The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-11-14
GERMANS DR. VEN
FROM OixMUOE
kaisef's Troops Forced to
Evacuate Belgian Town.
THEIR ATIA.kS REPELLEO
The Angio-British Forces Resume
Offensive Along User and From Sea
to the Lys.


Offensive Along User and From Sea
to the Lys.
London, Nov. 14.-Repulsing all the
violent attacks of the German forces
and resuming the offensive, the aiNei
armies along the battle front III bei'
GUM are reported to have pushao
back the kaiser's troops in that sec
ton of the front and gained some
points of vantage.
This news was confined in the CT
fetal dispatches from Paris.
A report from the correspondent
of the Central News III the NORTH OF
France says the Germans have Deen
driven from Dixmude, the center o!
tie fierce fighting OF the last three
days. This report could not be verl'
lied at official headquarters.
"The Germans" the correspondent
says, had not long in which to con-
graduate themselves on their sslz~re
OF the mass of ruins which once was
the ill-starred town of DiXmude. They
were sprayed with shrapnel and high
explosive shells until determination
threatened them. The appearance Oh
French marines in a bayOnet charge
RAPIDLY convinced them that the
death rate would be too high If they
remained. Hence DiXmude is ours
again.
1.-THE Germans have made slight
advance against Ypres. but it is
doubtful If they hold the village OF
Steloi.
AT La Bassee the Germans are
attempting to drive wedge into the
allied line by a concentrated heavy
gun fire. There has been consider
able bulge In the line here for soma
time, but the allies hold their posi-
tons on either flank"
All reports from the battle zone In
Belgium are conflicting as to the re-
suits of the sanguinary conflict that
has been raging there for week. but
the Paris statement says the German
attacks have been repulsed and that
counter attacks by the allies have
swept back the invaders at many
points. From the sea to the Lys the
German action, while still heavy, Is
less violent than during the preceding
DAYS, and that after the check to the
Germans the allies resumed the often
sive.
According to the French commune
cation the allies have progressed to
the south of Bixschoote, while farther
east and in the region of Ypres the
allies have, by a counter attack, re.
taken a village lost three days ago.
Thus the storm center of the bat.
tie ground in Belgium presents no
apparent change in front as result
of the desperate fighting that has
been waged by both sides. While ad.
vances have been made by both op.
posing armies they have been SO
Alight that the battle front has sui.
fered no great change.
Farther to the south Of Ypres and
near the French frontier the alliei
forces have repulsed vigorous attacks
by the Germans, but have been unable
to launch counter attacks. AT other
places along that section Of the bat.
tie front only cannonades are men.
toned in the Paris official statement.
Advices from Berlin tell of the Ger
man successes along the User, where
the kaiser's legions are battling in a
desperate endeavor to gain the chan.
mel coast. They say they have inflict-
ed heavy losses on the enemy, and
that at Newport 700 prisoners wer /,
taken, while farther to the east dur.
ing the attacks at Ypres 100 prison
ers were taken.
The official bulletins are as follows:
FRENCH.
"From the sea to the Lys the Ger
man action has not been SO strong
and on some parts of the front we
ourselves have taken the offensive.
1--WE have progressed to the south
Of Bixschoote (six miles south OF
Dixmude).
ITO the east Of Ypres we have re-
taken by a counter attack village
which had been lost.
ITO the south of Ypres we have
repulsed an offensive movement Of
the Prussian Guard.
ION the other part Of the front only
cannonades are mentioned.
Several efforts of the Germans tn
cross the User canal, at the western
outlet from Dixmude, and at other
points of passage-were checked. Gen
orally speaking, our positions have
been maintained without change.
ITO the north, to the east and to
fhA south of Ynres attacks of the en-.