The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
GERMANS LOSING
AGAINST ENEMIES
Allies Are Driving Them Back Along The
French Coast -Germans Re-
treat In Poland
SECOND BOER REBELLION
In South Africa Is More Serious Than
The First-British Government
Is Worried

The past week have been gloomy
days for the German army. Thousands
Of lives have been sacrificed by the
kaiser's officers in their futile effort
to obtain command of the channel
ports of France. According to reports
from Berlin and Petrograd, the Rus
sian capital, the Austro-German ar.
mics have been forced to withdraw
from their position before Warsaw, in
Russian Poland.
A second uprising in British South
Africa among the Beers gives prom
Use Of being more serious than the
first. General Botha, the British Boer
leader, has taken the field and is TAX
ing severe measures to Quell the reb-
els. The Union government has is
sued a proclamation calling upon the
people to assist them in ~suppressing
the rebellion. Generals Christian De-
Welt and Christian Frederick Beyers
are leading the second revolt against
the British government.
For the past week the Germans
have been endeavoring to secure COM
mand of the straights of Dover. Sue
cess to this end would give them an
operating base for an attack on Eng
land. The fighting in the region of
the ~seacoast has been the most severe
since the Germans invaded Belgium
and France.
Day after day the Germans have
hurled great masses of troops against
the lines of the allied armies but each
time they were repulsd.t 1t is said
by military experts that the very safe
ty of England depends upon the abil-
ity of the allied armies to hold the
Germans in check and defeat their ef-
forts to gain command of the sea-
coast.
When the armies of the kaiser push.
ed onward towards the coast OF Bel
GUM and began fighting their way
in the direction Of the French coast,
the lines of the allies were quickly
shifted. The left wing of the allied
armies in France was extended until
it reached to the sea. 1t was then
that the British fleet played such an
important part in the struggle against
the Germans. The fire was so terrif-
ic that the Germans were compelled
to withdraw further inland.
Monitors and d~estroyers were sent
close to the German lines through
the User canal inflicting great losses
upon the invaders. While the con-
flict from both land and sea was at
its height the a%eroplanes of the Ger
mans scared over the positions Of the
allies dropping bombs into their ranks.
Their service was also invaluable in
locating the position Of the allies
So menacing did the German aero
planes become that the allies found
it necessary to send their own air
craft to attack and drive off the Ger
man birdmen. This resulted in a ter
rible battle in the air. These winged
ships Of destruction Unanswered
around each other at great heights In
the air, their daring pilots using ev-
cry art at their command to over.
come their antagonists. The German
aeroplanes were finally forced to
seek safety behind their own lines.
The Belgian army, which success
fully evaded the German army and
escaped into France. joining the al.
lies, has again DISTINGUISHED itself in
the fighting against the Germans by
causing them to give up a position
obtained at a great sacrifice. The
battle line Of the allies 10Y extends
from the coast all the way to- the
Swiss border. 1t Is estimated there
are more than q million soldiers en-
gagged in this struggle.
There appears to be a lull in the
fighting between the Germans and
the Japanese in China, in fact, there
has been practically no fighting at
all. The Japanese declaration Of war
has resulted in nothing more, so far,
than a national maneuver for their
; armies and warships in the occupa-
ton Of China. The Servians and Mon
~tenegrins are still making life miser-
able for the Austrians in Bosnia and
Servia. Italy is succeeding in main
tanning her neutrality.