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Show I 350,000 GERMANS II , TRY NEW ADVANCE I I Concentrate New Ypres And Arras for I I ( , Drive Toward Calais. In the Prelimi-j Prelimi-j B nary Fighting Trenches Are Taken by j ' Teutons and Retaken by The Allies. i p f i .j t- Paris, Nov. 5, 10:50 p. m. I J II! , Tho following- official communi- I' ffl j t cation was issued at the war 6f- 1 . i 1 i -fico tonight: I! , "There is no information on f the operations at the north of , f tho Lys. I I "In a violent ofTcnsive movc- ' , ment bj the Germans north of Arras we lost a few trenches ! i ! which later were retaken. "In the Arjjonne (region of . St. Hubert) all the German at- j, tacks havo been successfully 1 repulsed. "Concerning the remainder i , v of the battle front there is 1 ' ty nothing of importance to re- Port." 11 ;f Paris, Nov. 5. Thd new : ' , German drive for the coast ' through Ypres, Lille and Arras, I i 1 j fv which a great army of 350, ' j COO men has-been concentrated, .1 ji 1 was started today and met 1 with its fir.st repulse. ' ' The French counter offen-j Rf I i yive, supported by new batteries J II I i of hen'y aitillcry and aupmeut-j ' B f fl re-en es fiMin eneh of the ' 1 1 h allied armies. us able not only to repel the German advance, but succce3ed at several points in making notable progress. The German attack was not characterized by the vigor and determination which marked the earlier conflicts near the co'a3t, the man dependence of tho assault being placed in the artillery. This would seem to indicate the abandonment of the prodigal expenditure of men which has proved so costly cost-ly to tho invaders. New German Troops. Aerial scouts have reported great columns of troops coming com-ing up behind the German line to the east of Ypres and dispatches dis-patches from Harve tell of news received there that during dur-ing the last three days train upon train of fresh German troops has passed through Liege from Aix-la-Chapelle, 20Q cars having been counted rolling roll-ing westward in one day. Tin's definitely destroys the conclusion previously reached by observers here that the invaders invad-ers had abandoned their march en Calais. That tho discarding of the plan neyer had been credited seriously by" General Joffre, is indicated by the preparations pre-parations being made by the allies to defeat this new drive at all costs. British and French reserves in enormous bodies have been brought to the support sup-port of the allied line in the north and every effort ,is being made to halt the German advance ad-vance before it gathers strength. Trenches Taken and Retaken. Although the brunt of the fighting incident to this movement move-ment is in front of Ypres, tonight's to-night's official communique from Bordeaux reports that a German offensive has opened to the north of Arras. The Germans Ger-mans took several of the allies' al-lies' trenches after terrific hand-to-hand encounters, but (he French and British troops, rallying for a vigorous counter attack, dug the Germans out and bayoneted them to retreat. re-treat. The small detachment of the Bavarian army that remained near Nieuport have all been forced to withdraw to a line runing due south from Ostend, a retreat of ten miles, and the Belgians and French have pushed push-ed forward here. In the region of St. Hubert, in the Argonne district, several attacks were made by the Germans, with no result. The afternoon official communique com-munique tells of a spirited artillery ar-tillery contest in the region of La Basse and the Somme. About Roye the fighting continues con-tinues and tho French have advanced ad-vanced from Le Quesnoy-en-Santcrro in the direction of A11-dechy. The cannonading of the French positions on the center between the Oise and the Moselle Mo-selle today failed of effect. The French war office sums up in the following language: "The attacks of the enemy at various points on our front have been repulsed, in, some instances in-stances after an engagement which lasted all day long." " |