Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-31
Paris Reports Slight Check to
the kaiser's Forces in
Northern France.
OSTEND TERRORIZED
Panic-Stricken ReIeians Crowd Docks
in Effort to Get Away-Hard
Fight at Lassigny-Germans
Take Lille.
--latest Dfsbatc.zeS.

--latest Disbate.zes.l
London,-The Germans will meet q
| stubborn resistance to their attempt
| to extend their right through Pas de
Calais to the French northern ports.
The Allies have taken the offensive
already in this region, compelling the
Germans to fall back.
1t is fully expected, however, that
the Germans will reach Ostend and
other ports in the northwest of Bel
GUM, if they have not already done
SO.
Tells of Allies Gains.
A few days ago the German cavalry
were fighting as far west as Haze
brouck and Cassel, but now, accord
ing to the French official communica-
tion the front of this battle extends
from La Bassee through Estaires to
Bailleul on the Belgian frontier, while
across the border the Allies have oc-
cupied Ypres. This is a distinct gain
for the Allies and shows that the Ger
man attempt to work around their left
has failed, the German right being
bent back toward Lille and Courtral,
both of which places the invaders hold
with strong forces.
both sides hope will bring about a de-
cisive result in the long drawn out
battle will be struck. 1t is for this
reason that the Germans will be able
to make their way to Ostend, although
even there troops have been left to
inf1ict what damage they can before
joining the larger body further south.
Panic at Ostend.
Ostend.-The government has left;
King Albert and the main military
body have departed, and sixty thou
sand panic stricken people await the
action of the Germans, who are known
to have a strong force within twenty
miles of the city. The inhabitants are
fleeing as fast as ships can be provid-
ed to carry them to England. Hospi-
tails have been emptied and the docks
were lined with injured soldiers
Fierce Fight at Lassigny.
Paris.-News has reached here Of
terrific fighting at Lassigny, where the
Germans made concentrated attempt
to break the allied lines. The scene
of the severest conflict is said to have
changed from Roye to Lassigny, but
the battle still is progressing at Roye,
which has been taken and retaken at
least twelve times.
The exact position of the bulk of the
allied armies is being kept strictly Sc
cret, but it is believed that the forces
in France and Belgium have joined
hands since the fall of Antwerp.
Fighting at Warsaw.
Petrograd-Fierce fighting west Of
Warsaw is reported in official advices.
The German center, it was said. had
l.
ing an unsuccessful attempt to break
through the Russian line. The Rus
sian positions are described as ad-
vantageous, and there is no prospect
of the assault gaining any Roadway.
The Russian army has the advantage
of strong base at Warsaw. The
city is defended by a citadel and a
ring of fifteen forts.
Won kIuck Retakes Lille.
London.-In. order to strengthen his
forces General Won Kluck has thrown
an entire army corps into Lille. This
manufacturing city has once before
been in German hands and it has
been within the German lines since
the early stages of hostilities. The
occupation today does not seem to
have been seriously opposed, in fact.
it is explained here that it could not
have been without disarranging the
allies line.
Most of the Beers Loyal.
notwithstanding from the first |
shock of the news that organized re-
volt now menaced British authority |
in South Africa, London has received |
word that from nearly every part of |
the union pledges were coming in |
fast from the Beers to fight the re-
bellion led by Colonel MaritZ.
German Ships in Black Sea.
acknowledgements received here
from Sofia, Bulgaria, and other points
reports the appearance of the former
German cruisers Bres1au and Goeben,
which fly the Turkish flag, in the
Black Sea