Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-11-19
IN FRANCE
HALTED BY STORM
MEN IN TRENCHES SUFFER AS
RESULT OF SNOWSTORM
AND HEAVY GALE.
Neither Side Has Been Able to Make
Any Sensible Advance, Both Be-
Ing Well Entrenched Against
Artillery Attack.

London.-After four weeks OF most
desperate fighting there is a lull In
the battle OF Flanders. With this lull
however. has come little relief for the
men in the trenches. as the artillery
and rifle fire to which they have been
subjected with hardly any intermis
sion has been replaced by one OF
those severe snowstorms which so OF
ten accompany November in this lati-
tude.
In some parts of England the storm
has reached the proportions OF biz.
zard on the sea heavy gale RACES,
and the battletields are getting their
full share OF wind and rain.
Fer the most part the opposing
afhies have beeh content to shell
each other at long range. but the Ger.
mans have made several attacks
around Ypres, which according to the
French general stan. have been re-
pulsed with heavy losses.
Extensive defense works have been
erected along the User canal. and the
French armies are holding that line
from the Belgian border south to the
river Disc and pushing forward ap.
proach works.
The Germans report that they have
taken few hundred British and
French prisoners, but that the unfa.
voraole weather has impeded their
progress. Concerning the fighting
around Dixmude the public must rely
on unofficial reports Here. IL is said.
the Germans are finding the DESTROYED
village a death trap. They have been
unable TO debouch from this point In
the day time, as all the approaches
are commanded by the allies guns.
and night attacks have met with dis
aster.
The fact is apparent that neither
side has been able to make any sensi.
BILE advance. both being so we'll en-
trenched that neither artillery nor in
tantry can move them.
The Germans are turning Belgium
into fortress. which means that II
they do not succeed in advancing they
intend to be prepared for a winter in
Belgium
A battle OF some proportions Is go
Ing on between the Russians and
Turks at Koprukeui. in the Caucasus.
the result OF which may have a marked
enect on the war in that part OF the
world. Elsewhere in the near east
there has been no engagement OF i'm.
portance.
England. II Is announced. has no in.
tention OF undertaking any military
operations in Arabia. except for the
protection OF Arab interests against
Turkish or other aggressions or in SUP.
port OF attempts by the Arabs to free
themselves from Turkish rule.
Bulgaria also has set at rest the
report that she had an agreement
with Turkey and has issued a state
nent that no such agreement exists.
The Seryians and Montenegrins |
who started out 10 invade Bosnia and |
herzegovina and were at one time ap- |
the Bosnian capital OF Sara.
'eyo. now are back in their own ter.
-itory Offering a stubborn resistance
% the Austrians Tie weather is IA
'orable to them as snow is falling.
The Scandinavian countries and
Holland are much exercised over the
lowing OF mines where they endanger
Neutral vessels. That the mines are
n great number is shown by the fact
hat dozens are being driven on the
Dutch coast by the prevailing storm.