Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-07
Allies Claim to Have Re-
pulsed Germans Along
Entire West Front.
DEAD FILL THE FIELDS
Kaiser Squirting Forces on for
Another Furious Onslaught
on the Arras Line.

London, Nov. THE German at
tempt to reach the Straits of Dover,
/ prosecuted with such reckless abandon
and courage as to wiring praise even
from the foe. appeared today to have
relaxed temporarily.
Along the now famous User, from
the sands of the North sea coast to
the ruined town of Dixmude, the sit
uation, according to the French war
+ office, was relatively quiet Along
/ the rest of the battle line, which
stretches across France, important ad-
vantage was said to have been won
by the allies. The French statement
says the allies repulsed the Germans
along almost the entire front and that
northeast of Verdun, where the terri
tory has long been disputed with eX-
ceptional ferocity, two villages were
captured by the allies. Fighting there
had all but ceased and the tide of bat
tie had rolled southwark, leaving be-
hind il countless dead. South of
Ypres on the line to Arras the Ger
mans are preparing another furious
onslaught, spurred on by their emperor.
The main battle there has not yet be-
gun.
One hundred and fifty thousand
Germans, it is said, will be moved
from Prussia to Belgium next week, |
while troops who fought near Sedan
already are in West FLINDERS.
Kaiser to Reinforce West.
Notwithstanding Russian claims to |
overwhelming success in the east, !
there is nothing to show that the /
Germans and Austrians have met great !
disaster and although they were com !
PEELED to retreat they apparently were /
able to fall back upon strongly .
fortified positions selected in advance. /
The probability that they are safe IN
these positions for the present leads I
London to suggest that German troops /
will be Withdrawn and rushed west to
bolster up the battered forces in a |
supreme effort to pierce the allied line
south of Ypres. Heavy cannonading
the last two days is believed prelimi-
nary to the German attack. On the
remainder of the battle line through
out France there have Ueen no deci-
sive changes.
A Russian official statement claims
resistance of the enemy has been
broken after fighting several weeks
along front of 80 miles and that a
new procedure of war will be in
augurated.
Russia has drafted a bill to raise a
war levy, and proposes n general tax
on incomes of individuals, corpora
tions and companies with annual rev.
enue of more than $500.
The fall of Using Tau held first
place in the attention of military
men today. The question raised was
what Japanese would do next. 1t is
suggested it will inaugurate an often
sive naval campaign in the Pacific.
1t is reported Turkish officials at
Smyrna are seizing vessels of hostile
nations.
Petrograd says Turkish forces
which attempted the offensive in eau
casia have been driven back with
heavy losses.
Paris. Nov. lit is semi-officially
stated that many German prisoners
were taken along the whole front yes
terday.
Petrograd, Nov. Russians are at
tacking a heavily entrenched Ger
man position at Sierra Dza on the
Warhe river. This engagement is the
beginning of the Russians advance
against the last fortified German po- {
sition on Russian soil. {
Paris Reports German RepuIses. !
Paris. Nov. 5.-An official statement l
saws the situation is relatively quiet q
IN the river User below Dixmude- The {
lilies successfully repulsed German at G
.acks along almost the entire front
Counter attacks at Dixmude and Dix
;choote were repulsed. Southeast of
Ypres the French and English have as /
,umed the offensive. Day and night {
attacks between Arras and the Disc
we're checked and near Valley the S
french recaptured positions previous c
v wrestled from them Argonne I
,ther attacks we're repulsed and the
french made progress. Northeast OF
yerdon two villages were captured.
Southeast of Verdun and St Mihiel Of
ensive movements of the enemy fail h
ID. On the right wing the enemy sus- a
aimed losses around Nancy. u
Amsterdam, Nov. IA Vienna dis A