Show 0 STRAITS ghea KA I 1 sera FORCES MAKE i P PROGRESS OGRESS R TOY 11 HD little GOAL AFTER CROSSING dattlo continues to be pierce fiercest campaign immense armies t gling on border with fortune fortun 3 apparently evenly divided the german raid on the tha char i ports as it Is called in london no see to have been 1 checked for the time nimeh bo ins ing or at any rate the Gerni germans alis L hay made little it if any progress sl tl abay i a succeeded u cc ee d in c crossing r so in the beer Y 0 canal s L on n S saturday a i last a st they are ar however still pushing with all the forces at their command and meet ing with most stubborn resistant resistance from crom french british and belgian tt troops the losses on both sides conti continue nul to be in proportion to the fierceness of the battle which means that they the are greater than those la in any battle battla since war was declared now nearly throe months ago along the coast where the allies have the assistance of french and british warships they have apparently more than held their own and alil after inflicting very heavy losses or on the germans have compelled them to try for an opening further inland up until tuesday the allies had been forced to give way at some points but on tuesday Tue aday according to the french official communication they have succeeded in holding their positions tlona at every point from the mouth of the tha beer to the lens lena district and again have advanced between ypres cypres and Roul Rou lors rs where there has been some of the st arnest ernest fighting of this sanguinary battle and where the british indian troops have made first appearance in the firing line the opposing forces are so strong that it must be many days before decisive result is attained by either tide side despite the great losses which they are suffering and which grow greater as report follows report along the old front stretching from the river olse oise to the meuse from which the germans withdrew their best troops to strengthen the army which is attempting to advance along the coast the french have been taxing taking the offensive and to the north of Bois Sol sone have been engaging in an artillery duel with the germans la ia which they destroyed several of the german batteries they seem to have been playing at this game for or some borne time for the last three reports from parts paris have announced the dost destruction st of german guns further east the offensive tactics of the trench have driven the ger mans mana who were threatening nancy back across the frontier the germans germane however are so strongly in trenched along this long line that it la Is believed they are preparing to remain tor for the winter holding their petitions until their present objective the northern ports of france hav hato been attained very serious battles also are proceeding in southern poland and lit la galicia Gall cla without deceive result tn the russians however have crossed the vistula north of Ivan gorod with a fresh army corps which should have a marked effect on the fortunes of the battle they appear from their own owl account to be breaking down the re el stance of the austrians Aust rians south ol of and throughout t gallela Gall cla where fighting of the most stubborn character has been going on lor for weeks |