Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-20

ing japanese destroyers shelled the
500 after it lay stranded and de-
stroyed it. The 800 carried crew
of Sc. 1t was built in 1899; its length
was 207 feet and it's displament
500 tons. 1t carried three 4-pounders
and two machine guns.
The admiralty also announced that
German surveying ship had been
captured and another sunk.
Royalty Returns.
London, Oct. 2O.-King George and
Queen Mary, who left last week fol
Sandringham, returned today.
Prohibited Forever.
Petrograd, Oct. 20.-The Car, in
telegram to the Russian Temper
ance Society, says:
81 have decided to prohibit forever
in Russia the government sale of al
| cohol."
Submarine Sunk.
Berlin, Oct. 20.-It was officially
announced today that the British sub
marine E3 was sunk October 18 by
! German warships in the North Sea.
Warships Give Aid.
Paris, Oct. 20.-Britisi warships
cannorading the German land forces
which had opened terrific lombard
ment of the allies entrenched posi-
tion between Nieuport, on the Belgian
North Sea coast, and Dixmude, south
ward on the Ypres canal, struck ter
ror to the hearts of the invaders by
their thanking and enfilading fire and
broke the force of the attack. The
l'Belgians, fighting on their own soil to
regain their country, dashed forward
and in desperate counter attack
hurled the Germans back.
This is the first time in the war in
the north that naval vessels of any
of the belligerents have effectively
aided the land forces in the opera
tionS.
The firing from the guns of war
vessels along the coast to the west of
Ostend has been heard for two days,
hut until the official communique was
issued from Bordeaux and transmitted
for publication to General Gallien in
Paris at midnight, the identity of the
ships and the purpose of their bom-
bardment Of the coast remained hid
den under the cloak of official mill
tary secrecy.
The German attack on this section
Of the allies front in northern Bel
gium was directed in frantic eff
fort to break through along the coast
and secure foothold on the French
coastline positions before the strength
of the allies should have become so
great as to bar their progress with
out resort to frontal attack, with it's
consequent and inevitable carnage.
In their advance which started from
the south of Ostend on Saturday, the
Germans had singled out the position
held by the Belgian forces as the
weakest point in the line, because of
the reported decentralization the Bel
gians had suffered in their successive
defeats which ended in the fall of
Antwerp. But King Albert's troops
were prepared. They had dug them
selves in and they were supported by
their shattered but still effective ar
tillery and rapid firers. They brought
the Germans to a standstill in their
first assault, one of tremendous
weight in numbers of solidly-massed
troops and heavy gun fire.
In the evening, after several hours
of furious fighting, in which the Bel
gians maintained doggedly their po-
sitions, hurling the enemy back time
after time with heavy losses in each
repulse, there was heard the guns of
the ships to seaward.
And the navy guns had the range,
for the first shots were effective and
demoralizing to the German attack
ers. There was perceptible cessa-
ton in the attack directed against the
Belgians and in the lull which en-
Gured throughout the night fully three
railway wagons were loaded down with
the German wounded, according to
refugees who saw them passing to
the rear on the following morning.
The attack was renewed with in
creased fury on Sunday morning and
lasted all day Sunday, the Germans
alternately directing their big gun
fire against the Belgian positions and
the ships at sea, the latter by indi.
rect fire and without effect so far as
has been reported.
Yesterday the fire from the navy
guns became so severe and effective
that the Germans started to withdraw