Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-18
TEUT0N GAINS TOLD
German Army Gains New Vio-
tory Over the Allied
Forces.
REPORT OsTEND EVACUATED
Allies Are Said to be at Gates of City
Defenders are Driven From
Lombardzhyde by the kais-
er's Troops.

cSIdpu QlSpdLcu Says IuS dAI1cS eAA {
now at the gates of Ostend. 1t is re,
ported they will soon enter the town,
whichNhas been abandoned by the en-
envy.
F, The Germans have won another vic
tory. They drove the allies across the
User. Part of the ground was recov'
cred later, but the defenders we're IN
able to regain the east bank of the
stream.
In the general defeat the allies lost
700 prisoners, four field cannon and
four machine guns.
The Germans drove the British and
Belgians from Lombardzyde, on the
coast between Ostend and Newport.
The allies returned to the attack and
are directing vigorous fire against
the German lines.
/ Allies Seek to Gust invaders.
The offensive here is pushed with
the ideas of forcing the invaders from
Ostend and so compelling them to
lengthen their line, which will make
it thinner and weaker between Dix
F. nude and the sea.
The invaders have been expelled
from the west bank except in one To-
cality, which the war office at Bor-
deaux describes as 1900 or 300 meters"
Approximately 21S to 327 yards).
+. Also, the Germans. have failed to
improve their position at Dixmude. An
attempt to debouch from Dixmude re-
suited in failure. for the German at
tack was met at the allies trenches
just outside the town and the Germans
were driven back.
New Troops Arrive for Allies.
More re-enforcements are being
rushed behind the line west of Dix
nude and the allies hope before the
!end of another day to have dislodged
the Prussians from the town.
= General Joffre reports that his uni
ted armies are holding their positions
in the north. that there is no sign OF
break in the line and that the Of
ffepsive has been taken by the allies.
British Repulse Prussians.
I Reports from the center show allied
ggains in the vicinity of Tracy-le-Val.
northeast of the Forest of L'Aigle, and
from the Argonne region the corps
commanders inform the commander
in-chief that the German attacks have
awaited the invaders nothing.
!. Probably the most severe test of the
courage Of the British came with an
attack of most violent nature by the
Prussian guards. The thin British line
were threatened with overwhelming
pressure at several periods during the
assault. but the Prussians finally fell
back, their efforts defeated
German Battery siIeneed.
\ Further fighting is reported in the
region of Craonne and on the Heur-
$tebise, where the French artillery sue
sceeded in silencing German battery,
sdestroying number of field pieces.
The French official communique de-
scribed the allies line in Flanders as
it was held Wednesday night 1t ex-
tended between Lombardzyde and
Newport, thence along the canal OF
Ypres, past the approaches to Ypres,
in the region of Zonneke and to a
point east of Armentieres. I
An advance here or a loss there
simply means that it is given to one
or the other of the great armies to
hold that ground for the few hours
or perhaps davs-that it will take the
opposing leaders to bring up sufii-
cient strength to dislodge them.
i g Berlin Tells Of Victory. + N
s Berlin, Nov. 14.-"The allies have
been driven across the User at every
point" says an official announcement
issued by the war Office. '.The User is
now clear Of the enemy all the way to
the North sea. Our attacks south of
Dixmude are progressing. We have
captured 100 more French soldiers
there and eight cannon. The counter
attacks of the enemy east of Ypres
have all been repulsed." -ss
II. As to the eastern theater of war it
is announced that German cavalry,
operating on the Kalisz front, in
Russian Poland, have repulsed the
Russian cavalry. =
The following official statement was
given out at Vienna: 80 *.
e. eve have stormed the heights OF
Mircze The Russian wing was
crushed. Wee took 1900 prisoners"