New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-05
Invaders March Eastward
in Line Nine Miles Long
Toward Bruges.
FIGHTING AROUND
YPRES CONTINUES
Defenders Advance Around Lys
Germans in the Region
of Vailly.
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dent that the Germans are in retreat
on the whole front from Neuport TO
the River Lys, by way Of Roulers.
Heavy fighting took place between Dix
nude, Roulers and Ypres, and the
Germans were obliged 20 retire, owing
20 the stubborn attacks and the en-
durance of the allied troops. Dixmude
is in the possession of the Allies.
It is said that detachments of Bel
gian troops have reached Thielt and
occupied that place, but no confirma
ton is at hand. 1t is believed that the
Germans are taking up new positions
along the line from Ostend via Bruges
10 Ghent, Alost and Brussels.
General Won der Goltz went 10
Ghent and informed Burgomaster
Braun that factories must deliver
their raw material to the German
authorities. The Burgomaster replied
that this decision gould involve the
closing of all the factories and that
80 900 workmen would be unemployed.
The gravest troubles are, in conse-
quence, feared.
Paris, Nov. A considerable part
of the extreme left of the German
army has begun . t,fIste retiring
movement, according to) 3orh official
and unofficial dispatches,u ON Belgium
to-day.
Whether this is the beginning Of an
orderly retreat behind the protection
of the flooded lands along the right
bank Of the User or a movement 70
concentrate the retiring force against
the allied line at Ypres or farther
south is a matter of conjecture.
The Amsterdam correspondent Of the
Central News telegraphs that there Is
every indication that the Germans are
retiring on the whole front from Bru-
ges 70 Thielt, fifteen miles southeast oi
Bruges. and that firing can be heard
distinctly at Ghent, still further in
land.
According 10 a statement issued py
the Belgian Minister of War this after
noon, the invaders, in an almost un-
broken column of infantry, cavalry and
artillery, have marched eastward IN
line extending from Leke, just behind
the recent fighting position, to Ihourot'
about nine miles further toward the
German frontier.
Germans Keep Up Attacks.
The Germans, however. have kept up
their attacks on the Allies lines
around Ypres, where the British
troops are fighting. Although there -
evidence that the new main effort OF
Emperor Williams forces to break
through at this point has not yet
really commenced, the Germans con-
tinue 10 bring up reinforcements, and,
under the eyes of the Emperor, are
preparing TO make another big attempt
70 get through to the coast.
Military men say that the Allies
have Just as good means for bringing
reinforcements to their lines as have
the Germans, and express confidence
that a new attack will prove as fruit
less a. previous ones.
Fighting Heavy Near Vailly.
Alternate gains and losses by each
side marked the great struggle be-
tween the Allies and the Germans
along the extended battle front in
France and Belgium to-day, according
TO officers who have returned here
from the fig htng zone:
The French and English troops. these
officers say, made considerable prog
ress in the neighborhood of Dixmude
and Lys. On the other hand, the Ger
mans are reported TO have gained
small amount of territory IN the re-
gion Of Vailly and Chavonne.
The heaviest fighting of the day was
in this region, where the Germans,
heartened by Tuesdays appreciable ad-
vance. endeavored 20 continue their
success. The Allies, aided by rein
forcements, are said to have blocked
to a large extent the furious attacks
of the Germans, and a small detach
ment of Frenchmen, although they met
with heavy resistance at bridge on
the Aisne, are said TO have succeeded
in pushing on and gaining high ground,
commanding the enemy's position.
From this point the French opened
rGElnK IFt on the htiu uAduof DAA klGy
were not sufficient in numbers 10 with
stand the furious German onslaught
that followed, and were compelled 10
retire to avoid being cut TO pieces.
The few cannon taken by the Germans,
il is said, were put out of commission
before the retreat.
Saws Line Is Forced Back.
A Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam
quotes the correspondent OF TIE "Tele-
graaf" AZ Sluis as saying the fighting
on the User was very severe yester-
DAY.
Il is reported that the Allies forced
the Germans back 10 the village OF
Jabbeke. between Ostend an ruges.
Several trains filed with fresh troops
from Ostend pissed through Bruges
without stopping.
The Germans az Bruges are expect
ing an attack from the Allies. All the
drawhridres sre raised AZ nirhtfall