Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
GERMANS FAIL
IN FLANDERS
Shift Attack TO Center and
French Right
COLD HIHDERS ACTIOl
Kaiser HurIs Large Force Against
French Near Verdun and Retakes
Mined Chsuvoncourt.

Kaiser Hurs Large Force Against
French Near Verdun and Retakes
Mined Chauvoncourt.
After failing by the most violent
orslaushts on the lines Of the French,
British and Belgian forces in Fland-
eTs ID batter their way to the sea-
coast, the Germans shifted the center
Of their action, and On the centcT oil
) the far-aung line, as well as east OF
the Argonne, the invaders hurled
their forces forward on the lines OF
the French.
On the right wing of the allies
line, southwest of Verdun, the Ger
mans have reoccupied the town OF
Chauvoncourt, partly destroyed by the
mines set off by the Germans, and
here they announce that they have
made their greatest gains.
While there is lull in the battle
along the front in Belgium and In
the northwest OF France, due in a
large measure to the intensely cold
! weather and the flooded condition oil
| the highways III that section, the two
armies resumed their attacks on each
| others lines at various points along
the front The most violent actions
took place in the region of Verdun
and to the southeast of that strong
hold and along the heights OF the
! Meuse.
Dispatches from Paris report that
| there has been no important change
along the entire battle front, but the
| earlier communications from the
| French war office tell of the repulse
Of the German attacks in the Argonne
region, where the invaders were fore
Ell to retire after suffering very severe
losses.
Along other points, the statement
says, the French forces were subject
ed to a heavy artillery fire, but this
did not have any effect on the lines
of battle This was particularly true
of the action to the south of Ypres,
! where the British bore the brunt OF
this caGnc@cG:a:-.
Infantry alta KS were halted along
the western end Of tlc latte line
owing t. the Intensely cola weather
Reports !rCm Perrin declare that the
Germans have r2pu.Ged attacks by the
French at Ccnhrc, TO the south of
Verdun, but that in Flanders the
heavy rains and SHOWS which first
soaked an! then partly froze the
ground las made their movements
very difi.cr!t.
A late dispatch from Berlin says
that during the fighting near Blk
schoote and DiXmude the French lost
10000 mea and that 1900 British sol.
diers were drowned in the User.
Reports from Bruges say quiet
reigns il West Flanders. The sudden
and violent coming Of winter has
caused a suspension of hostilities.
| The User region now has a tempera'
ture OF that of the New England coast
on a bleak, windy December day.
In this weather the armies are
compelled to live in the devastated
territory, where there are no houses
to give shelter or warmth. Physical!
nunlbness, net military exhaustion,
has cansed tie temporary lull in the
battle. Many cannon and automobiles
have been lest in the new inunda'
tiCTs.
Large bodies Of German engineers
have been seen passing toward the
font, according to information re-
csived' from Bruges, Belgium, and it
IS believed that the Germans are
Flaming TO cross the inundated coun.
try by scientific engineering methods.
In the meantime the western storm
Continues, and the waters OF the
Nth sea are now sweeping inland
t.. oG.h tie six big locks at Nieu'
pct.
| Il is learned that the Germans on
Nv. IS attempted raid on these
locks, which are built in semi-circle.
Their atta.t;, which was conducted in
a number OF armed automobiles, was
repulsed.
~. iLrtifcations which have been
c-netrrct2d all through West Elan.
ders Tor use in case OF an eventual
German retreat, evidently now are
completed, fer the troops employed in
their construction have all gone to
the front.
The snow in Flanders continues.
IT, :, mach illness among the men
J. - t.->Ies, and the past few
days have seen little fighting.
Details of the French success at
Tracy-le-Val, on the north bank Of
the Aisne, were received here. The
French had held the greater part OF
the village for fTe days, be3ing bonn
barded at intervals by the German
artillery.
General Joffre sent = detachment
of Tilr2os tc siiTon the ':enca lines.
Under coyer Of right the .'Tench and
their Algerian allies noveu onward
with fixed iay,-ots. Fierce haadto.
hand f1hting :olloTcd, in which the
AIcer;ar3 h-.tled like G-mols. Many
nf then, threw III their rifles and
drew long knives ic5m their belts,
which t..cy wiclded with both hands
cutting down Fl opposition.
TIE of.cia! bu... ms are as follows
FRENCH.
"The day ol Nov. 10 was marked
by the ali.4Jst total absence of infan
try attacks c1 tie part Of the enemy;
at t:c sane .:'-'e their artillery fire
was muy.. SIS violent than on the af
terroOn of Nov. IS.