The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-10-29
German March on Dunkirk and
Calais Halted.
AUsTRIANs REACH BELGIUM
Francis Joseph's Troops Strengthen
kaiser's Llne-FrsDch Move to
Relieve Verdun--Dead Lying
In Heaps.

~ pieced together seem to indicate
that the Germans are defeated in
their desperate final effort to capture
Dunkirk and Calais. ~ ....
At the same time, the combined
French garrison of Toul and Nancy
have fallen on the German army OF
Lorraine and pushed IL back toward
Metz. ......
And in Alsace the French troops
who took Altkirch and Thanh at the
point Of the bayonet, have been re-
enforced by large attachments sent
from the army that shielded Belfort.
1t appears to be victory for the al
lies arms, from .Belfort to the sea,
The war offices are chary OF making
claims. The Bordeaux ministry, with
that conservatism which has charac-
) terized its utterances since the out.
break OF hostilities, announced mere
1y: Some progress on our part in
the region south of Dixmude." This
follows an Introductory paragraph be.
ginning: There is nothing to an
nounce."
Kaiser Orders Towns Capture.
The capture Of Calais had been or.
dered by the kaiser, according to the
correspondent of the Times at Copen.
hagen, With Calais as a., base the
Teutonic troops we're to swoop across
the channel and desolatc England.
This correspondent learns from Berlin
that the kaiser sent a message to
General Won Beseler demanding the
seizure Of the French channel city
irrespective OF expenditure OF life
or materials" raa,s., ..fr d ...ss...
That the kaiser's command failed
to give the Germans the necessary
momentum to break through the line
OF Belgian, French and British troops
that stood in their way, Is indicated
by dispatches detailing the further
bombardment, of ,Arras, the continued
Smelling Of Dixmude and Nieuport, and
the check, the Germans received when
their decimated advance legions that
led the attack on the Belgian line
we're thrown back across the User.
Germans Lose 5000 Men.
The 5000 Germans who crossed the
User on bridges in the night have
either been killed or taken prisoners
The 5000 Germans who occupied the
chaT-heaped cemetery which once was
Dixmude, have been driven out and
hunted down in the nearby wood
Thousands more have swept down
upon the. Belgian trenches and en-,
tanglements in solid masses only to
be met by the bayoLet, Many hun.
dreds have been captured, but 'ully
1900 will be accounted for as missing
their bodies are fioasing in the
User, which is red with their blood.
About Ypres the fighting has been
fully as furious as that from Nieu'
port to Dixmude; and west Of Roulers
the destruction of life and property
has been .frightful.
The left wing Of the allies has been
REINFORCED, until 1t. is now believed
that the Germans between Ypres and
the ocean are outnumbered by the al
lies opposing them.
d. Austrians Reach Belgium.
Paris, Oct. 2s.--Ten thousand Aus
TRANS have arrived at Client, herald
ing the arrival Of strong bodies Of
fresh, troops hurried to the aid oil
Germans. Thousands upon thousands
of wounded have been taken to the
German rear Ostend and Antwerp
are now filling up, and Bruges, Client
and Thielt can hold no more.
From near Reims has come a dis
patch dwelling upon the local indica
tfons. that the Germans are prepar
ing to hold their position in that part
of the Aisne all winter, although, oil
course, this will depend largely or
the result Of the operations to the
north. ..... ....,.. ....n ...
Shells Destroy Arras. ss.s ..,
Reports from Arras declare that the
Germans are continuing a furious
bombardment of Arras and that the
entire city has practically been de
stroyed. Arras is the capital OF thC
department of Pas.de-C Calais, 10t
miles north by. northeast Of Paris
and Is fine example of Flemish arch
itectbre. , .,-, ,.J, s,
ION to ostend" the Cry. IA
The general opinion here Is that ths
allies will soon be in Ostend again
ostend, like Bruges and Client, II
/. overlooking with wounded, and Ant
werp is filing up. This unceasins
flow OF wounded men is calculated t.
Y A. n
troops in Ostend
Reports from all sides tell Of terri
BILE carnage around Roulers, wher,
the dead are lying in heaps. On thu
sea front there the naval shells
worked havoc. Carts come and g
the day long with wounded, Lark'
farm wagons with their sioping side
are packed with masses OF wounde'
and dying men,