The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-22
THE FIGHTING HAS
AGAIN REVERTED
TO THE TRENCHES
DESPERATE ENCOUNTERS TAX.
ING PLACE ALL ALONG LINE.
PROGRESS WILL NOW Be SLOW
No Confirmation Of Reported Recap.
ture Of 5ruaes by Allies - Ger
mans Are Evidently Changing
Plans Of Campaign.

F'aHs " SanPdl9ns
Berlin, by way Of the Hague and
London, Oct 21.The war Office to.
day announced that while severe
fighting Is in progress along the line
of the User river in Belgium there
has as yet been no decisive result.
1t stated that the Germans are grad
ually gaining ground in the general
direction of Dunkirk The German
fright wing is slowly advancing from
Lille and although the allies are
maintaining particularly stubborn
defense they are being pushed back.
The fighting is said to be general all
along the right wing. The assaults
on Verdun continue, and additional
Iartillery is being brought to the
front. All along the heights OF the
Mouse the lighting continues.
Fleet Aiding Land Forces.
London, Oct. 21.-The allies are att
tempting a turning movement in
France and Belgium This much was
admitted at military headquarters.
NC DCllC1 ID GuAAGnb Iuetb WndL ID
being aimed at Is the rolling back OF
the German right from the vicinity
lof Newport and Ostend 1t is admit.
tied that the fleet Is in action and
THAT the naval brigade is cooperating
with the Belgians, the inference from
which IS that the German extreme
fright has been found weaker than
was anticipated and that the allies
are taking advantage OF this fact be-
fore additional reinforcements can be-
brought into action. The war office
STATED that there Is no reason 70
doubt that the allies are on the often
stye.
Both armies In Trenches.
Paris, Oct. 2I.-Despte severe
fighting in progress in the north
there is a growing feeling here that
the real German objective is not the
line from Dunkirk east, II is con.
sidered certain that the attempt to
take Dunkirk will be pushed and it
is admitted at military headquarters
that German achievements are
looming up but it is also insisted that
the German General staff must real
ize by now that Generals Won Kluck
and Won Boehm cannot break through
the strong allied line.
Germans Try to Divert Attention.
In consequence attention is being
paid to the operations of the Germans
on their left center against Verdun
Another offensive Is developing there
Ialthough the Germans claim to have
actually reduced some of the Verdun
forts is denied. 1t is believed this
movement is desperate attempt on
the part of the Germans to divert the
French from their Alsace-Lorraine
operations but If so they can hardly
succeed.
| Fierce Fighting Last Night.
Reports received here from the
north says that fierce lighting mark
ed last night in the lightly wooded
sections at Becelaer, Hooge, and
lGhetuvelt, east of Ypres. The Ger.
mans also made an attack in force on
the allied lines extending from Ar.
mentieres to Bailleul and then north.
west to Topermighe but were re.
pulsed with loss. The main German
offensive in the north is developing
now from Lille while at the same
time attempts are being made to keep
the allies farther south engaged by
heavy artillery fire.
| NO SOUUTmdIlOn OF Report
London, Oct 21.-No confirmation
has been received of the dispatch
from Dunkirk which said: The news
PAPER Nord Maritime says that the
allies have driven 5000 Germans out
of Bruges and that the allies are now
in possession"
German Advance Checked.
London, Oct. 2l-The British wal
Office is confident that the German
movement to invade France by way
of the sea coast has been checked
: While severe lighting in this zone
can be expected for long time to
come the situation now on the north
line in France is exactly parallel TO
that which exists further south. Both
sides are already intrenched and can
be expected to dig themselves in so
that il will be hard to make any
progress either way,
Progress Win BE Slow.
The only obstacle is the fiat char
acter of the country which is now
Doggy from the recent rains but both
sides have learned their lesson and
all reports here show that the trench
, es will be thoroughly drained and
fairly sanitary. The Germans have
, brought up their heavy artillery TO
the north. This fact shows that they
will now attempt to push forward
step by step intrenching as they pro-
} coed.
Fighting All Along the Line.
All Information received BY the
1 lwar oiilce shows the general situa.
Q ltlon along the entire battle line IN
France Improving There Is constant
/; lnehtin6 On the east 10 the tefTif0ry