The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-11-05

Lull lin Big Battle.
The battle of the User and the
series of fights which has taken place
along the whole front in Belgium and
France appear, with the troops now
exhausted, to have degenerated into
numerous isolated attacks and counter
attacks, in which the gains and losses
are about equally divided between the
com batants.
On that part of the battle front
nearest the sea where the Germans
have delivered repeated attacks with
daily increasing forces, in their effort
to make their way to Dunkirk and
eventually to Calais, and where the
Allies have offered stubborn resist
ance, there has been another day OF
comparative calm.
Allies on Their Toes.
The situation around La Basse is
being carefully watched. The Ger
mans have adopted the tactics which
proved so successful at Antwerp. They
are apparently endeavoring to drive
wedge into the Allies by sheer
weight of gunfire North of Lille all
continues well though the Germans
have brought up powergul reserves
The Belgians once more are in the
thick of the fray.
Germans to Renew Attacks.
There is every evidence, however,
that the Germans intend to renew
their attempt to force their way
through to Dunkirk. They are bring
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tion and guns, but at the same time
are taking the precauion to prepare
a second line Of defense, should their
forward movement again meet with
defeat
The new attempt, it is believed, Will
be made further inland, for the failure
OF the first one was largely due to the
bombardment that the troops and ar
tillery had to undergo from the Brit
ish and French warships off the coast
OF Belgium.
This cessation of heavy fighting
seems to have extended along the line
as far as Arras, and the result OF 1t
all is that the Germans, while they
have suffered heavy losses and have
inflicted similar punishment on the
Allies, are farther away from the
French coast than they were at the
beginning Of the battle.
Five Nations in tho Battle.
The fighting along the Belgian coast
probably is the most picturesque bat
tie ever fought. On shore the troops
OF five nations are fighting-the Aus
trians and Germans on one side. the
French. Belgian and English on the
other side. At sea British monitors.
gunboats. destroyers and submarines
are fighting side by side with French
warships, while at the same time they
are being subjected to attacks by Ger
man submarines and airships.
Prepare for Winter Campaign.
There is not the slightest doubt
now that the Germans are contem-
plating active operations all winter.
Their troops have all been supplied
with heavy sheepskin overcoats. leg
gings and gloves, and reports received
through Belgian sources say enor-
nous quantities Of winter supplies
have been stored at the base in the
vicinity of AK lie Chappelle.
Russians Advancing Again.
The entire Russian army is
again advancing against the Aus
tro-German forces. Advices from
the front indicate that the Austrian
troops in Galicia are being enveloped
by the Russian left, while the Rus
sian center and right are driving the
Germans back upon their advanced
lines OF defense inside of the East
Prussia frontier. After more than
week of fighting along the San river
the Austrians have now begun to re-
treat from the southern section.
Admit Russian Victory.
The German and Austrian troops in
Poland, according to an official an
nouncement issued in Berlin, have
been forced to withdraw before frest
| Russian forces, advancing from Ivan
gorod, Warsaw and Novogeorgievsk
after having repulsed all former Rus
sian attacks.
Will This Country Heip2
Reports to the Belgian legation AT
Washington of the misera BILE condi-
tions among the inhabitants of the
captured country, whose fields and
storehouses have been ravaged and
laid waste by four armies. have
prompted the Belgian minister, Mr..
Havenith. to redouble his efforts tc
obtain funds in the United States fo1
the relief of his destitute people.
! Open Way for Belgian Relief.
| AS a result of the urgent represen-
tations made to the foreign office by
w. II. Page, the American ambassa-
| dor the British government has given
its permission for the raising of the
existing embargo for foodstuffs to the
extent of allowing ships to depart for