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Show DIXMUDE DEATH TRAP FOR THE GERMANS London, Nov 15, 9.45 p. m. After four weeks of most desperate fighting fight-ing there Is a lull in the battle in Flanders With this lull, however, has come little relief for the men in the trenches, as the artiller and rifle ri-fle fire to which they have been subjected with hardly any intermis slon, has been replaced by one of those severe storms which so often accompany November in this latitude. lati-tude. In some parts of England the storm has reached the proportions of a blizzard; bliz-zard; on the sea a heavy gale rages, and the battelfields are getting their full share of wind and rain. For the most part the opposing armies ar-mies have been content to shell each other at long range, but the Germans have made several attacks around Ypres, w hich, according to the French general staff, have been repulsed with heavy losses. Despite these losses it is not believed that tho Germans have any intention of giving up their attempt at-tempt to reach tho French coast and the allies are making elaborate preparations prep-arations to block any farther advance In force. Extensive defense works have been erected along the Yser canaJ, and tho French armies are holding that line from the Belgian border south to the river Olse, and pushing forward approach ap-proach works which place them in a better position for either defense or offense. The Germans report that they have taken a few hundred British and French prisoners, but that the unfa vorable weather has Impeded their progress Concerning the fighting around Dlxmude the public must rely on unofficial reports. Here, it Is said, the Germans are finding the destroyed village a death trap They have been unable to debouch from this point in the daytime, as all the approaches are commanded by the Tillies' Til-lies' guns, and night attacks have met with disaster The Germans are turning Belgium into a fortress, which means that If they do not succeed in advancing, they intend to be prepared for a win-tor win-tor in Belgium The whole coast from Ostend to the Dutch border, has been jdaced in a state of defense, and civilians are rigorously excluded from that are;i |
