, 1914-12-02
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London, Nov, 30th-A French official com
munique says: "On Sunday ~cannonadlng
was more active, but was carried on chiefly
with the II mil,metre pieces, the enemy's
heavy artillery making itself felt very little,
and under these conditions, the artillery
struggle turned particularly to our advan-
tage. In Belgium our infantry captured
several supporting positions north and south
of Ypres. North of Arras one OF the enemy $
attacks, which was undertaken by nearly
three regiments, definitely failed, after seve-
mi counter attacks had been carried out III
all directions. Between the SomIne and
Chlulnea we made p%erceptible progress, ana
in the neighbourhood of the village OF Fay
our troops came into immediate contact win
a wire ENHANCEMENT defence. In the region
of the Aisne, between Vailly and Berry au
BIC, u group of machine guns and u fonndH-
ton for 80 centimetre pieces were destroyed
by our shells one Of which caused IN expo
in one of the enemy's batteries. In the
Voapes three connter-attacks, undertaken by
the Gesmans for tue recapturing OF ground
previously taken by us in the Ban de S"pt
region, were successfully repulsod."
4 Berlin official statement says: "Ihis
afternoon Sunday there is nothing to re
port from The western army. Saturday ut
Tack of the enemy in the region southeast
Of YDres and west of Lens failed. In the
east, the situation ON the right bank OF the
Vistula is unchanged. The Russian advances
ia the naighbourLood of Lodz were checked
and followed by successful counter-attacks
av our troops. There is nothing important
30 report in regard to Southern Poland
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that
the cables be- ween Frede ficIa, Denmark,
and Libau, Russia, and between Freder'cIA
and Petrograd have been cut in the Baltic,
ITO miles east of Bornholm, and it IS sup
posed thot the cutting was done by German
warships. The only t~elegraphic communica-
ton with Russia now is via Sweden.
Two trawlers, one Norwegian and the
other Danish, have been arrested by British
ships on q charge of having laid mines on
the north coast Of iceland. The vessels
made their headquarters at Fleetwood, on
the English coast of the Irish Sea. Ihere
has always been suspicion that mines were
laid by vessels flying neutral flags, but 1t
was not supposed that they were making q
British port THEN headquarters. 1t Is De-
lieved that the arrest of these trawlers eX-
plains the mystery Of the sowing of names
off the Irish coast.
The "Daily Mails" correspondent ut Co
penhAPen states that 1T IS reported from
Berlin that great nervousness prevails there
aud that the official reports deal with news
several days old. Rumours are spreading
that the German armies are retiring at seve-
raj points and that almost all the railways ia
East Prussia, Poser, and Silesla are beng
used for military purposes only. Thousands
of f~ugitives are fleeing along the roads, most
ly Slpvs, insuficiently supplied with food by
the Germans and suffering terrible privations,
many hundreds of children having died from
the want of milk. Thousands of wounded
are arriving by railway at Posen, Breslau
aud Berlin.
The daily News" correspondent at
Copenhagen says he has learned from
eye wi: nesses that the Germans are
strengthening the old fortresses in the for
mer Danish territory Of Schleswig- H~olsIein,
as well az the line of entertainments called
Dannevirk along the rorthern side Of the
KEEL Canal, thus hoping to protect the Canal
against attacks from the north on the shores
of Schleswig, where invasion is feared. All
the German islands in the North Sea are
being CLOSELY guarded, and strongly fortified
positions are being erected on the shores
of Holstein along the western side of the
Elbe.
The Russians resent the restraint shown
by the official communicates, the unofficial
reports being so much more glowing. The
French Interpretation Of the situation is
shown by au article by Colonel Dousset in
LA Liberte'', asserting that the Germans