While this life-and-death struggle IL
going on in the west, the French have
become more active In the east, along
the Alsatian border, and are said to
be making preparations and getting
honors in view Of possible attacks by
the Germans. with their big howitzers,
on the Belfort fortress.
battls Line Sixty-six Miles Len1.
Paris.-The following official CON-
munication was issued in Petrograd:
The combats upon the routes lead
ing to Petrokoff and Radon have ~
sumed the character of a great battle,
Of which the front extends over 66
miles, from Rawa to Nowemiasto and
Bialobrzegi as far ~ the mouth Of the
river Iljanka. The evening Of Oct. "a
north of Rawa We attacked the Ger
mans at the point Of the bayonet, in
flicting upon them considerable losses.
In the village of Morchildio alone We
buried over TOO Germans In bayonet
combat near the village Of Mazammer-
jeff, We captured two batteries of ma
chine guns.
I'VE have progressed along the
route from Nova to Alexandria,
where We captured numerous prison
ers and cannon. The stubborn resist
ance Of the Austrians in Galicia Is
weakening. and our troops are making
vigorous progress in the region south
of Sambor and Staromiasto, where We
took eleven cannon and many cais-
sons. The entire valley of the river
Spyrne Is covered with bodies Of the
enemy, estimated to aggregate at least
5000.
''The precipitate flight of the Ger
mans continues, They are evacuating
Lodz, Is miles southwest of Warsaw,
They made an unsuccessful attempt to
arrest the offensive Russian move
ment by clinging to positions at Sok-
hatchoff. from which, however, they
were dislodged, with heavy losses"
Girl II, Man n; Commit Suicide.
Milwaukee.-Lying beside a casket
truck at a casket company's garage