Show GERMAN ON STRAITS CHECKED KAISERS FORCES MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARD GOAL AFTER CROSSING battle continues to be fiercest of campaign immense armie armies struggling on an border with fortune fortunes apparently evenly even ly divided the german raid on the channel port ports as it 1 is called in london seem seeing to have been checked for the time bo be tag ing or at any rate the germane germans have made little if it any progress since they succeeded eucce eded in crossing the canal on saturday lait last they are however still pushing with all the forces at their command and meet ing with ath most stubborn resistance from french british and belgian troops tho the losses on both sides continue to be in proportion to the fierceness of the battle which means that they are greater than tho those 5 a in any battle since war was declared decla red now nearly three months ago along the coast where the allies hare have the assistance of french and british warships they have apparently more inore than held their own and heavy losses on the germans have compelled them to try for an opening further inland up until Tu thesda esdA the allies had been forced to ave way at some point points but on tuesday according to the french official communication they have succeeded eucce eded in holding their positions poil tlona at every point from the mouth of the year to the lens district and again have advanced between ypres and mind where there haa been some of the sternest fighting of this son gult gulnara iary battle and whore where the british indian troops have made thier first appearance in the firing line the opposing forces are so strong that it must be many day days before a decline result ie Is attained by either fide side despite the great losses which they are suffering and which grow greater as a report follow follows report along the old front retching stretching from the ike river olee oise to the mouse from which the germane germans withdrew their beet troops to strengthen the army which Is 1 attempting to advance along the coast the french have bave been taking the offensive and to the north of bolzoni Bola sons navo have been engaging in an artillery duel with the germans in which they destroyed several ot of the german clerman batteries they seem to have been playing at this game same for some time for the last thrim 1 reports from paria parts have announced the de st ruction of german guns further east the offensive tactics ot at the trench wrench have driven th 3 gr mans who were threatening nancy back cross across tho the frontier ler the germane germans however are so strongly in trenched along long line that it in 1 believed they are preparing to re main fop for the winter holding their positions until their present objective objectives the northern ports of france have been attained very serious battles also are pro beeding in southern poland and in galicia Gal cla without decisive result the flus however have crossed the vistula north of Ivan lyan gorod with a fresh army corps which should have a marked eff effect ecton on the fortunes of the battle they appear from their own account to be breaking down tho the resistance si istance stAnce of the austrians laos south of Prien and throughout galicia Gall cia where fighting of at the molt most stubborn character has been going on for weeks |