Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-30
GERMAN Attacks
MORE VIOLENT
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Fresh Troops Brought Up to
Front by Invaders
BOTH SIDES CLAIM GAINS
tn. Allies Make Progress Near ar
me atieres and on Somme' "~
yGernans Advance West Of Ii'ls'

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DISPATCHES from the front, as "eil
as,fhe official bulletins issued IN rams
indicate that the German atlaoh VI
the allied left wing in northwestern
France and western Belgium sho"eu
a notable increase in vigor and WIZ
lence. s:.,
A Reuter- dispatch from r'arlS sas'
that according to trustworthy. az
counts fresh troops have been prousn'
up, by the Germans.
The Germans claim to have aoVanc
ed, south of Dixmunde and west OF
Lille. The allies admit they have lost
ground :&around La Bassee, but say
this is counterbalanced by gains east
of Armentieres. They announce pro
gress also north and south OF the;
Somme and the destruction OF three,
German batteries north of the Aisne.
A wireless dispatch from BERN
says it is officially announced there
that the British fleet is bombardin5
the, city :of Ostend, which is unfoftli
fed, as we'll as the German positions
out-ide the city. .@
\ heavy battle is raging about
twenty miles south of the Ghent.
Brugcs line and north of Roulers, &C:
cording tc the correspondent in Sluls'
Holland, of the Amsterdam TelegralL.
Roulers was bombarded again by the
Germans on Thursday.
"Fugitiyes from Roulers declare
says the correspondent, that forty in
habitants of that town were shot by
the Germans during the invaders &C.
cupation and that all the prominent
citizens were taken as hostages.
There is no confirmation, OF, the re-
port that the allies have broken
through the German lines near Ecloo."
The report of the cutting of the
German lines came in Rotterdam
dispatch to the Daily Mail. The dis
patch, which lacks confirmation OF
any kind, said:
"The German general staff has LETT
Client, and there are strong rumorS
of a severe German defeat. Messages
from different points of the northwest
frontier agree that the German coast
army is being rolled up like a rib,
bon.
1.-THE German cavalry has been I'M
able to maneuver in the tangled coun'
try, and the German big guns are
stuck in boys. BY magnificent at
tack, it is stated, the Franco-BrltlSf
force have cut the German line south
of Ostend."
The correspondent of the Times In
northern France states that there Is
no foundation for the report that
Bruges has. been evacuated by the
Germans, He says that the Germans
are still in force in the neighoorhoed
of Ostend, and that the reported Fe'
tirement in the direction of Bruges Is
in the nature of precautionary meas
ure which the allied activities to the
south and southwest have rendered
necessary.
A dispatch from Havre to the Daily
Telegraph states that the Belgians
have regained the right bank of the
User river and are prepared to move
forward. This is the first intimation
that the Belgians were obliged to give
ground there in the recent fighting. All
of the statements given out by the al
lies have insisted that they were vail
antly resisting the German assaults.
The use Of the word "regained," how.
eyer, would seem to indicate that the
Germans at times have made ad-
yances. The dykes of this waterway
have now been cut, making the sit
uation for the Germans more difficult.
A dispatch from Rotterdam to the
Daily Telegraph says that the Eng
lish and French still in Ostend and
other Belgian coast towns have been
ordered to leave within two hours.
They are obeying the mandate and are
crossing the Dutch frontier.
The following are the official bulle-
tins:
PARIS.
ION our left wing the action has
continued with extreme violence, es,
pecially around Arras, La Bassee and
Armentieres.
"The allied forces have lost ground
at some points around La Bassee, but
have gained to the east of Arrnen-
there's.
"The situation has not changed in
general way along this part of the
front.
North of the Aisne our artillery
has destroyed three German batter.
les.
SON our left wing the very consider
able German forces whose presence
was reported Thursday have continued
very violent attacks in the entire re.
gion between the sea and the canal
of La Bassee.
Generally speaking, the situation
Of the allied forces has been main
tanned. If the allies had to yield at
certain points they have advanced at
others. The enemy also has evidenced
very great actively in the region of
AFFas and On the river somme. To
the north and 10 the south of this
stream ew have progressed, particu.
larly In the region of Rosieres twenty
miles southeast Of Amiens).
"In Santerre, in the region of Yer.
iun, and In the region of P ,nt-a-Mous.
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