Evening star., 1914-11-21
FRENCH SAY THE ALLIES
NOW HAVE UPPER HAND
Rumor That Germans Are Preparing
to Move Huge Army to East
ern Frontier.
SEVERE WINTER PREDICTED
Belgian "Oldest Inhabitants" Fore
cast a Repetition of the Terrible
Cold Experienced During
Franco-Prussian War.

LONDON, November FL. I
p.m.-Winter's first onslaught.
coming with unexpected severity,
appears to have halted all activi-
! ties OF the armies in France and
Belgium, except that the artillery
duels continue.
| The German war office, in its
statement today, says the allies
are showing greater activity with
their big guns, and the French
official statement appears to con-
firm this, making the claim that
the artillery OF the allies has Sc
cured an advantage over that of
| the Germans, both in Flanders,
around Nieuport and further east
in the region of the Aisne and in
Champagne.
At Hollebeke, according to the
French statement, two assaults
by the Germans were immediate
ly repulsed, and at Argonne GER
tain of the enemy's trenches were
blown up, but elsewhere along
the battle line there appears to
have been a suspension of all
operations except that of the ar
tillery.
Village Retaken by Germans.
| On the French right wing the Ger
mans have retaken the village OF
lChauvoncourt, part of which they blew
up a few days ago. The activity OF
the Germans in vicinity of Rheims has
slackened.
| A new crop of stories has arisen that
, the Germans are sending heavy guns
i, destined Tor the coast. while other re-
, ports declare that trains capable all
told of moving 100000 men are being
prepared to take German reinforce
/ ments to the eastern front.
dispatch today fron Bruges. Bel
gium. says:
According to the best information
reaching here the lighting on the
User front has completely stopped
i The severe cold weather continues and
the old inhabitants fear that there may
be repetition of the notoriously So
we're winter of 1S70-71."
Rest for Prussian Guard.
The Prussian guard has suffered so
severely in its attacks on the British
lines, says the Daily Nails Dunkirk
| correspondent, that it has been with
drawn from the fighting line and sent
| to the rear to rest.
I'm addition to a strong line of de-
| fense from Brussels to the Meuse the
Germans are preparing another strong
| Eccloo through Ael Tere, Thielt and
Roulers to Menin. seven miles south
| west of Courtrai."
The Nieuve Rotterdamsche Courant's
Berlin correspondent asserts that all
| attempts made by the French to re-
store communication between the coast
| and Ypres have been frustrated by the
| German artillery. Heavy fighting be-
| tween the French and German in
| fantry for possession of the woods near
Bixschoote continues. says the cor
respondent. The bombardment of
| Rheims continues.
Reports Heavy French Losses.
BERLIN, Germany. November 81 Thy
wireless). - Reports received today
1
tion given out in official circles here.
| are to the effect that in the fighting
near Dixschoote and Dixmude the
| French lost 10000 men. and that 1900
British were drowned in the User
canal.
The correspondent of the Zeitung Am
| Mittag visited Dixmude while that
town still was under heavy lombard
| ment. In dispatch TO his paper he
tells of the things that he OhSeryed
there.
| The sky was literally covered with
| smoke rings from shrapnel, he says. The
! enemy was commencing to waver under
| the steady succession of assaults The
allies fire was no longer well directed
| and, as the German preparations were
| well made. the German losses in the as
saults usually were relatively small.
The captured trenches, says the cor
respondent, were magnifcently built OF
| reinforced concrete, with sand-bag breast
works. stands for machine guns and
novel type of revolver cannon which
throws short-range grenades. Such
trenches cover the whole country. and
when one is captured the enemy retired
to the next. The fighting is often at
such close range that hand grenades
are employed most effectively. The
presence Of the latest French and Eng
lish newspapers In the trenches, says the
correspondent, shows that the allied SOL
diers are being kept informed.
French Successes Claimed.
Success of the French in repulsing the
German attack in the Argonne is re-
ported in official dispatches to the
French embassy here. received last
night. Destruction Of the German
earthworks and supply trains in the
vicinity of Rheims is also reported.
The dispatch follows:
From the sea to Hetsas there was
neither cannonading nor infantry fire
from the enemy the entire day. Our
artillery, on the other hand, succeeded