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Show Allies Advance Around Ypres I and to the South of Arras I Rome, Oct, 29, 1:30 p. m. The report that Greece has landed 1200 soldiers at Santi Quarasta, thus taking possession of the southern pari i Albania which gives it I eitire control of the Corfu channel, is causing a profound impression in Rome. As this step on the pari of Greece was strongly opposed by the London conference, it is I generally believed in Italian political circles that Greece will not be supported by Great Britain and France. H 71?V -- , 1 iWj; German Airship Fleet Sails Across Belgium I Mitt . . . IV ; ALLIES CLAIM ADVANTAGE OVER FOE 1 IN GREAT NORTH SEA STRUGGLE Onslaughts of Opposing Armies in West Flanders Lack Suf- . ficient Force to Score Decisive Victory Germans Do Not Deny That Attempt to Reach Calais Has Failed Reinforcements Are Still Rolling Up and Both Sides Seem to Be Preparing for !a Fresh Start. ENORMOUS RUSSIAN FORCES IN FIELD Czar's Commanders Make Daily Changes, Bringing New Regiments Regi-ments From the Rear and Never Wearing Out Endurance ? of Men Warsaw Now Relieved of Fear of German Investment Fortress of Przemysl Holds Out Stubbornly Loss of Food Supplies the I Weak Point Inside Austrian Forts. I Paris, Oct. 29, 1 :31 p. m. A squad of British torpedo boat destroyers has sunk the Adriatic, a German steamer, which had been converted into a cruiser, according to a dispatch dis-patch from Barcelona to the Havas News Agency. The Barcelona correspondent explains that this news appears ap-pears in the Publicidades, a Spanish newspaper published at Gibraltar. The British destroyers rescued 86 members of the m j crew of the German vessel. i ?0 j Paris, Oct. 29, 2:50 p. m. The French official an- nouncement given out in Paris this afternoon says that yes terday the French troops made progress at several points on the line, but particularly around Ypres and to the south of J Arras. J The text of the communication follows: J "During the day of yesterday we made progress at several 1 points along the line of battle, but particularly around Ypres iV" J and to the south of Arras. Iitl "There is nothing new on the front between Nieuport and Dixmude. "Between the Aisne and Argonne we took possession of some trenches occupied by the enemy and not one of the partial par-tial attacks undertaken by the Germans resulted successfully. tr,i "We advanced also in the forest of Apremont." iho irnrt' ne Washington, Oct. 29. Official dispatches made public jhii by the French embassy here today announced that the Ger mans, retreating before the Russian armies in Poland are now basing on Edlinsk, Radom and Ilza. The Germans were said v P to have lost prisoners and ammunition. The dispatch adds . "In Galicia the combat continues on the entire front for the Russians. "In a series of operations along the frontier between the ' Moselle and the Vosges. we were able to dislodge some of the outposts of the enemy. Prisoners were captured almost everywhere." London, Oct. 29, 2:02 p. m The onslaught on-slaught of the armlet) battling for BUM tery In the Belgian marsh lands still lack the force necessary to score a victory. The Germans have not reached the French coast, nor have the allies frustrated their dctermlnu tlon to attain this goal Neverthe- h less BriUBh observers believe the ad vantage rests with the allied troops The Germans assmt to this is, of . course, only negative In character. ' and takes the shape of a confession of failure to achieve their object to break through tholr opponent's defense. de-fense. That the reported lull in the fighting in this region is only momentary mo-mentary ts taken for granted, but up to the present time no news of a re- n rtr newal of the German offensive ha: ngjlP come to hand. Both sides 6eom to be endeavoring to line up afresh, und accounts from all sources agree that the Germans are only awaiting addl- Y tlonal troops to resume their bold lent thrust. den Meanwhile the allied commanders : jirMa assume that their forces are always taking a little more the offensive and they intlmato it wonl be very long before they Dubstltute an attack on the positions in Belgium for the German Ger-man attack on the allies' positions in the north of France. If this course is taken there will recommence then a series of siege battles for the German Ger-man Intronchments which girdle Bel-glum Bel-glum along its southern boundary. German Gun Explodes. From Madrid comes an imconf Irmed story of the explosion of one of the German 16-lnch howitzers, which possibly pos-sibly explains the extremely violent convulsion which was supposed at tho time to indicate the blowing up of the plor at Zeebruggo. Accord ing to the Madrid account, this gun. which was being used on the German Ger-man right wing, was overcharged and exploded. The concussion killed all the gunners in the vicinity, some 250 men, becides killing and wounding a number of men at considerable distance. BRITISH CANT CATCH THIS GERMAN CRUISER WHICH HAS SUNK FIFTEEN MERCHANTMEN The Karlsruhe. The damage done to English shipping through the German cruiser Karlsruhe, which has sunk fifteen merchantmen, has created such reat consternation in British shipping circles that the British admiralty has issued a statement to tho effect that there are now upward of seventy British, Australian, Japanese, French and Russian cruisers on the lookout for her and the German cruiser Emden. The German retirement from Poland Po-land and the resumption of the offensive of-fensive by Russia all along the eastern east-ern battle front is generally ascribed In London to the enormous reserves brought up by the Russian commanders, command-ers, Instead of two completely exhausted ex-hausted armies facing each other along the Vistula, as has happened frequently on the bunks of the Alsne, tho Russians make dally changes, bringing regiments from the rear and ! thus allowing the fighters In the trenches to retire and rest This operation is said to have been repeated re-peated so often that virtually every Russian soldier within striking distance dis-tance of the invaders is now a veteran. veter-an. While this German retirement may not be the roul pictured In Pe-trograd Pe-trograd it Is nevertheless held here to be true that the retreat has progressed pro-gressed so far thai Warsaw is today free of the menace of investment and. with the pressure on their center relieved, the Russians arc now devoting devot-ing more attention to the campaign in Galicia. Petrograd reports thai the garrison of Przemysl is defending this fortress with extraordinary obstinacy. The ; forts are well armed and tens ol thousands of workmen are employed in strengthening the fortll ications. In anticipation of an Investment, the supplies of ammunition are large. The weakness ol the fortress is reported to be found in the scarcity of provisions provi-sions Enormous quantities had been collected by the LustrJans in outlying villages, but the unexpected speedy advance of the Russians resulted re-sulted in the seizure of these, supplies London, Ocl 29, 10 a. m. The fourteenth four-teenth day of the battle of West Flanders, Flan-ders, which is being fought over an area hardly greater than a good slztd farm In the state of Iowa. lound the allies 1 1 o 1 1 i 1 1 their (-'round to tho west of the Vser and the Germans apparently appar-ently bringing UP more reinforcements reinforce-ments to repeat their furious attempts to break through and reach the coast of Prance All dispatches seem to agree that there was a temporary lull yesterday in the fighting between Nieuport and Ypres, but the reports are far from unanimous as to whethei this was due to an armistice to bury the dead and remove the wounded, which must thickly COVCr the field or whether it was caused by the exhaustion of the contending forces or the German lack of ammunition Position of Allies Satisfactory. The London press hazards three guesses and contends at any rate that the position of the allies is satisfactory. sat-isfactory. The public is warned, however, how-ever, that the struggle in this quarter is not yet over Inr the Germans, If the find the northern route to Dun kirk and Calais Impassable may shift to the south with Boulogne as an objective ob-jective It was at Boulogne that Napoleon waited In vain tor bis troops to embark em-bark for England, and the tnklng of this city by the Germans would stir the German people as nothing else could. Berlin Comment on Battle. Berlin claims that there has been no recent progress in the struggle in Flanders, and, as if explaining this, says sixteen British warships arc- operating op-erating on the coasL This number never has been confirmed from British Brit-ish sources, but a dispatch from Hover Hov-er reports that a battleship equipped with twelve-inch guns has gone to the assistance of the British monitors which have been shelling the Germane on shore. Other reports speak ot heavy firing in the North sea as if a big naval engagement had taken place, but the admiralty hen is silent Taken as a whole, the English Interpretation Inter-pretation of the news this morning was cheerful. From South Africa came a statement state-ment that General Botha had Inflicted B sharp defeat upon General Beyers, the latest recruit to the revolutionary movement in the Union of South Africa. In 'he eastern arena of the war In Europe the Russians appear to have driven in the German right wing, as a fortnight ago they shattered the left be ore Warsaw. British Court in Mourning. Beginning today the British court goes into mourning for three weeks for Prince Maurice of Battenherg the first member of the royal family to be sacrificed in the war. The prince was a cousin of King George and a son of Prince Henry oi Battenberg lie held a commission In the King's Royal rifle corps and riled of wounds received In battle (loyal condolences already have been sent to bis sister, the queen of Spain, who but a f m days ago gave birth to a son. The London papers today devote considerable consid-erable space to the death ot Prince Maurice, saying that, although he was a mere boy, he was a gallant sportsman There are recurring reports that the Germans are constructing sheds on the Belgian coast tor the bousing of Zeppelin airships. A local news-pnper news-pnper is offering its subscribers free Insurance against Zeppelins. There is no official confirmation of the reported German invasion of Portuguese West Africa Holland Is still on edge as regards a possible violation of her neutrality The first boatload of food for B I gium uuder American Supervision left London today. Allies Have Many Men. The one great factor upon which the allies build their hopes of ll eventual triumph apparent! is ,, -cording to their claims, beginning to tell It iB the almost inexhaustible supply of men that may be drawn from the vast reaches of the British ami Russian empires Whicb ar" re lied upon In time to crush the Germans Ger-mans by overwhelming numerical superiorly su-periorly in the east this Influence seemingly Is already being felt and to it Is ascribed the German re i i in Russian Poland. The secret ot the Russian victory, writes a British correspondent at Petrograd, lies In the vastness of the Russian emperor's emper-or's army, which he estimates at B,-000,000 B,-000,000 men. This enabled the Rus siuns to keep on Immense reserve for very army changing regiments frequently fre-quently aud never leaving the sum" men on the firing Hue long enough to become stale. Meanwhile the British. t ho describe de-scribe their forces now on the continent con-tinent as merely an advance guard are training at home an army of 1,- 500 000 men, of whom 600,000 are tor- i ritorials. There is no indication that Germany Germa-ny intends to abandon the fight for possession of the North sea coast. Unofficial reports have it that reinforcements rein-forcements are being poured in from every part along the battle lines where they can be spared. Opmi?n of Military Critics. In the opinion of military critics, the outcome of this battle, the severest se-verest open fighting of the war. may determine whether It is possible for exposed columns of Infantry to stand up against modern instruments of war such as the machine gun. To the south and east, along the battle line across France successes are reported by the French to the south of Arras, between the Aisne and Argonne and in the forest of Apremont Apre-mont Long List of Sea Losses. The long list of losses on the sea continues to grow Another steamer steam-er Is reported to have been sunk off the north coast of Ireland Off Cuxhaven a Swedish steamer was destroyed de-stroyed by a mine with the loss of five men. Solders Rushing to Belgium. London. Oct. 29. 7:40 a m. Telegraphing Tele-graphing from Copenhagen, the correspondent cor-respondent of the Timet "It Is learned in Berlin that from all parts of the east and west battle fronts soldiers are being rushed to Belgium In response to the order of Emperor William to take Calais at all costs It is semiofficially announced announc-ed that the Germans will be able to control the southern part of the North sea as soon as they possess Calais "All the entrances to Cuxhaven h land and by sea. have been closed by imperial command. No civilians are allowed In the vicinity of the harbor, har-bor, which Is crowded with floating batteries. Zeppelins and submarines.'' Momentary Pause in Fighting. Paris. Get. 29, fi:65 a. m. The pause in the German attacks on the left wing of the allies. where the Germans have fought furiously In their efforts to march on the French ports of Dunkirk and Calais, is considered con-sidered here to be only momentary. Reliable reports are that heavy reinforcements are on their way and that when the German lines are .t l engthened b these forces, said to aggregate more than 200,000 men. the fighting Will go on with renewed fierceness The reinforcements, It lsl dei i. ued. have been drawn from all the Other battle lines, both In the east and west. In pursuance of the order of Emperor William that the French ports must be taken at all costs. Reports say that the next German onslaught will be undertaken further away from the coast In order to avoid the devastating lire ol the British and I'n tn b warships which have thus tar taken a prominent part In the bar-tie bar-tie in Flanders. While operations in Flanders hive been at B standstill, the allies on the center and In the south have, accord-in. accord-in. to the official communications, DOt only resisted the Germans but have made slight gains. There was a resumption today of interest in the operations In the Wocvre district, at least in the vicinity vi-cinity of St. Mihlel. where the French offensive is said to have met with fresh successes. |