The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-12-11
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FROM kOULERS
Invaders Are Forced From
important Town
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Official Report Says Foe Was Driven
Back at Many Points Along Battle
Line.
London, Dec. 11.-Under the cover
Of a heavy artillery fire OF the aiiles
Infantry attacks drove the Germans
from their positions at Roulers, ID
west Flanders, and the allied forces
have entered and occupied the town.
This information was received IN
London in a dispatch from the Sluls
correspondent of the Amsterdam Han
delsblad.
Roulers is twelve miles to the north
east Of Ypres and has been the cen
ter of violent fighting for the past sew
eral DAYS. Here the British forces
have been trying to drive wedge IL
the German lines, and the Information
that they hold the town means De
cided gain for the allies.
Reuters Boulogne correspondent
who has just returned to Boulogne
from Armentieres, says that TUESDAY
the Germans were driven out OF Ar
mentieres by the British and hurled
back beyond artillery range.
Armentieres is nine miles north
west of Lille.
Hurting vast forces against the
lines of the Germans along the center
of the battle line in France and on the
front In the Argonnes, the allies are
slowly gaining many important posi-
lions and are driving the Germans
from their lines of trenches in that
section of the western zone Of war.
This information is contained In the
French official communication and
confirmed in the official dispatches
from the French war Office. The re-
peated and concerted attacks on the
invaders launched against the lines
along the Aisne and in the Argonnes
have forced the Germans to retire at
many points and the allies report that
they have gained many important
strategic points in their series of adj
vances. The most notable success re-
corded by the French is in the region
OF LIE Quesnoy, where. the kaiser's
forces were driven back almost hall
q mile.
In the Aisne region and on the
heights of the Meuse, to the east OF
the Argonne, the French forces have
advanced their lines and have infiict'
ed severe losses on the enemy. In
fantry attacks by the French, sup
ported by heavy artillery fire, COM
pelled the invaders to evacuate their
strong line of trenches In that sec
ton, and the French have rushed re-
Endorsements to that part of the bat
tie zone in an attempt to cut the Ger
man line and force them to retire
ACROSS their frontier.
The allies are slowly but surely
gaining a superior position along the
entire front of the battle line in Bel
GUM and France, and from the tone
Of dispatches from the official
headquarters in Paris and London the
time is almost ripe for terrific drive
against the Germans along the entire
battle line, with the object of forcing
the invaders to retreat across the
frontier.
The French war Office claims ad-
yances at several points and makes
no mention of any reverses. For in
stance, near lie Quesnoy, gains Of
from 200 to 900 yards were made; in
the Aisne and on the heights of the
Mouse the French artillery mastered
the batteries of the emmy, and near
Rheims French cannon compelled the
evacuation of trenches. Counter at
tacks were repulsed near Perthes and
In the Argonne. In the latter locality
new trenches we're taken by the
French.
In the region OF Rheims, where
there has been heavy artillery duel
raging for several weeks, the French
claim that they have driven the Ger
mans from their trenches and forced
them to take up new positions fur
Their to the rear.
Following are the official bulletins:
FRENCH.
"Wednesday our aviators succeeded
In dropping sixteen bombs on the sta
ton and the aviation hangers at Frei-
burg i'm Breisgau Grand Duchy Of
Baden). In spite of a vigorous can
nonade they returned without acct