The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-28
French Official Statement. for Third Successive Day, Reports Germans Line IsI Being Turned Details. Are Lacking.
British Fleet of Coast Re. ported to Be Resuming Its Part In Biggest Battle of. War Cold Weather Halts Eastern Conflict.

War-Cold Weather Halts
 Eastern Conflict.
 The great battle for posses sion of the strip of coast run ming along the North Sea to Ca lais is said by the French to be1 swinging slowly in favor of the2 allies forces. The assaults oil countless German troops which ] apparently attained the height of human effort, were met with ] equal courage and ferocity andl today the offensive efforts off ] the Germans were said to be relaxing.
 For the third successive dayg the French official statements asserted the advantage lay witll8 the allies. It is noticeable however, that the French ! claims in each instance have been vague and bare of detail as to the capture of the towns or localities which may be set , down oh the map as marking a definite advance at any point.
 While progress, 2 advance" or gains, reported at various sections of the line are not closely indicated from unoffi- cial reports from the front. it is inferred that in the main the conflict is raging along practi- ftally the same lines as hereto fore and that the deadlock has not been broken
 Londen reports. unofficially that the fiercest German attack El1as been. diverted from the sea coast to the south in the line between Dixmude and Ypres. This may possibly be explained . by assertions that the British fleet off the coast said to have been driven off for 8 time by Germans, has resumed its bonn bardment, with telling effect, it is said, upon the Germans.
 Eastward along the main ! course of battle, where compar ! alive calm prevailed for sew I eral weeks, there are further ! indications that heavy action i has been resumed. Yester- days official French statement referred to successful attacks f on the Germans at the center ! and eastern end of the line. In ] today's statement it is said that I the Germans attempted a vio- lent offensive movement at . Craonne. This attack, it is said, was repulsed.
 Weather Is Factor.
 An unusually early winter threatens untold hardships for the invading Germans and the disastrous experi- encesl of Napoleon in his march on Moscow are recalled by despatohes stating that heavy blizzards are rag ing in western Russia.
 The rebellion in South Africa. led by Christian We Wet, the famous op- ponent of Lord Kitchener in the Boer war and General Beyers, former com mander of the military forces in.South Africa, sets a new menace to Great Britain which causes no little con eern. No word had come up to early l afternoon to indicate whether this new revolt had assumed formidable proportions. Coming so quickly after the suppression of the uprising under Col. Naritz it was believed to indicate that England was facing a serious problem in her colonies won with such effort.
 The main assault on Tsing4Tau has again been postponed by the Japan csc Tokio reports that the attack on the German fortress has been delayed by storms, but that the preliminary bombardment was proceeding from land and sea, causing much damage to the German forts
 Another exploit of the famous Ger man cruiser Emden is related in the sinking of a small Japanese steamer which was proceeding to Singapore. This latest achievement of the Emden apparently disposes of the report that T trade was open and that the Fmden ! twas accounted for
 More than 2,Oo0 automobiles. deeked with flowers and flags, will take pars ! in the parade this. evening in the pa