The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
No Cessation of Gigantic Combat
Which Is to Determine Fate
of Nations
NAVAL LOSS ON BOTH SIDES
Germans Sink British Cruiser, Caus-
inu Loss of $50 Lives--Four OF
kaser's Torpedo Boat Destroyers
Go Down-French Reports Claim
Victories in the Fighting in lor-
raine.

Dunkirk. Oct 19.-The report is
current in northwestern France that
the Germans are retiring from Ostend
and its neighborhood. 1t is added that
the town was not occupied in great
force. 1t is impossible TO obtain veri-
fication of this report, which, now
ever, was from a reliable source.
. From Dunkirk to Belfort the great
battle upon which hangs the fate of
the Germans second drive on Paris
ragged during the day with undimin-
ished fury.
On the French left the allies are
said TO have driven back the invaders
a distance of ten miles, and have as
sumed new positions in front OF
Givenchy and Fromelles. Also they
have retaken Armentieres, one of the
most important cities near the Bel
gian border, and railroad center Of
great strategic value.
To the north of Arras the French
and British troops succeeded in break
ing through the German Gordon estab-
lished there for the purpose of control
ling the lines of railway stretching to
the east, and SO far have been able
to hold the ground thus gained. Also
between Arras and the River Disc the
allied lines have been advanced per-
ceptibly.
eelgians RepuIse Germans.
Recognition of the active co-opera-
- IL in hn Guh bin
on the border was contained for the
first time in official dispatches when
their success in repulsing repeated
attacks directed by the Germans
against the crossings of the River
User was recorded.
Fighting has been renewed at Bel
fort. and two violent night attacks by
The Germans to the north and again to
the east Of Saint Die We're repulsed by
the French with severe losses to the
enemy.
The Germans are reported to have
suffered new reverses in the fighting
in Lorraine and to the east. where
the army of the crown prince is in an
extremely difficult position.
Saint Die. on the MeuEthe, thirty
two miles northeast of Epinal. was
the center Of today's attacks. which
resulted in a repulse for the Germans
with heavy casualties. The borders OF
both Alsace and Lorraine also felt the
shock of battle, and in the Vosges the
famous French Alpine regiments were
in contact with German columns.
Cut Of German Supplies.
The Alpines' greatest achievement
ting OF railroad communication be
tween Colmar, capital o. Upper Al
SAGE, and Muelhausen, thereby in
creasing the difficulties of the Ger
mans in sending their wounded TO the
rear and bringing up supplies.
The Germans have brought up ten
inch mortars in this district. sup
| posedly for an intended eventual siege
of Belfort. In view of this possibility
| the French have renewed their attacks
from the south and again advanced
| beyond Altkirch.
A great part of the theater of oper
| ations in southern Alsace is illumi
mated at night by forest fires alons
the Swiss frontier. caused by shell:
| falling across the border.
, Battle Lasts Over Week.
The battle which eliminated il
Armentieres again coming under
French influence lasted for a week