New Ulm review., 1914-10-28
British Fleet Quits
Belgian Coast.
MAY MOUNT BIG GUNS
Germans Probably Will Use
Heavy Artillery on waIships.

AoANO4S ONIs AC Dl 1LlSu uOOt1
which bombarded the German flank as
they advanced along the coast, seems
to have withdrawn. The Germans say
this was because their artillery was
beginning to reach the ships The be-
lief is expressed here, however, that
the fleet will be able to make unten-
able German occupation of any part
of the Belgian or French coasts.
The opinion also is expressed here
tnat the operations of the allied yes
sells in the North sea of the Belgian
coast and in the vicinity of the Straits
of Dover may cause the German fleet
to come out and give battle.
In naval circles here it is consid-
cred that the German submarines, al
though they have proved deadly to
ships steaming slowly, will not be so
effective against ships steaming and
maneuvering at high speed and in
shallow waters, as the British moni.
tors and their auxiliaries have been
doing.
0TIIl8H 0dlIOTS SOFIIOSnI.
There is some talk of the Germans
bringing their big 42-centimeter guns
to the coast to use against the allies
warships, but the British sailors are
credited with saying that their YES
sells can prevent these guns being
put in position. They say that even
if they should be mounted they will
not be SO deadly against fast NOV
ing target as they were against the
stationary forts which they destroyed
so easily.
The battle for the Straits of Dover,
one of the most sanguinary of the
war, is continuing with unabated fury.
The Germans, who at terrible cost in
life, succeeded Saturday in crossing
the User canal between Nieuport and
Dixmude, have not been able to make
any further progress. The allies, ac-
cording to report of the general
headquarters, obstinately are defend.
ing their positions.
It is the same further south, around
Armentieres, Lille, La Bassee and Ar
ras. The opposing armies are deliv-
ering fierce attacks, gaining or los
ing few miles or less of ground with
sacrifices in life that are appalling.
The whole countryside fairly is reek-
ing with the blood of thousands of
killed or wounded
Towns and Villages in Ruins.
In the towns and villages with
which the country is dotted, and most
of which have been laid in ruins by
the artillery, most desperate fighting
has occurred where the cavalry and
infantry came into contact. Both sides
speak of the heavy losses they have
imposed on their adversaries, but say
nothing of their own dead or wound
ed, to fill the places of whom rein
forcements are being brought for
ward.
While this life and death struggle
is going on in the west the French
have become more active in the east
along <tAe Alsatian border and are
said to be making preparations and
taking advanced positions in view of
possible attacks by the Germans with
IAClA VIZ uOWlLLCIS OH Iuc bOlIOrC
fortress. 1t now seems to be realized
that no fortress has any chance of
holding out when once these big Ger
man guns are brought into action
against it.
The German official report again
speaks of the German offensive on
Augustowo, Russian Poland, which
it declares is progressing. It reiter-
ates that the battle near Ivangorod,
although favorable to the Germans.
remains undecided.
North of this section the Russians
claim still to be pursuing the Ger
mans who attempted an advance on
Warsaw and southwark to have cross
ed the Vistula and driven the Aus
trians backwards
In Galicia and in the Carpathians
the Russians also say they have bro
ken down the Austrian offensive.
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