The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-11-12
germany
INVADED
BY ALLIES
Enemy Holds Ground
at Three Points.
1tufONS MAKE final
ATTEMPT IN FLANDERS
Fresh Troops and New Guns
in Battle at 0ixrnude.

London, Nov. 10.-At three places
in the area of hostiities-in Silesia,
in East Prussia and in Alsace-forces
of the entente allies We're on German
soil and for the first time since the
outbreak of hostilities conditions
seemed to presage. in the opinion of
British military observers, a reversal
of the roles of the contending coun.
tries.
Three points stand out in the latest
news of the great war In Flanders,
the Germans, undaunted by past fail
ures to break through to the Straits
of Dover, have launched their expect
ed new attack, regarded by the allies
as their supreme effort.
In Russian Poland the immense
armies of the Russian emperor are
pushing forward with surprising
speed, threatening the Germans on
home soil.
From Toxic comes the report that a
Japanese army may be sent to the
west to take it's part with the British,
French and Belgians in the struggles
on the battlefields of Europe.
Week May See Change.
Military observers agree the war has
entered on crucial stage and that
the next week will mark definite
f;lf, fbn of n
French opinion the Germans must eli
ther win their way to the English
channel or fall back. For that reason
particular interest attached to the Off
cial French statement, which indicated
the beginning of the onslaught for
pairing during the lull of the last few
days
Fresh troops and new guns from the
Krupp works have been rushed to the
line of battle from Dixmude south
ward across the French border to Ar
ras. The Germans have struck their
first blows at DiXmude and in the
region of Ypres and the French war
office announces that their attacks
have been repulsed.
Slow progress for the allies along
the greater part of the line from Dix
nude to the Lys is claimed by the
French. Over the remainder of the
disputed territory, across France. the
situation has not changed materially,
although the French report that new
Enrm1n attacks in h,y
checked.
Menace On the East.
Up to the present Germany has been
fighting, generally speaking, in the ter
ritory of her enemies, but now she
would appear to be more or less seri-
ously menaced from the east by the
victorious armies of Grand Duke Mich
olas, the Russian commander-in-chief
in the field, the advance guards of
which are reported as having crossed
the Silesian frontier. The Russians
also have crossed the East Prussan
frontier, which also was the site of a
brief Russian invasion in the early
stages OF the war. London considers
portant of the campaign up to the
present. The French for some time
have held their positions in Alsace.
Reports OF German retirement
from Belgium have been revived in
connection with the Russian advances
in the eastern area Of the war, but it
is mere speculation to say that Ger
many will be obliged to retire from
Belgium, or even cease her offensive
in this region In any event German
retirement from Belgium probably
would be slow, as the Teutonic troops
have made the entire country behind
their battle line one vast fertilization,
with trenches even more carefully
prepared than those they still hold in
France.