South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-01
Teuton Infantry, However,
Does Not Make Attack in
Belgium But Furious Fight
RageS in ArgOnne.
GERMANS SAVING TO
MEET RUSSIAN ATTACK
Remain on Defensive in West
Flanders to Divert All Avail
able Strength to Eastern
Theater of War.

PARIS. Dec. 1.-The French troops
along the Aisne have been subjected
TO furious bombardment by the Ger
man center, it is officially reported.
I'm West Flanders and north of Arras
the invaders artillery has also been
active.
There was no German infantry at
tack in Belgium yesterday but attacks
and counter attacks are reported from
the ArgOnne.
The official cOmmunique follows:
"In Belgium the day of Nov. 20 was
marked by rather heavy cannOnade.
The German infantry made no attack.
The enemy continues TO show a
very marked activity TO the north of
Arras
In the region of the Aisne there
has been continuous cannOnade all
along the front.
In the Argonne the fighting con-
tinued without causing any mOdihca
uon in the general situation.
In the Woevre and in the Vosges
there is nothing to report"
Germans ON Defensive.
The third great phase Of the war
I'm the western Jn~--er of hOstilities
has begun TO develop. according to
official and unofficial reports from the
north.
the Germans in the ives. intend 10 re-
main upon the defensive in order TO
divert all OF their available strength
against the Onrushing legiOns of the
car in the eastern arena.
The first big phase Of the war was
the German campaign 10 take Paris;
the second was a general offensive on
the part of the invaders with their
assaults concentrated in northern
France and west Flanders in an ef-
fort to break through TO the coast,
and take Calais and Dunkirk and now
comes the third phase
The Germans are expected 10 make
sharp demonstrations in some quar-
ters, particularly at points where
counter attacks are necessary. to less
IN the pressure against imperilled po-
sitions.
German artillery is stir very active
around Arras. scissors and Apre-
mont In West Flanders there IS
heavy fighting around Ypres where
the Germans have started in to shell
the fresh British troops that have re-
Heved the war-wOrn veterans in the
trenches
Kings Visit Helps.
The visit OF King George To France
to visit the British troops is having a
very encouraging effect The spirits
of the English soldiers have been
raised by the presence of their mon
orch so near To the battle line and in
the base hospitals the British king
further endeared himself by speaking
words To the wounded. King George
has expressed 20 Field Marshal Sir
John French his warm appreciation
OF the gallantry shown by his troops
in action. The English king declared
that il was one of the prOudeSt mo-
ments of his life when he could mingle
with men who have fought so bravely
for their native land
The king spoke very highly of the
valOr of the officers and OF the French
and Belgians who have been making
such heroic sacrifices To stem the on
rush Of the German army.
King George had q rough paSsa ge
across the channel hut looked well
and ft after his arrival within the
lines. He was met by his eldest son,
the prince-of Wales and together
visited a number of hospitals. Part
OF the time the roar OF far away
cannouade sounded as the king was
making his rounds He often stopped
20 listen and spoke of the courage IL
must require for trOops 20 lie in their
cole trenches while the gigantic Ger
man guns kept laundering away at
them and the shraPnel burst cOntin-
uously overhead.
AT1nOrcd Trains i'm Duel.
The last time that an English king
IN the war of the Austrian sue
cession in 1742 when King George IT.
commanded the English Hanoverians
end Hessians at the battle of Dettigen
against the French. This visit is
strange contrast with the visit OF King
George IT: the former monarch an
reared upon a field where his armies
were lighting against the French
King George Y. comes as an ally 10
the French.
A telegram from Furness saws that
German and British armored traits
fought n spectacular duel near Ypres
The British artillery had the aA-l
vantage in range and the German
train was smashed.
From a Dutch source 10 is reported
that some OF the German soldiers at
the front have mutIuied.
p is reported that the Germans
have begun 20 retire from before Dix
nude. but this report lacks confrma-
tlon
There has been an outbreak OF ty-
phoid fever in Belgium Tt has
spread from the German camp 10 the !
civilian population
The weather in northern France
and west Flanders remains cold. but
~ other points Ga France 81 is much |
warmer
CLINE DFFFaTs COCHRAN. !
DALLAS. Texas Dec. Harry