| Show BJ IN FRANCE m FOURTH WEEK J ALLIES' ALLIES AND INVADING GERMANS GERMAN HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FIERCELY FIERCE FIERCE- t t. t LY LV FOR A MONTH Germans are Holding Their Ground Tenaciously While French and English Eng EnD lish lIh Forces Furiously Attack All Au i Along the Line Scant are the actual details of th the recent fighting between the allies and tho the Germans v who ho for four tour weeks have hav b been eIl struggling for supremacy In northern France us as contained In the latest official communication nc b by the allies alUes oc oc- oc- oc inday ida In the th neighborhood n o otho othe ot the tho center center of the battle battie line where they stormed and captured an Important Import import- Important ant German position n Near sl y also ls tho the fighting was a Vcr very ery severe severe The Tue allies s and Germans German came cam to cl close se quarters and mid a a Germai regimental flag Was taken In a b bay bayonet y y onet charge harge Lassigny forms an angle of the allies' allies line which from there ther t turns tunis almost directly north The Germans are holding their ground tenaciously at this place Where where here they h have ve a considerable num num- iber o of big guns In strong positions In InIth Inthe Ith the i i. i The allied cavalry during a heavy mist mist c carried out a daring raid In the tho course urse of at which the they cut off oft a n German Germau convoy proceeding to Roye They rhey hey captured Germans who con con- the escort as well as several quick and a largo large amount of am am- The I French rench aviators ho are performing performing per per- forming brilliant work along the front Indicated the approach of ot the Germans Ger Ger- mans who when attacked offered 1 a along along along long and fierce resistance but eventually even even- were obliged to 40 surrender The allied commanders regard their on the western wIng and the center as Improving dally daily and are artS thoroughly satisfied with the progress which is being made On tho eastern wing the German bombardment of the French positions continues without Interruption and much material 1 damage is being done The rhe cannonading is accentuated because because be be- cause of the echoing and re echoing among the surrounding hills There Is not an nn inch of ground ove ovel which the great battle has been raging rag- rag ing which does not show traces of the awful character of at the battle The town of Albert Albertis is a mass of ruins only a n church steeple remaining standing Roye noe has disappeared under constant constan bombardment It Was wag the center of tho Germ German n effort to break through the he allied lines The German artillery artiller had ad taken advantage of many or-many many quarries jn jn in the vicinity where they placed guns which were beyond the reach of the French artillery Reconnoitering parties seeking to discover er tho the strength of at their opponents opponents opponents frequently came Cam l In l C conflict ri In these engagements the soldiers would take lake shelter behind the many bodies on the field or occasionally make smart d dashes dashes' across the op open n where their arms glittered in the sunlight Violent engagements were fought at three separate points of the front In Inthe inthe the battle of seven rivers on Saturday and despite the furious attempts of the Germans to relieve the constantly Increasing pressure the allies' allies line held fast I The great overshadowing fact tact of the days day's development de is the attempt of ot the Germans to carry the fighting seaward With Antwerp in their hands and Ostend stend predicted as the scene of an imminent encounter the kaisers kaiser's forces are now reaching out toward Dunkirk the channel post at which the British expeditionary force debarked Fighting was reported as far to the northwest o of Lille LIll as as s Cassel which h is but eighteen ml miles es from the channel coast Between Between- Cassel La Lo Basse and several engagements were rep reported ed which were were ere of a an intricate n nature turo because of at the character of or gro ground nd over over which the two opposing flanks are maneuvering The rhe strain on the men must be terrible ter ter- Ible as the fighting continues almost incessantly At times the men are lighting fighting in ditches filled with water ind md at other times wading through seas of mud Food supplies are secured while hUo men sien are In the fighting Lighting line on many occasions and It is not uncommon for fori i 1 soldier to drop from exhaustion Of the situation In the east the Aus Aus- general staff In In Ina a despatch coming com tom com ing tug by way of B Berlin rin reported a up break of the Russian invasion In Hungary Hungar and said th that t the Russan forces had been cleared rom a portion of the A A. Berlin dispatch says saY that King Albert Al AI bert of Belgium who has been report- report d to have left lert Antwerp at the of ofa i ia a port portion n of his troops has been slightly wounded |
