The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-16
Germa4- Continue Deadly Assaults While Water Fills Trenches will Con tinue Campaign to Reach Channel Forts French Claim Slight Advantage.
Large Force of Germans Re ported Cut off at Dixmude By Floods Russians Con centrate to oapure Ora. cow Attitude of Mos lems Worries England.

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 lerns Worries England.
 The battle of Flanders was continued today with the same ferocity which has consistently marked this crucial struggle since it began more than month ago. From French sources came reports Of minor advantages in the fighting but the great issue there, as on the eastern frontier of Germany. still hung in the balance. Der lin made the statement that three British warships, part Of the fleet which has been assist ing ahe allies to stem the Ger man onrush toward the English Channel, have been disabled.
 Of greater importance to Great Britain than any of the days passing events was the question of the attitude in the world war to be taken by the
 millions of MosIems in her Go lonial possessions. Reports emanating from Germany were thai the MosIeIns in some in stances at least were siding with the Sultan of Turkey, to whom they owe spiritual al- legiance as against Great Bri- tain.
 The German attack in the ex- treme west is shifting slowly southward in Belgium, toward the French border. The conn l try to the west of Dixmude has Ibeen transformed by the tap ping of canals and the heavy rains, into 8 vast swamp in (which heavy fighting is almost l impossible. South of Dix nude the French war office isaid today, renewed German lefforts to cross the Yser Canal were beaten back with the de- struction of a German regi- 1ment. The French claim the lrecapture of positions taken re- l'eently by the. enemy. Else where along the battle line the fighting has once more relaxed, being limited chiefly to artil- llePy engagements.
 The British warships men toned by Berlin as having been disabled by German artillery fire from the shore are all small vessels. They are the torpedo boat destroyer Falcon, the light cruiser Brilliant, and thes loop of war Bina1do. No details of the extent of damage inflicted are given by Berlin, which has the report from Geneva
 Floods Cut orr Germans In London, it Is rurnoxed tnae O large force Of Germans around Dix nude has been cut or by the hooda. The inundated country now extends south Of Dixnxfde to within three miles Of Baxschoote. about half way to the French border. In other sec lions snow has fallen and the hard ships endured by the men on the dr- ing line as described by persons re- turning from the front are hightdul- At points the Germans are said to have been literally swept out of their trenches by the foods Guns and am intuition wagons are fmbedded in the mud and countless corpses float about.
 IS The Russians apparently ar8 Gan- centrating their efforts on the cap ture of Cracow and Przemysl Sn an efrort to crush completely the Aus trian army before making thelr main advance on German territory. Con verging forces are marching on Cra- COW, the siege of which is believed in Petrogradt to be near.
 The Austrian garrison at FrSsn4ysl according to an odacial Austrian state xnent, made a successful sortie- Prom the same source it is reported that She Germans are maSsing their forces at strategic points in the eastern prov incesz Of Posen and Silesias preparing for the expected Russian advance.
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