The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-20
BRITISH SUBMARINE
sunk BY GERMANS
(American Press. J

Berlin, Oct. 2O.-It was officially
stated here today that British sub
marine E-3, was sunk Sunday by
German warships in the North Sea.
This is the ! loss in British sub
marine servi. %;ce the outbreak of
war. r..
London. Oct. 20. %:sat the allies
are frustrating the Sxtpt of rein
forced extreme right z of the
German army to skirt English
Channel ports with suppo, inject
of finding a new route to Paris, is
indicated by French official state
ment given out this afternoon, at
which it maintains that the Belgian
army is maintaing it's position on
the river User.
London, Oct. 20.-(Special to the
Pioneer. )-Plunging German attacks
on lines Of allies near Belgian coast,
between Newport and Dixmude; SIM
liar tactics at Roye, where progress
is claimed to have continued against
Lille, still held by Germans, and
stubborn fighting in vicinity of st.
Mihiel, where for days allies have
been trying to drive Germans from
their southern-most lodgment are
acute points today in -sprawling bat
tie area of France and Belgium.
London, Oct. 20.-By reaching their
tentacles out to the seaboard the al
lied forces in Northern France have
established close contact with the
British navy, which is now on the ex-
IRENE left of their line and seems
from the London view-for the mo-
ment to block efYectually a further
German effort to turn the allies left
wing and sweep down the coast
toward Dunkirk and Calais.
That the Germans appre late this
situation is indicated in the reported
presence of four German tori edo boat
destroyers Saturday off the Holland
coast, bound southwark. 1t is the
belief here that the destroyers were
conveying submarines with which to
dispute the command Of the sea on
the Belgian littoral. This venture,
however, may be menaced by mines
which the British have laid along the
Belgian coast from Ostend south
ward.
May Force Germans to Hit Line.
If, as the allies assert, their LEI
cannot be turned, the alternative lei.
the Germans Is to hack their way
through the Belgian, English and
French armies now confronting them.
and the Germans seem in no way
loath to- make the attempt. That the
Germans have. made forward move
is evident from the newspaper dis
patches and official statements which
stated the Belgians had repulsed sew
eral attempts Of the Germans to cross
the River User, which is ten miles
ilooi IiO SocoI CiAoii ihoulooI, lSoui-
ers and Menin, the line occupied by
the Germans on Saturday.
AS an offset to this, however, the
British official information bureau says
the allies in the northern area have
driven the Germans back thirty miles.
The locality Of this advance of the
allies is not indicated, but is believed
to be at some point along the west
ern wing where the Germans are try
ing to resume their interrupted dash
on Paris by way of the coast towns.
"Quiet," Says Berlin Report.
The German official statement says
in the western theater of the war the
situation is quiet and unchanged"
The Telegraph's correspondent in
Northern France says Lille has been
evacuated for the third time by the
Germans, and attributes this move
ment to the capture by the allies of
Laventie. Another dispatch says the
Germans about Lille have been rein
forced from Brussels and again are
bombarding the town. The Daily
Chronicles correspondent in Northern
France says the Germans have been
flung back near their lines of COM
munication, which they must defend
or be defeated.
Paris is optimistic and predicts an
uninterrupted offensive movement by
the allies at certain points in North
ern France. The retaking of Armen-
there's, on the River Lys on the Bel
gian frontier, and the occupying of
new positions about Lille, with the
progress around Arras, are considered
good signs.