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ALLIES PUSH
BACK GERMANS
Invaders Give Ground at Ypres
and Along The Aisne.
HARD FIGHTING ON CENTER

MANU- flUnIlN0 uN UCNICn
French Batter kaiser's Defenses In
Arsenne and Hal. Advances Along
Battle Front.
London, Nov. with the floods
along the User canal impeding all OF
fensiye movements of the German
hosts toward the French seaports, the
plan of campaign of the two vast ar
mics shifted, and the violent fighting
was resumed along other fronts OF
the battle line.
This was particularly true OF the
region of Ypres, where the Germans
hurled thousands off resh forces into
action in an endeayor to cut through
the allies battle line.
Desperate fighting continued all
throughout Sunday, and all OF the on
slaughts of the kaiser's forces were
repulsed by the Franco-British troops,
who were able to announce slight ad'
vances in that region.
The official dispatches from the
French war Office tell of the repulse
Of the enemy in the vicinity OF Ii.
hons. LIE erney-En-Santerre and
Vailly, on the Aisne river, and here
the allies were able to make their
greatest advances. In the Argonne
forest heavy fighting was also re-
sumed, and in that region, as well as
further west along the center of the
battle line, the French forces were
able to gain considerable ground.
In Belgium the Germans lost much
Of the ground that they captured on
Saturday, and especially violent was
the conflict to the north Of Ypres.
Desperate charges carried the day for
the allies at Hollebecke and Mes.
sines, towns captured by the kaiser's
legions Saturday, and as result OF
the clashes the allies we're able to re.
capture these towns. The losses OF
the invaders were terrific and thou.
sands of killed and wounded were left
on the field when the Germans were
forced to give ground.
At Souain, where the French re-
sumed the offensive, the enemy was
repulsed and the French were able to
make slight progress, says the official
announcement. This was also true
Of the fighting in the Vosges, where
the fighting resulted in the taking OF
the heights of Versines De Sainte
Marine.
From Berlin the dispatches say that
the fighting continues to be severe.
but that the situation remains the
same as after the fighting of the day
previous. They announce that the ad-
vances of the French along the center
Of the battle line have been checked
and that they have made slight ad.
vances in the region of scissors.
As showing the huge German
losses In the Ypres region it is stated
hat the British soldiers have buried
moro than $4,000 Germans" says a
message to the Weekly Dispatch from
enA- of 1ta correspondents in Relgium.
The telegram continues:
There are many great piles of the
German dead around Dixmunde, that
e has been impossible to bury on &C.
count Of the continuous fighting. Dix.
0unde Is q heap of ruins. The only
hhabitant remaining is an aged peas.
ant woman who refuses to quit her
ruined home.
German aeroplanes have been very
active. The aviators' aim with bombs
= improving. On Thursday they land
"a I'VE bombs in the town square at
Ypres, wounding three people"
The way to Bruges is now open
% the allies owing to their recapture
e Roulois, and the Germans are dig.
ging trenches behind Client with
fsverish energy. To do this is to an.
1ounce their retreat" This statement
= made in the Observer in dispatch
dated "Near the Franco-Belgion From.
tier" The message continues:
their (the Germans) losses have
boen enormous. A German officer cap.
tzred on Saturday estimates that
tAere have been 10000 killed or
wounded since the occupation of Os.
tend In northwest Flanders alone.
Whole batteries and battalions have
been annihilated by the shell fire from
the warships. Thousands have been
drowned as the result of the opening
oe the dikes. In hand to hand fighting
the German losses have far exceeded
those of the allies. Thousands OF
bodies of Germans floating on the In
land sea bear bayonet wounds.
"Only the main roads and railroad
fRaAho xopooin ovnacoa ohora %b n
flooded area. The shattered German
regiments are being given no time to
reform and amalgamate. They are
abandoning their wounded, guns and
transports. Unless their fleet comes
out to create a diversion they will be
driven from the Belgian coast within
q week"
The Official bulletins are as follows:
FRENCH.
There is nothing new to report on
the Newport and Dixmunde front
The Germans have continued their
fierce attacks throughout the region
to the north, east and south ofsYpres
An these attacks have been repulsed
and we have made slight progress to
the north OF Ypres and progressed
perceptibly to the eastward of this 10.
cality.
AT daybreak hostile forces, de-
bauching from the Lys, succeeded in
seixing Holebecke and .Messines, but
these two villages were retaken to
ward evening by a vigorous counter
attack on the part of the allied forces.
ION the rest of the battle front on
Saturday there was violent cannonad-
ing and several unsuccessful counter
attacks of the enemy, which were in
tended to recover the ground con-
Quered by us during the last few days.
The struggle is still very violent
n the Argonne region, where the
Germans, however, have made no pro
Eress.
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