Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-14
Boilers Burst, 127 Members of Crew of Audacious Be-
 ing Scalded.
ALLIES OFFENSIVE
 HOLDS OFF GERMANS
kaiStr's Troops Holding DiXmude, But Unable tO Make Progress Toward Coast Battle of the Aisne
 Starts Anew.

London, Nov. 13.-For almost week it has been known to few in I.cndon that II. VI. $. Audacious, the dreadnaught built last year, had been in collision with mine off the north coast of Ireland. Later news was spread that the survivors from the dreadnaught had been picked up by the White Star liner Olympic. The Olympic was reported to have put in at l.ough Swilly, on the northeast coast of Ireland. Although application was made to the censor for confirma- ton or denial of these reports none was forthcoming.
 One report of the affair is that the Audacious sighted and sank a ship laying mines off the Swedish coast. The Audacions is then said to have wirelessed the Olympic of the danger. only a moment later emphasizing it by coming in contact with one of the mines. The explosion is said to have caused her boilers to burst, scalding 127 men, three of them fatally. It is said the Olympic came up in time to tow the Audacious into small har- bor on the Irish coast, where she was beached She will be quickly raised and repaired.
 Paris, Nov. 13.-From the Lys to the sea the battle of Flanders was carried to the Germans today, the French. British and Belgians having assumed the offensive at several points as soon as the energy of the German effort gave sign of being spent.
 Ypres was the center of the most furious fighting. Where on Wednes- day the Germans. by sheer force Of superior number, had been able dur ing a night attack to force their way into Ypres, from which they were ex- pelled with numerous losses on Thurs- day morning, and where, on Thursday night, the allies had only been able to hold their own against the rapid German attack, today the allies took the offensive and forced the enemy back to the west, to the north and to the south. An aggregate gain of near ly four miles was made by the allies attacks.
 To the east, hamlet from which the allies were driven on Wednesday, was retaken. To the south Of DIX schoote, which is six miles to the north of Ypres in the direction Of DIX nude, the allies drove the invaders from their trenches, and themselves occupied the trenches. and to the south of Ypres, an attack by Prussian guards was repelled, the allies follow ing up their advantage to strength. their defensive work.
 Germans Hold Dlxmudc. In Dixmude the German attachments sill are anchored. Renewed efforts to force their way toward Furness and Dunkirk by the westward outlet have failed, because of the impregnabfe position which the allies have estab- lished on the outskirts of the town. At other points in the AmOnt district. equally violent attacks were directed against the allies line by the kaiser's l troops, but every attempt to break through was checked.
 The official midnight statement from Bordeaux declares that, generally speaking, the German attacks have been less violent than on previous days. and that the positions of the
 French, Belgian and British troops have been maintained without change.
 British in Key Position. ! The key position, Ypres. is still held by the British troops, who have with
 stood attacks of violence with unwav-
 ering courage for nearly four weeks. 1 The battle of the Aisne has been
 revived. and is being refought, though
 with obviously diminished numbers. To the east of Tracy-le-Mont, to the southeast of Nouvron, on the line be- tween Crouy and Pregny, and to the southeast of Soissons, the allies. dur Continued on page 5.)