The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
CERMANSLOSEAT
NANCY, RETREAT
Capture Cities on Coast at Any
Cost, Kaiser Orders.
PARIS CLAIMS ALLIES ADVANCE

tween Mouth of User and Lens and
Gain Between Ypres and RouIers-
Fresh German Troops on Way
Teutons in East Beaten Back To-
ward East Prussia.
The French are on the offensive IN
the vicinity of Nancy, on the east
ern frontier, and have driven the
Germans across the frontier in the di'
rection of Metz. This was the chief
declaration contained in the official
communique issued from Bordeaux.
The French official announcement says
that spirited fighting continues be-
tween the mouth of the User and
Lens; that in this district the allies
have not drawn back and that they
have continued to advance in the re-
qion between Ypres and Roulers and
elsewhere.
The Germans continue to send large
masses of troops to the westward
and the scuthWestWard, according to
dispatch from Terneuzen, Holland,
The allies, who approached Thielt
Saturday, were repuIsed by fresh
German troops. Sunday 10000 Aus
strians arrived at Client, where only
few Germans remain.
LONDON = The Copenhagen cor
respondent of the Times wires that
reports received from German sources
say that the kaiser has issued the d.
rect order that, no matter the cost, Ca
laiS is to be taken.
1t is reported the kaiser was in Bel
GUM on Sunday and listened person
ally to the reports of his officers.
He is then reported to have stated
that the occupancy of Calais and Dun
kirk were vital points in the German
strategical plan, but that this was
especially so in the case OF Calais.
Therefore the order was issued that,
no matter how much war material Or
how many men were sacrificed, the
march to the channel must succeed.
With a number Of their heavy guns
mounted to protect their front and
rapid-frers deluging the allied lines
with shrapnel and bullets, the Ger
mans continued their supreme effort
to win through to the coast from the
north and east.
Fight Throughout Night.
Inside of the DiXmunde-Nieuport line
the fighting continued without let-Up
all night, the cOmbatants operating IN
the glare of enormous searchlight5
that made the scene as light as day.
The rival aviators flew over the
trenches, dropping bombs, while the
monitors of the fleet, which withdrew
to sea Sunday aftetr three had been
hit were back throwing shells from
their lOng-range guns.
In the territory lying, southwest Of
Ypres and between Armentieres and
Lille, further desperate fighting was
in progress. Here the British, who are
bearing the brunt of the struggle. are
reported to be losing very heavily. Bu-
they are also said TO be slowly forcing
the Germans back to the east and on
their heavily intrenched positions at
Lille
The main purpose of the Germans,
officials at the headquarters of Gen
eral Gallieni in Paris say, is apparent.
They are now concentrating their eff
forts to break through to the coast on
on almost direct line to Dunkirk and
leave along the coast the thin line of
French and Belgians who are holding
the coastal positions at frightful odds.
By changing their front after their OBJ
ject is obtained, and making part of
it again run to the north and south
instead of to the east and west, the
officials pOin out. once the Germans
attain either Ca,5is or Dunkirk they
between then: AMI the sea from the
guns of the WarShips.
GerHans Retreat to East Prussia.
LONDON = A Petrograd dis
patch to Reuters Telegram company
says
THE Army Messenger in summing
up the operations on the Russian front
says that the German forces in the
region of Elawa and Vlitzlavsk, dis
Quoted by the situation on the front
at Thorn and Cracow, have retreated
in the direction of East Prussia, where
the population has been ordered to re
tire into the interior
Austrians Leave Dead Behind.
son the Galician front the entire
Stry Valley southwark from the river
and the railway tracks from the Stry
to Drohobycz are congested with Aus
trian corpses. Between last Thursday
and Sunday. during the pursuit of the
enemy. the Russians captured seven
teen officers, 1000 men, eleven ma
chine guns, twenty-five guns, twenty
three caissons and masses of Other
war material"