Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-05
FIGHT On In Belgium.

Fight On In Belgium. !.
Undeterred by winter weather and
floods, the Germans still are making
an effort to break down the Allies de-
Tense along the Franco-Belgian from
tier. There have been almost con-
tinuous artillery fights, with occa-
sional infantry attacks, but apparent
ly without either side making any
progress.
The line from the coast to Nieuport.
which has been receiving less atten-
ton since the Germans began their at
tempt to get the British out of Ypres,
again has been subjected to a bonn
bardment which is described as very
violent one, while to the south of Dix
nude the Germans have been trying,
under fire from the Allies cannon, to
build works to check the flood which
compelled them to evacuate part of
their trenches.
At other points the big guns again
have been busy, and Reims has been
subjected to another rain of shells.
A LuIl in Flanders.
After four weeks of most desperate
fighting there is lull in the battle in
Flanders. With this lull, however,
has come little relief for the men in
the trenches, as the artillery and rife
fire, to which they have been sub
jected with hardly any intermission,
has been replaced by one of those
storms which so often accompany No
vember in this latitude.
In some parts of England the storm
has reached the proportions of bliz-
card; on the sea heavy gale RACES
and the battlefelds are getting their
full share of wind and rain.
German Attacks All RepuIsed.
For the most part the opposing ar
mics have been content to shell each
other at long range, but the Germans
have made several attacks around
Ypres, which, according to the French
general staff, have been repulsed with
heavy losses. Despite these losses it
it not believed that the Germans have
any intention of giving up their at
tempt to reach the French coast, and
the Allies are making elaborate prep
arations to block any further advance
in force.
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 which place them in a
better position for either defense or
offense.
Germans Cross the User.
The Germans have crossed the User
river, according to the admission in
the latest Paris official communica-
tion, and although the invaders occupy
only few hundred yards on the left
bank of the stubbornly contested river,
the allies can not be Indifferent to this
gain and desperate efforts will be
made to drive back the slight wedge.
German Regiment Destroyed.
An entire German regiment was de-
stroyed north of Bixschoote when the
allied troops again flooded the dis
trict in which the bitter fighting for
the line to the coast has been in prog
ress for the last month That was
declared in the latest official state
ment issued by the French war office.
Both are Satisfied.
Each side expresses satisfaction with
the progress of the war in France. Ber-
lin says that the attacks of the Allies
have been repulsed, and that their
own attack is making Roadway; while
in London and Paris it is felt that
so long as the Allies can hold the line
of the canal from Newport to Ypres
their position, is a strong one.
In France, from the northwest to
the southeast, there have been engage
ments of lesser Importance, in which,
according to the French report, Gen
eral Joffre's armies have succeeded in
gaining ground and strengthening
their positions. The Germans con-
tinue to destroy bridges and railways
in Belgium, but with what object re-
mains a secret. 1t is believed, how
ever. that they are making prepare
tions to winter in that country, and
they are taking every step to prevent
their plans from becoming known to
their enemies