The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-02
GERMANS DRIVEN BACK
DISTANCE ! j EQ|IF:..EI:lyRlNILEs
Allies Administer Decisive Defeat to
Army OF Duke of Wurt-
temberg.
ENORMOUS LOSSES SUFFERED
Invaders Forced to Fall Back From
Railroad Line Between Newport
and Dtxmude-Towns of Holle-
8 beclke and Nessines Recaptured.

/, sHAVRE, November 1 (5:16 p. M).-
The Belgian War Office to-day -fssued
the following official communication:
This morning. the enemy who still
occupied q part Of Rnmscapclle, was
trepulsed beyond the railway line be-
tween N.cuport and p.xulnde. They
lost a great numberfof prisoners and
.leftvmany wounded, on the field.
"pn the other parts or our front the
enemy made no ,!S.rther infantry at.
tncks, The bombardment was rather
violent at Nieuport. during part of the
day.@and ndintermittent. on other points
of our. position ,sf
The inundation, between User and
the railway between Nieuport and Dix :
nude hns made the ground marshy. and
the trenches of tho nemyfuntenahle
81 ITO the soSth SoffDiSmudet the French
troops have continued their offensive
movement, Pelkappelle was completely
surrounded last night
INVADERS FORCED Rack
FROM RAILROAD LINE
stSpecial Gable to The Times-Dispatch.l i
H-tRlS. November 1.--Belgian. French
and British troops administered de-
.cisive defeat to the German army OF
the Duke OF Wurttemberg in the bat
tle OF Flanders to-day, forcing tho
invaders to fall back distance of four
miles from the railroad line between
Nieuport and Dixmude, after. suffering
enormous losses inS killed and the
capture of 4 great number of pr.s-
oncrs. u a;g 3 N so Il
Attacks fa violent nature by fresh
German troops against the seasoned
British forces occupying positions
south of Passchendaele resulted not
only in The repulse sof the attacking
force. hllt oe
ground the nllies had been forced to
cede in, the vicinity OF Ghieluoelt. I'M
nortnnt losses also were inflicted upon
the Germans by the British In a series
OF attacks and counter-attacks of des-
iperat @ chara cter ut several other polnts
along the Nieuport- Ypres front The
floods due to the inundation OF the en-
,emS's- position -by the cutting OF the
sluices by the IDelglnns still continue
TO operate to tho advantage OF the
allies, BY making the German trenches
tuntenable.
by the German, artillery, employing
giant howitzers, was. renewed to-day.
and considerable damage was inf1Ict-
ed on the residence section of the port
city; several shells striking near the
Marine Hospital.s
ASSAULT BY GERMANS
EFFECFIvELY CHECKED
The midnight official bulletins of the
French War Office tell OF further
severe attacks directed by the invad-
ers against the French positions In the
Vicinity of Lihons, Lequesnoy-en-s San
Perre and Vailly on the Aisne., 1t was
at yailly that the Germans OH Friday
forced the French to withdraw before
the fury of their attacks by numeri-
9cally superior forces. To-day, how
ever, the onslaughts were met with a
wtthering fire from newly arrived
French machine guns, and the assaults
wore effectively checked, = =
Hut the most striking successes OF
the allied troops, recorded in the official
,6ispatohes from the front to-day were
those realized In tho encounters to the
north, and to the east OF Yprss. A.