Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-28
GERMANS BREAK
THROUGH ALLIES;
USER IS CROSSED
French Admit TeutonS Advance
Toward Dunkirk.
OSTEND SHELLED BY SHIPS
Submarine Attack Is Repulsed-40,0 00
Reinforce Kaiser's Men in Bel
gium-Invaders Said to Have
Lost 10000 in Fight.

defense in the battle of Flanders has
been broken by the Germans advanc-
ing toward the coast, and large force
of the invaders has effected a crossing
of the User canal between Newport
and Dixmude, directly east of Dunkirk.
The force is believed to be part of
the 400, 900 troops rushed to the front
by the Germans from the garrisoned
positions at the rear of the fighting
line. They are reported to have ar
rived just in time to turn the retreat
which the French war Office claimed
Saturday into a victory. Both the
French and German official statements
tell of the advance of the Germans
across the User and describe the bat
tie which preceded it as a furious one.
AS to the fighting in the vicinity of
Lille and Ypres, the war offices are not
in corresponding accord, the Germans
claiming to have advanced slowly
after heavy fighting, while the French
say the attacks south and west of Lille
were repulsed.
Contradictory reports are also re-
ceived of the fighting in the Argonne
forest, where admittedly a great battle
has been raging during the past week.
The French claim to have wiped out a
regiment of German infantry while the
German war office says it's troops adj
vanced and captured several machine
guns, besides shooting down two
French aeroplanes.
Attack German Submarine.
London, Oct. 26.-Bombardment OF
Ostend by the British vessels, which
are no longer required to aid the left
flank of the Belgian line resting on
the coast, was begun in earnest. Their
target was the German batteries about
Ostend, but one of six shells which fell
short of the range struck the Hotel
Majestic, where the German staff was
dining, according to a dispatch to the
Amsterdam Telegram. Several other
buildings were damaged.
Recapture of Ostend by the Allies is
imminent, as the advance column of
Belgians, relieved of the pressure
against it by the change of the Ger
man front in the direction of DiXmude,
is reported to have made remarkable
progress. 1t is now ready to strike at
the remaining German forces at Os-
tend in the rear while the British ships
are bombarding from the sea.
From Oostburg, Netherlands, dis
patch tells Of heavy firing heard in the
direction of Ostend, which was rapidly
increasing in volume. Strong forces
of troops in several columns are
marching from Bruges in the direction
of Ostend for the pun pose of re-enforc-
ing the inadequate German garrison at
that point.
Contrary to previous published re-
ports, Roulers is declared still to be in
the hands of the Germans.
Submarine attacks on the British
and French ships operating between
Newport and Ostend are incessant.
The attack was foiled by the discOv-
cry of the German submarines pres
ence within striking distance of
British cruiser by a British aeroplane,
which dropped a projectile near the
point where the submarines periscope
had cut the surface of the water.
At the same time warning was sig
nailed to the British ship, which, how
ever, had already scented the danger
and shell was fired into the water.
The shot was without result except
that the operations of the submarine
were interrupted.
Germans Reinforced.
Fresh German troops numbering in
the neighborhOod of four hundred thou
sand are being hurried from Germany
by way of Antwerp and Bruges to the
fighting line in the vicinity Of Dix
nude, where the full strength of the
German attack is being directed
against the allied line in the north.
Here the Germans are making the
supreme effort of the Belgian cam
paign and are massing troops for a
final attack which will mark the eli
max of the battle of Flanders, the
greatest in the history of the war.
AS soon as the German REINFORCE
ments arrive on the line they are
hurried into the trenches, which are
waist deep in water.
One spectacular feature of the fight
ing of the past two days was a bay
onet charge by the Belgians during
a fog. The troops of King Albert,
creeping forward close to the German
trenches, suddenly leaped forward and
captured a strong detached body Of
Germans without firing a shot, al
though the fighting with the bayOnet
was of the most ferocious and deadly
character.
The attack is being centered upon
DiXmude, we'll to the south of the
coast line, to escape the long range
guns of Admiral Hoods fotilla of
British monitors and the squadron OF
British and French battleships oper-
ating on the coast and in the chan
nels of the User canal.
BeIgians retire From Canal.
Paris, Oct. 26.-The Germans In q