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Show ALLIES EOT OFF GERMAN TROOPS Paris. Nov. , 10:30 p m The following fol-lowing official communication was la-sued la-sued by the war office tonight "There has been no notable inodi-firatlon inodi-firatlon In the situation bv reason of the diff lenities which an Intense fog has created in connection with operations opera-tions of any extent. "In the north the day has been I good. We have maintained our positions posi-tions between the Rher Lys and i.;mg.-maroK nnd made appreciate" j progress between Langemarck and 1 Dlxmudc ' Paris. Nov 9. The allies, on the Offensive In the battle of Flanders today firmly established their line on the east front of Ypres from tho Riv er Lys to a point considerably north of Langemarck, which Is five milSj north of Ypres This line is from Mosslnes, pas' Ypres, on the east to north of Langemarck. When It is considered that the Ger- j mans now occupy Ypres and that great concentrated forces of fresh troops have boon driving at the French and llritiKh positions in the environs of the town In a giant effort ef-fort to win through on the "march to I Calais," the significance of this gain I can easily be realized The allies have cut off the German I garrison In Ypres from tho main body operating toward it from the east, and then have lorced bark this main body, whose only hope was to maintain a violent offensive. Allies Force the Fighting. Meanwhile tho British and French are driving hard on Ypres from the west, while to the south of pros. I along the Menln road and along the j plateau traversed by the high road: from Ypres to Armontieres. the al-1 lies still are carylry; the fighting to the Invaders, despite the violent' counter attacks of the fresh German army corps, supported by the concentrated con-centrated fire of massed German batteries. bat-teries. Slowly but surely the allies are creeping forward, and In like ratio the Prussians are being pressed back foot by foot, but always backward. Dense Fogs Continue, Dense fog which has swept down from Flanders, where It delayed operations op-erations a day ago, now envelops the I remainder of the battle front along', the French left center and on the center, causing definite cessation of hostilities. Rapid advance in the fighting in Flanders Is Impossible except where the numerical strength of one army is greatly superior to the other or the weight of guns Is oerwholming ! As the battle sways first to the one side and then to the other, thoso gyroscopes of modern warfare, the aerial scouts, mantain the balance by Informing their commanders of every attempted concentration of men or guns at any given point in ample time to permit an equal force to be brought u pto moot it Only by nljht can any great movement move-ment of troops from one section of the line to the other be attempted with any degree of safety from discovery, dis-covery, and then it is all a matter of luck, for the great searchlight eyes of the rival armies are sweep Ing the field almost constantly In the light of these conditions tho progress recorded by the French war office is considered by military experts ex-perts here to be of great importance, demonstrating that the wearing-down tactics of General Joffre are proing eminently successful The Germans evidently sensed the fact that General Joffre's troops had resumed the offenshe vigorously, for demonstrations in great strength were made early In the day in front of' Iiixniude and to the southeast of Ypres. Both assaults were repulsed b the allies, the British bearing the brunt; of the attack on the latter position with superb courage and remarkable tenacity. Even at the time of the publication publica-tion of the afternoon official state-, ment from Bordeaux, the war office' was able to record progress along the greater part of the line from Dixmude! to the liver Lys |