The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
SOLDIERS WALTON
IN SLUSHY SNOW
ON FIRING LINE
Miserable Weather Conditions
Make Necessary More FIRE.
quent Shifts of Men
In Trenches.
GERMANS MAKING SNUG
Row After Row of Winter Quar-
ters Prepared For Back
ward Moves-Battle
Still Undecided.
M MAKING SNUG

Berlin, Nov. II, Cby wireless).-
London).-An official announce
ment given out in Berlin his aft
ernoon says:
In the western arena of the
war, both sides showed only mod
crate activity yesterday on &C
count of storm.
I'm Flanders our attacks are
progressing slowly, but in the rest
of the Argonne we have OBJ
tanned further important sue
cesseS.'
London, Nov. 17.-The battle in Elan
ders was continued today witt the
same ferocity that has consistently
marked this crucial struggle since it
began more han a mont 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
balanc
The German attack, in the extreme
west, is shifting slowly southwark in
Belgium oward the French border.
The country to the west of Dixmude
has been transformed, by the tapping
OF canals and the heavy rains, into a
vast swamp. in which heavy fighting
is ilIllOSL Impossible. SOulD OF DlXInuQe,
the French war office said today, re-
newed German efforts to cross the User
canal We're beaten back with the de-
struction of a German regiment.
The French claim the recapture Of
positions taken recently by the enemy.
Elsewhere along the line the fighting
has once more relaxed, being limited
chiefly to artillery engagements.
Still In Deadlock.
The armies Of the allies and Ger
many remain deadlocked in West Elan
ders, today. along the battle line where
pect of further intermittent artillery
duels and infantry clashes, which, for
more than a month. have been swing
ing back and forth without definite re-
suit.
The snow and the general adverse
weather conditions will make neces-
sary more frequent shifts of men in
the trenches and there will be sick
ness, especially lung and throat affec-
lions. In short, trench warfare, already
laborious 4 exhausting, will become
a greater ordeal. The Germans have
not abandoned their attempt to reach
the French coast towns, and yet they
have not advanced. Today, according
to the claims of the allies, the Ger
mans are back on the right bank Of
the User, having been forced to re-
lease their grip on points on the left
bank held SO stubbornly by them last
week. This retirement of the breadth
of the river is described in official
communications given out in Paris last
night as the most noteworthy Incl
dent of the day." and it shows how
little change there has been elsewhere.
either in Belgium or in France.
In the meantime the Germans are
putting the finishing touches to the
defenses stretching in row after row
from Ostend to the Dutch border and
should their present lines be broken,
/ {11oy- ~,~l L1,, LIN 80
In these snug and carefully prepared
| positions.
Expect Further onsIauehts.
The cheerful note sounded by the
|, British official announcements of yes
terday, indicating that Ypres, Armen-
!, there's. Bethune, Arras and other in
land gates to the seacoast remain SO
far i~mpregnable barriers to all the
!, German assaults, Is responsible for
much optimism. While the vigor Of the
Teutonic offensive may ave slackenad,
there is at the present moment little,
If any, indication Of a resolve on the
part of the German commanders to
abandon the plans which already have
, cost them so dearly.
At least one more comprehensive
attempt to break through the allied
, lines, therefore, is expected before the
next phase of the operations opens.
This phase, it is thought in London,
, granted that the German advance is
| not continued, will be the siege of the
trenches carefully prepared by the
/ Germans in the rear of their present
lines.
+ The forecasts of these strategists
point out that the allies are under no
!. ~compulsion to force the issue at the
present stage. They consequently an
tlctlpate a development of holding
8 tactics with a view Of keeping the
German armies in the western arena
e busy while the Russian masses, 1000
! miles to the eastward. are moving for
ward to the struggle for the possession
: of Silesia, Posen and east Prussia.
! The calculations are made without
any knowledge Of the plans of the
. Berlin staff to alter the situation as il
, exists today.
What Allies Claim.
The text of the French communities
J, ton follows:
r During the day of yesterday along
country up the river from Dixmude.
9 the fighting was limited to artillery ex-
: changes.
1.-The country, having been further
: inundated. the submerged territory now
stretches to the south of Dixmude tc
a point five kilometers 6 miles) north
n Of Bixschoote.
r "The forces of the enemy, which en-.
/ deavored to cross the canal between
r the region of Dixmude and Bixschoote
all We're driven pack beyond the
bridges. A German regiment was com.
z pletely destroyed at a point south q
n Bixschoote.
3 ITO the southeast of Ypres two 9th.
err German attacks We're repulsed. or
our part, We have taken the offensive
and reconqnered certain points of sup
s. port. which the enemy. some days ago
succeeded in capturing.
: Between the Lys and the Disc there
have been only operations of minor i'm.
: portance and partial progress made b,
our advanced positions.
In the region of the Aisne and il
the ssshampagne country there lavs
peen artillery exchanges without re.