The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-11-23
Invaders Driven From Trenches
Near ArraS
ARMIES GETTING 4 REST
Furious Teuton Onslaught Predicted
In West Flanders, as Invaders Dare
Not Retreat, Knowing Allies Have
Fresh Army In Background.

Fresh Army In Background.
London. Nov. 23.-In Flanders and
In France the armies seem to be en-
joying a long deserved rest, for the
only remaining evidence that the DEL
ligerents are facing each other Is an
occasional bombarGment with heavy
guns.
Infantry attacks have temporarily
ceased, and while the generals are
laying their plans for the next move
the men are getting a chance to rest
and to tidy themselves up after
month In the water-soaked trenches.
The most severe cannonading along
the entire front took place at Ypres,
where the Germans again shelled the
British positions. The town nall. as
we'll as a number of other buildings
were demolished Further along the
line and in the region OF scissors
and Vailly the Germans were also &C
tive. according to the French Official
communication, but this action was
mainly artillery, and there were no
changes on the battle front. Earlier
In the day an official statement from
Paris reports that many Of the Ger
man trenches in the region Of Arras
TO the Disc were destroyed by the
French artillery fire and that the Ger
mans were forced to retire and con-
struct 4 new line of trenches to the
rear.
Elseyhere along the battle front
from the Aisne to the heights OF the
Meuse and the Vosges the situation Is
calm and there has been no change
In the situation.
An eyewitness with the British
headquarters in q long statement made
public gives official confirmation OF
the reported heavy losses the Ger
mans have suffered In their attacks
ON Ypres. He speaks of decimated
battalions, of hundreds of dead left
before the trenches and of patches
of bodies found in farm houses. The
casualty lists of British officers show
that the British forces have also SUI
fered severely in the fighting.
The terrific fighting of the last five
weeks to the north of Lille. though 1t
cost the allies thousands of lives, has
been all In their favor, for the Ger
mans are incomparably worse situat-
ed now in the west of Flanders than
they were the week before they en-
tered Ostend.
It may be that the next few days
will see attacks by the Germans more
furious and sustained than any In the
past at Newport, Dixmude and Ypres.
But the foods and bitter frost are
having their effect on the German in
fantry and general retirement Is
predicted.
The Germans dare not retreat, for
they know that the allies have in the
background a whole fres1Earmy corps,
chatting for the signal to advance. The
Germans have fatigued themselves In
their efforts to achieve their aim Of
occupying Calais till winter has de-
scended upon them, and the elements
have become the chief force in the
great alliance.
A young German officer captured
inland begged to be allowed to climb
on q motor omnibus and take one
look at Paris. He could hardly be
convinced that he was more than $50
miles from Paris: he had never been
nearer 1t, and had never even been In
France.
Three months ago the Germans had
much the better of the allies as re-
CARDS heavy artillery: the relative po-
sitions are very different today. At
many points the German lines and
the allies as so close that the outer
trenches are not more than thirty
yards apart. Messages are thus easily
flung from one line to the other. wrap
ped in clods of earth.
The official bulletins are as follows:
GERMAN.
Elm the eastern war theater the sit
uation remains unchanged. In Poland
We still are fighting for victory. The
fighting south of Flock and at Czen-
stochowa continues"
FRENCH.
During the day of the 22d there
was q violent bombardment of Ypres,
In the course Of which the Halles and
the town hall we're destroyed. Heavy
cannonading occurred In the region
Of scissors and Vailly.
ION the rest of the front there Is
nothing to report"
An earlier bulletin said:
THE day of Nov. 81 was calm on
the whole of the front. In Belgium.
rs In the region from Arras to the
Disc, there were only intermittent can
nonades. Our artillery showed Itself
generally more active than the artil-
lery of the enemy. Our batteries sue
ceeded In demolishing several lines
Of German trenches. The enemy il
working elsewhere constructing new
trenches In the rear.
THE day was equally calm on the
Aisne. on the Champagne district, as
vel las In the Argonne, on the heights
Of the Mouse and In the Vosges."