Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-03


ages of Is and SO is ordered to pre-
vent them from joining the colors.
The state department has also ad.
vised Russia to expel all German and
Austrian subjects, giving them two
weeks in which to leave the country.
A German Report.
Berlin, Nov. 8 Wireless via Lon
Gon)-The progress of the battle
along the northern French front is
regarded as highly favorable. A re-
port that the French had been thrown
back across the River Aisne at a
point near Scissors and that opera
tions have extended on the western
front around Verdun is considered the
best news from the front for some
time past.
The Germans have forced their way
southwark by repeated night attacks.
The toll of death on both sides is
great.
Main headquarters reports that our
attack on Ypres has made further
progress. Messines has been occu-
pied ty us. 1t is definitely ascertained
that the Indian troops are fighting
against our right wing We have also
made progress in the Forest of Ar
gonne. where the enemy has suffered
heavy losses.
The situation in the east is un-
changed. A Russian attempt to
break through our lines at Szittke-
hmen on the East Prussian frontier
was repulsed.
North Sea Is Military Area.
London, Nov. 3.-The entire North
sea has been declared a military area,
merchant vessels entering it being ex-
posed to the gravest dangers from
mines and from warships, which are
searching vigilantly night and day for
suspicious craft. This action is taken
as reply to the laying of mines by
the Germans in the waters north Of
Ireland.
French Claims.
Paris, Nov. 3.-The German drive
upon Calais has been hammered,
blunted and beaten, and now has be-
come last ditch defensive fight,
with disaster or retreat the Duke of
Wurtemburg's alternatives.
The German offensive has hurled
itself against the wall of steel pre-
sentcd by the allies until it has. been
torn, ripped and cut to pieces in its
mad cash, first at this point and then
at that, in a frantic endeavor to beat
down the barrier between it and the
coveted coastal positions.
Last night came the long awaited
falter in the German attack. The war
office at Bordeaux officially declared
that along the whole front from the
Disc to the sea the pronounced at
tacks had diminished in violence.
And as if awaiting this signal to
press the allied offensive home, the
troops of General Joffre plunged for
ward both to the south of Dixmude
and to the south of Chaluwe. Be-
tween Ypres and Menin the allied
French, British and Belgian troops
occupied positions considerably in ad-
vance of those previously held. AT
every point at which the troops came
in contact with the Germans during
the day the allies were able to main
tain their positions.
Failure of the German offensive be
tween Bray en- Lannois and Vailly,
in the Aisne region, also was report
ed. This concerted attack of the in
vaders has been marked by deter
mined resistance and its complete
failure is accepted by military OBJ
servers here as signaling the general
weakening of the German attack
along the whole east and west front.
May Be Crown Prince.
London, Nov. 3.-A dispatch to the
Times from Berne, Switzerland, says
rumors are current that wounded
officer taken to the imperial palace
at Strassburg is Crown Prince Fred
erick William. The palace is closely
guarded.
Amphibious Battle.
Flushing, Holland, Nov. 3.-A brisk
duel between German artillery on land
and the British ships lying off the
Belgian coast has been in progress
between Ostend and Nieuport since
Sunday. The British fleet has been
reinforced and the cannonade is sc
vigorous as to be heard nearly twen-
ty miles,.