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Show I GERMANS ARE FALLING BACK Paris. Nov 4, 11 p m. The war office tli evening made public the following official communication: "There is no Important modification modifica-tion In the situation to report In the north we have made slight progress prog-ress toward Messmes "To the east artillery duels at several sev-eral points of tho front havo taken place without any great results, not-ably not-ably at tbe west of the Lens, between be-tween the Somme and the Ancre, in the Argonne and In the. forest of Apremont." London, Nov. 5. 4 OH a, m The German cruiser Yorck has struck a mine and sunk In Jade bay The Yorck was an armored cruiser 4051 feet long and had a complement of rr7 men. She was built In lf)04 and displaced 9050 tons. Jade bay where the vessel was sunk, Is an Inlet of the North sea on the German coast west of the mouth of the rivei Weser Late reports declare that 3S2 men. more than half of the crew, bad ai ready been saved, but that the rescue work was hampered by a thick fog Lordon, Nov 5, 4 44 a m. The Times prints a report today that the German cruiser Koenigsberg has been put out of action In the Indian ocean. Th( Koenigsberg is a protected cruiser cruis-er and was laid down In 1905. She is of 3348 tons, is 354 feet long and has a speed of 23 1-2 knots Her main battery consists of ten 4 1-inch e;uns Paris Nov 4 The fury of the allied al-lied troops' attacks has forced the Germans to withdraw entirely from their positions on the left bank of the Yser, abandoning much war material ma-terial and a number of their big guns, which were stuck in the mud. The Inundation of the field In which the Germans have ben compelled to cperato has made their positions near the coast untenable, and the failure of the attacks made in this Flemish bog apparently has convinced the German general staff that continuation continua-tion of the offensive in this direction would be suicidal. The attacks are still being flung at the French positions at Ypres, but today to-day the allies, by a vigorous forward movement, were able to drive toward .Mc sines, slightly to the east of south of Yprep and seven miles dis-taut. dis-taut. The British and French troops advanced along the northern bank of the River Lys, and by a sharp flanking flank-ing movement succeeded in bending Inward the left flank of the German aimy facing Ypres and establishing itself In positions from which the violenl counter attacks of the invad-l eis failed to dislodge them A heavy artillery duel raged all along the front from the Flanders region re-gion around the great arc to the forest of Apremont. eai,t of tho Argonnes The allied positioni to the west of I. ens and between the Rivers Somme and L'Aucre were the targets of a particularly heavy cannonading by the German guns, but the activity of the big guns was without result for either side. According to a persistent report circulated cir-culated In Paris today the Germans were able to cut off several detachments detach-ments of the allied troops operating In the vicinity of Arras and near Roye. These reports declared that troops numbering .."00 wero caught between the German lines by a flanking flank-ing movement and that they fought until all their ammunition was expended, ex-pended, when they were compelled The French are reported to have entire! recovered from the attack In force directed hy Grncral Yon Kluck against the line along the Alsne At one point the Germans were able to cut through because of their overwhelming over-whelming numbers. The French retiring re-tiring to save themselves from slaughter slaugh-ter But by fresh reinforcements and the bringing up of several batteries of heavy artillery the German offensive offen-sive finally was broken and the French succeeded In re-establishing themselves In positions equally good, If not better than those from which! they were compelled to retire |