The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-29
Fighting in Flanders
Is Fiercest in History
Desperate Battles and Enormous Losses Along the User
Mark Every Day and Lines Are Constantly
Reinforced on Both Sides

and famine is feared. Women and chill
dren lack the nscessaries OF life. All
supplies for Ostend have been stopped.
The American Consul has taken steps
TO alleviate the misery and is negotiating
10 despatch a food ship from some Dutch
port IL the Germans and allies will guar
antee Its safe passage.
THE German headquarters stan was
removed from Ostend TO lIeyst to-day
They probably consider II safer than
Ostend The Germans are on tenter-
hooks In anticipation OF the landing Of
further British troops on the Belgian
coast. The coast has been literally sown
with mines, the Germans using Ostend
tugs and drcdgers for the purpose The
work. however. appears TO have been
poorly done as several mines broke away
and dashing against the stone grolns
were exploded
All reports from the front agree that
the Belgian army has shown splendid
fighting qualities and that IL repulsed
some OF the nerCest German charges N
the war The Begians were called upon
To defend the line OF the User when they
should have had several days rest. De-
spite their fatigue they buckled to the
task
Their infantry has been in tho trenches
for more than ten days without rest.
drinking the water from the canals VIII ch
to prepare warm food, and constantly
under rain of German ehells.
Yesterday the Germans. despair'ng NJ
crossing the line from Newport TO Dix
nude. made a detour to cross the line
from DiXmude to Tpres.
Correspondents report that the Belgia1s
never entirely dislodged tho Germans
from the position they occupied after hav-
ing crossed the User. near Pervyse, on the
railway line from Dixmude TO Newport.
small force still holds the bridgehead.
but the rest have been sent back with
shattered ranks. At Dixmude and Nieu-
port the struggle has been equally severe.
French marines withstood continuous
attack OF forty hours before they drove
the Germans from position near Dix
nude at the point of the bayonet
on Saturday the Germans got across
the User at another point further 10 the
south. near St Georges Capelle. Here
another terrible conflict took place in the
channels of the stream. The Germans &C.
cupled the village of Stuyvekenskerke. bu,
were driven out. Back they came and In
turn drove out the Belgians. who could
make no further Roadway until the arrival
of French requirements, when the Ger
mans were again driven to the further
bank
The fire from the British warships of
/ Ostend and Newport has been devastat-
! ing. Observers in a captive balloon repor,
that there Is not wall left standing m
any OF the coast villages which the Ger
mans occupied. notably at Westkerke
Slyp and Movie
The Germans In Belgium are provided
with roughly made but strong wooder
platforms which they can throw across
streams and rlvulets to effect crossing
These devices are also used TO protec
the infantry and thus they have gained a
points where they would otherwise have
been moved down. However when thes
bridges have been made the soldiers are a
the mercy of the allies guns and FIRE
quently tremendous slaughter has resulted
B At one point the Germans laid n low
platform bridge over dixie and thei
attempted TO get across by "A rush. The
had not crossed when they were met by
countercharge that routed them s.
enormous was the slaughter that tn
bodies damned the space under the bridg
and the water overlooked into the loy
lying country on either side.