The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30
Warships Of A!|ies Force
T3utOnS to Abandon
Coast Attack.
HEAVY FIGHTING AGAIN
IN PROGRESS IN POLAND
No Decision Reached in Contest. But
Both Russians and Austro-German
Armies Claim Many Prisoners
Turkey Again Declares
Her Neutrality.

London, Oct. 26.-It appear from
official reports issued from German
and French headquarters that the Ger
mans, finding it impossible to advance
along the coast toward Dunkirk. owing
to the fire from the British and French
warships, took a route a little LAore in
land and have succeeded in crossing
the User canal, which the Belgians
have beer defending stubbornly for a
week past, to the west Of Dixmude.
Germans Hold Ypres.
The Germans also have made prog
ress to the northwest of Ypres and
still are in possession of Roulers, tow
ards which the allies were advancing
last week and at n time were report
ed to have captured. The Germans
claim to have taken 500 British troops
In the fighting in this neighborhood.
OF the gains claimed by the Ger
mans, the French reports made no
mention, dismissing the battle with:
There is no change to report be-
tween the sea and the region around
Arras."
Weather Adds to Trials.
To add to the trials Of the troops a
short spell of fine weather has given
place to another downpour of rain,
which will convert the lowlands Of
Flanders into great lakes.
OF the battles on the center and left
wing the German report does not
speak, but the French declare they are
maintaining their positions in the Ar
gonne and on the heights of the Meuse,
and have destroyed three more Ger
man batteries. From unofficial sources
it is learned that the French have
made some advances in the mountains
along the Alsace border.
Great Battle ia Poland.
In Poland a very heavy battle now
Is in progress between the Fortresses
OF Ivangorod and Radon, where the
Germans and Austrians, who we're de-
feated in the first attempt to cross the
Vistula before the former city, have
made a. stand against the Russians,
who have followed in the hope of de-
stroying them.
Both sides have, according to their
own reports, made prisoners and cap
tured guns, but the battle, which ex-
tends ove a front Of 26 miles, has not
yet been decided.
The Austrians are still making a
bold effort to cross the River San and
are carrying o. a splendid fight south
of Przemysl In the hope Of reaching
and recapturing Lemberg.
Montenegrins Withdraw.
The Montenegrins admit that they
have had to Withdraw to their previ-
Gus positions along the Bosnian from
tier after an attack by a superior
force of Austrians. The latter, in fact,
seem to be fighting in a manne of
which their first performance in the
war hardly gave promise.
Turkey, which it was believed at
one time had decided to throw in her
lot with Germany, again has assured
the ambassadors Of Great Britain,
France and Russia that she intends to
maintain her policy of neutrality.
Turkey. however, continues her mill
tary activities and Is collecting trans
port animals, which, It is said, are des-
tined for the Egyptian frontier.
1t is considered that strong Russian
forces on the Turkish border have In
nuenced her.
No Decisive Battle Vet.
London, Oct. 26.-The Germans
have undertaken q general offensive
movement along the line extending
from the mouth of the River User on
the North Sea to the River Meuse, and
while they have compelled the allies
to give ground in ONE places, they
themselves have lost positions in 9TH
ers. This, in a few words. is what is
gathered from official reports from the
French and the German headquarters.
Although 1t is now just two months
since the allies concentrated on the
France-Belgian frontier to oppose the
German advance and the invaders
have been almost to Paris and back in
the interval. no decisive battle has
been fought. Neither side has destroy
ed or even partly destroyed an army.
Even the Belgian army escaped almost
intact after the country was overrun
by the Germans.
The same can be said Of operations
In the east where the armies of Rus
STA, Germany and Austria are fighting
except in the case Of Lieut.. General
Samsonoff, the Russian commander,