Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-19

places are being taken by fresh troops
of the second line. Other regiments
which have been almost two months
in the trenches are being relieved.
The bloody highroad from Menin to
Ypres continues to be the most stub
bornly contested area Of this battle
front. Fresh stories Of heroism come
from there daily and it is not only the
allies who are fighting with astound-
ing bravery, but the Germans are con-
ducting themselves as foe to be re-
spected as well as hated for they en-
duce reverse after reverse, only to
come back with that bulldog tenacity
that is the mark of the fighter who
does not know when he is beaten.
Fight in the Air.
Berlin, Nov. 19.-The defeat of a
French attack on the western slope
of the Argonne forest is announced
in an official report here today. 1t
also tells briefly of battle in the
air between aviators of the German
and allies armies. One German aerial
scout is missing.
French Statement.
Paris, Nov. 19.-An official state
ment issued by the war office this
afternoon reads as follows:
"At the north yesterday was marked
by recrudescence of activity on the
part Of the enemy's artillery, particu-
larly between the sea and Lys. There
was no attack by infantry.
Between the Disc and Aisne opera
tions around Tracy lie Val terminated
favorably for our troops. 1t must be
remembered that we took that viii
lage few days ago. Day before yes
terday the Germans attempted to re-
capture it, after having taken our first
trenches, but a vigorous counter at
tack by our Algerian contingent threw
the enemy back and we took from him
all the ground we had lost and inflict-
ed heavy loss upon him.
Gin the Argonne we maintained our
position.
"On the rest of the front there is
nothing to report"
Fight in Water.
London, Nov. 19-The floods let
loose when the dykes of User canal
were dynamited in Belgium have
caused intense suffering to the Brit
ish and Belgian troops as we'll as to
the Germans. The latter are plunging
forward in attacks wherever the water
is shallow and have forced the allied
troops also to advance in order to
withstand the efforts to take their
positions.
At some points the opposing SOL
diers have fought hand-to-hand bat
ties with water to their knees. Great
numbers of the troops have been in
by rheumatism and kim
dred ailments. The soldiers are un-
able to warm or drv themselves after
being in the water for hours. This is
due to the fact that as soon as they
light fire in the trenches the smoke
reveals the pits to the Germans and
then the shivering "Tommies" are
shelled by the enemy.
The Bigger Navy.
Washington, Nov. 19.-Sentiemrit
for the four battleship idea of the ma
val board headed by Admiral Dewey
is fast growing. Congress intends to
take broad view of the problem if
sentiments expressed today are any
criterion.
owe want a warship fast enough
to catch anything afloat and strong
enough to throttle it when it gets
it," was the way Senator Benjamin
Tillman of South Carolina, chairman
of the Senate committee on naval af-
fairs, put himself on record as to an
enlarged navy program for the next
Congress.
Fear Being Involved.
Washington, Nov. 19.-Fear that
the United States might become en-
broilcd in the European war as the
outcome of the firing by the Turks