The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-11-12
YPREs IN FLAMES;
ALLIES IN 0STEN0
Allies Say Attacks Against Dix
nude Were RepuIsed.
GERMANS DRIVE OFF SHIPS
Statement Issued in Berlin Asserts
That Armies Are Advancing
Slowly But Surely in Direc-
ton of Ypres.

London. Nov 10.-A dispatch from
northern France to the Daily Chron-
icle says that advance patrols of Bel
CLANS have penetrated Ostend, which
means that the coast line from Dun
kirk to Newport and Ostend is re-
lieved from the menace of the last two
weeks.
Ypres Is in Flames.
correspondent with the Belgian
army reports that Ypres is in flames
and that the greater part of the fine
old Flemish town is in ruins. He says
that the Germans poured II and 49,
inch shells into the place from dawn
UPWARDS.
Nobody was killed, as the town was
deserted. An officer who left in the
forenoon said that the only living
things he saw were a dog and a Grip
pied old woman who was trying to
quench the flames with buckets of wa
ter.
A northwest breeze famed the
flames and most of the western side
of the town was soon a mass of red
hot wreckage. The objective of the
German bombardment seemed to be
the Halles, the most considerable
Gothic structure of it's sort in Belgium.
The correspondent says:
Much of the structural work was
dom in the thirteenth century. The
destruction is equivalent to Louvain
Pnfp ha nf
cathedral of ST. Martin is also partly
in ruins. 1t dates from 1921. Many
paintings, chiefly by Rubens and his
pupils, are reported to have been re-
moved to a place Of safety"
Germans on New Offensive.
Rome, Nov. 1O.-Oficial announce
ment was made here that the Ger
mans have taken a new offensive
against Dixmude and in the region
of Ypres. but that their attacks have
everywhere been repulsed by the al
lies. New attacks by the Germans In
Alsace have also been repulsed.
At some points the French have
made an advance, but this has been
slight because of the attacks OF the
Germans and heavy fog.
The allies have cut off the German
garrison in Ypres from the main body
operating toward it from the east and
they have forced back this lain body,
whose only hope was to maintain a
violent offensive.
Germans Claim Gains Near User.
Berlin, Nov. 10.-The following
statement was given out here:
Several of the enemy's ships again
attacked our right wing yesterday,
but were quickly driven off by our
artillery.
The enemy attempted an advance
from Newport during the evening and
repeated the attack again at night,
but failed completely.
Notwithstanding the most stubborn
resistance, out attacks in the direction
of Ypres are proceeding slowly but
surely. The enemy's counterattacks
| northeast Of Ypres have been repulsed
and several hundred prisoners taken.
Russ to Attack Cracow.
London, Nov. 10.-Cracow, the key
to Vienna will be attacked within
twenty-four hours, according to I'm.
official advices from the Russian
front. The cars troops are at the
ctys gates. The Austrian rear
guard has been driven from Pinczow,
commanding an important crossing of
the upper Vistula, 20 miles from
Cracow. and the Russians have
crossed the river and cut off the
retreat of the Austrians on that fort
ress.
A little to the north the Russians
are advancing with a seemingly ire.
| sstible force on Breslau on the way
| to Berlin. Berlin admits that the
| Russ advance at this point is well
| beyond the Warthe river between
| Czenostochow. ~ miles east of the
border, and Kalisz. Despite hard fight
ing and bad roads the cars troops
are pressing relentessly ahead at the
amazing rate of II miles day The
Russian thanking movement again is
credited with driving the Germans
| from their positions on the WARTIME,
where it had been predicted they
would make determined stand.
Northwest of Kalsz the Russian in
vasion of Posen at Pleschen, Is miles
inside the frontier apparently threat
! ems the German line of communities
| ton,