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Show B m BIG GUN DUELS MAKE EARTH TREMBLE London, Aug. 13. Gun duels whoso reverberations wero folt In Holland began lato last night and lastod all through today on tho northern north-ern part of tho western front. A resumption re-sumption of tho Franco-British drive on both sides of Ypros was foreshadowed foreshad-owed In nil tho dispatches from tho front. Sir Douglas Hatg In his day report said thoro was "nothing to ro-port," ro-port," but tho "nothing" was generally gen-erally regarded hero as tho quiet beforo be-foro tho storm. On tho Franco-Gor-mnu front north of tho Alone nnd In tho Champagno tho crown prlnco continued con-tinued his vain assault. Tarls reported re-ported tho repulso of all German onslaughts, on-slaughts, Including now thrusts on tho Verdun front. Fronch filers yesterday shot down two Teuton airplanes nnd a captlvo balloon nnd drovo down thrco others In a damaged condition. j a |