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Struggle With Allies in North
France and With SlaVs In
P0land---NOW Control
Ghentand Antwerp.
ALLIES BLOCK MARCH
Teutonic Advance On French Coast
Towns Checked-czar's Army
Reported to be Retreatins
from PrzemysI.
Summary Of Events. }


Two great battles, one in north.
-ern France and Belgium, the other
In Russian Poland, each with a
front of three hundred miles, have
reached their height-but the
public is allowed only an occa-
siOnal glance of their progress
through official communications,
which frequently are widely at
variance.
Battle FaVors Allies.
From the French report it appears
that the western battle is going slow
ly but surely in favor Of the Allies.
Under the pressure of the troops of
the Allies, the Germans, who started
to advance on Calais and other French
coast ports, have been forced to evac-
uate the left bank of the Lys River,
which is considerable distance east
or the points their advance guards
reached last week Further east in
the Lens district and southwark be
tween Arras and Albert, where the
Germans made their initial attempt to
work around the Allies left, the Brit
ish and French have made notable
progress"
Germans Control Belgium.
The German army now controls Bel
GUM almost completely. Antwerp,
chief seaport and temporary capital,
and Client have been added to the
list of cities under the kaiser's rule.
Ostend, famous seaside resort, is un-
der siege. The seat of government
and royal family fled from Antwerp
to Ostend, and from there went to
Havre, France. Antwerp was fined
$1O0,0O0,00O for resisting the Ger
mans
No More German FIanks.
Although the Germans have failed
to break the Allied line and have
themselves been compelled to give
ground, they are now in better posi-
ton, having a front which stretches
from the Swiss frontier to Antwerp
and Dutch territory, so that there are
no TANKS which the Allies can turn.
The Allies can attempt to break the
line, however, and this is believed to
be what they are trying to do on the
Belgian frontier.
Took 1000 at Antwerp.
An official report received from Ger
man army headquarters says four
thousand prisoners were taken at Ant
werp and more than five hundred
guns.
Germans Get Fresh Troops.
Regular traffic on the main lines in
Germany has been suspended the last
four days to allow the transportation
as quickly as possible to the western
field, of an army of ninety thousand
freshly trained men,.
Boer Command ReVoIts.
A strong command of the Boel
army in the British Union of South
Africa has revolted and the govern
or has placed the entire Cape Colony
under martial law. The revolt was
engineered and led by Colonel Maritz
secretly a German army officer, who
received arms, materials of war and
money from Germany. Recovering
from the first shock of the news
that organized revolt now menacet
British authority in South Africa
London has received word tina
from nearly every part of the unior
pledges were coming in fast from the
Beers to fight the rebellion led by Col
onel MaritZ.
AeropIane Bombs Deadly.
During the last week German avi
ators have flown several times Owe
Paris, killing five persons ana
wounding nearly forty by dropping
bombs Property damage has beer
small During the last. day of the
siege of Antwerp German aviator
dropped bombs on the city, killing
twenty non-cOmbatants.
Fighting Great Battle.
Under conditions of the utmost sc
crecy the Teutonic Allies and the Rus
SLAMS are at present engaged in wha
may prove one of the most decisive
combats of the war. This conflic
is being fought in Russian Poland.
The main German armies in Rus
sian Poland are moving toward the
Vistula river on a north and soutl