Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-10-28
So DESTRUCTIVE IS THE FIRE IN STRUGGLE
ALONG THE NORTH SEA THAT COMBATS TITLE
is MADE 'BLOODY MASSACRE" BY WITNESSES

tile advantages offered at other points
on the line by the removal Of German
troops to the German right wing. This
probably accounts for the progress
claimed by the allies near scissors.
aud at Berry au-bac in the center and
TO the east of Nancy, where the Ger
mans, according to the French official
announcement, have been driven
across the frontier. From all these
points, it is understood, the Germans
took men and flung them into Bel
GUM
The crown prince of Bavaria is said
now to be in command Of the Ger
man forces on the Ypres, and it is
lrerorted that he has been wounded
The weather promises soon to play
an important part in the campaign
lin the eastern arena of the war. The
Irigorous Russian winter is said alrea-
dy to have set in between Moscow
and Warsaw, and snow covers the
ground near Minsk.
The 1Rloody Massacre
The Bloody Massacre" as it is de
scribed by those on the spot, among
the sand dunes and the canals of
Flanders, show as yet few signs of
slackening. The valor of the German
attack has been persistently counter
ed by equal valor from the steady
ranks before them. Apparently no
quarter is being asked or given in
this battle on the western front and
the land over which it is being waged
resembles a shambles.
User Crossed Seven Times
Seven times the Germans have
crossed and re-crossed the User Each
time they succeeded in gaining the
left bank but found they were in a
death trap commanded by the guns
of the defenders, immovably intreneh-
ed behind the railroad einbanGment
running more or less parallel to the
User and completely barring their
progress.
Some German forces. according to
the latest reports in London succeed
ed in finding shelter enough among
the sand hillocks to enable them to
retain footing between the User and
the road running from Dixmude to
Nieuport, but this number, up to the
present time, has been insufficient to
disiodge the allies. German reinforce
ments are still rolling up, ana the
efforts to break through the line show
no sign of cessation. Nor is it ex-
pected that they will until the ex-
hausted masses of men reach the limit
of their endurance,
It is impossible for observers in
London to deduce from the German
official communications the German
opinion Of events in this arena Of the
war From the point of view Of the
allies, the French announcements Of
satisfactory progress between Ypres
and Dixmude are considered satisfac-
tory as foreshadowing a possible
threatening Of the rear Of the Ger
man forces nearest the coast.
More Favorable News
Another piece Of favorable news,
from the standpoint of the allies.
comes from the Argonne and the re-
glon Of the barrier fortresses This
reports French penetration Of terri
tory hitherto held by the invaders and
is taken to Indicate the possibility
that the German left has been so
weakened by rushing forces to support
the operations on the coast that the
French right wing has been afforded
an opening for a profitable offensive
movement, which may have an echo on
the seaboard
The opinion is expressed by British
military observers that the present