New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
British Monitors Aid Bel
gians in Defence of Ca
mails Near Nieuport.
OSTEND REPORTED
BOMBARDED BY SEA
Unconfirmed Dispatch Says Bet
gian City Has Been Evacuated
by German Troops.
tBy Cable to Tho Trfbur.. ]


Paris, Oct. 2l.-The attacks and
counter attacks OF the opposing srmie,
to-day were confined TO furious fight
ing In Belgium and the northeastern
part Of the opposing lines in France.
The Allies at every point held their
own.
The operations Of the clashing forces,
according TO the late War Office report.
were restricted to three sreas-between
Nieuport, on the Straits Of Dover. and
Dizmude; further TO the southeast.
between Ypres and Menin, a border
town on the River Lys, and from
Wsrneton, also on the border, but a
few miles west of Menin, 10 La Bassee.
in France.
According to unofficial dispatches
transmitted from Bordeaux, the bsttle
extends from Lille, fifteen miles north
east Of La Bsssee, to Ostend, twelve
miles up the coast from Nieuport. The
position of the northern end Of the
line is partly confirmed by wireless
dispatch from Berlin, by way Of Lon
don, which says II is reported that a
British feet is bombarding Ostend.
Ostend Reported Evacuated.
Reports through apparently reliable
channels which reached here to-day
said that 0stend had been evacuated
By the Germans. It was said that the
German army was about seven kilo-
metres west of Bruges and in retreat
A Reuter- dispatch from the front in
dicates that, in spite of the silence OF
the War Office concerning this district,
the French are making marked progress
on the right bank of the River Meuse.
Although the optimistic reports OF
French and British correspondents are
not entirely substantiated by the ON
cial communications, il is apparent
that the German army advancing
along the coast and making desperate
attempts to break through to Dunkirk
and Calais has been stopped.
To-day's and yesterdays fighting on
the Belgium coast was exceptionally
severe. The Germans in great strength
attacked with impetuosity, the infantry
forces hinging themselves against the
two points, Nieuport and Dixmuds.
The attacking column, which sought TO
force its way past Nieuport in the hope
Of gaining Furnss and the French iron
tier, despite the heavy losses sus-
tanned in the first assault, returned TO
the assault three times.
Germans Driven Back.
Yesterdays engagement lasted the
greater part of the day, but ultimately
the Germans were driven back along
the whole line. The Germans at first
carried everything before them. The
column which was attacking Dixmuds
succeeded in overwhelming the force
posted there and Of gaining possession
Of the town itself, but their triumph
was short-lived. A Belgian force swept
them with the bayonet TO the battle cry
of Remember Louvsin End Termonde,"
Desperate hand-to-hsnd fghting took
place. The Germans stood to the on
coming line of levelled bayonets. bu.
their resistance soon crumbled up and
they speedily yielded ground.
Once they began to retire, the bay
onets accounted for large numbers OF
them. When the pursuing infantry
halted from sheer fatigue the artillery
Joined In and completed the work OF
decentralization which the dread of cold
steel had begun. The enemy in re-
treat abandoned thousands of dead ani
wounded, and the Allied troops who
had borne the brunt Of the lighting
also had large number of casualties
Owing TO the rain and coming on OF
darkness many Of the injured remained
where they had fallen.
The Germans are believed TO be
lighting against disadvantages in West
Flanders, especially along the coast, as
the British ships which have been as
sisting the Allies land forces have long
range guns that are capable of making
things uncomfortable for the smmuni-
ton trains and supply conveys, which
must remain in the immediate rear o.
the troops, and also for the men in the
trenches and the German gunners.
Brazilians Monitors in Use
The ships which are being used for
this purpose are the three monitors
which were being completed in Eng
land for the Brazilian government
when the war broke out and which
were bought by the Admiralty.
These monitors, which have been re-