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Show BELGIANS HOLDING POSITIOII RIVER FRENCH CLAIM TO HAVE MADE PROGRESS AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE FRONT. Both Sides Are Bringing Reinforce-ments Reinforce-ments to the Western Front Where One of the Supreme Struggles of War is On. Fighting of the most desperaU character is in progress in West Flan ders and northwestern France. Tin Belgian army, supported by the allies is holding stubbornly to the line 0 the river Yser and thus far has sue cessfully halted determined efforts oi the Germans to advance along tas coast. This is announced in the French of flcial communication issued Tuesdav afternoon and is admitted in the re. port of German general headquarters which says fighting has been going od since Sunday in the vicinity of Nieu. port, which stands at the crossing oi the river near the sea. A little further to the south the allies al-lies are attempting to advance toward 1 Lille for the relief of that city, which has been in German hands for some time. They also are pushing in to the north and south of Arras. Their ef torts Monday to advance on Lille; where the Germans hold strong posi tlons, were repulsed, according to the German report To the southward, at the bend of th( line, the Germans continue to makt furiouB, but futile, attempts to break the French line. Along the Meuse, in the east, according, to the French ac. count, the Germans have failed to re pulse the French troops, who debouched de-bouched along the territory in which is situated the Camp des Romanies, now in the hands of the Germans, in an attempt to cut out that portion of the German army which is thrust toward to-ward St. Miciel. Generally speaking, the French claim to have made some detailed progress at various points along tha front Paris reports that the allies have destroyed fifteen German machine ma-chine guns, two of which were armored, ar-mored, near La Basse, and a battery of German heavy artillery in the en-. en-. virons of St. Mihiel. Both sides are bringing reinforcements reinforce-ments to the western front, where one of the supreme struggles of the war is on. The Germans are not bringing bring-ing new troops from the east, but are throwing every available man in Belgium Bel-gium into the firing line. They seem to have the railroads working well, although they must have been seriously serious-ly damaged during the Battles of August Aug-ust and September. Troops are being transported over them and Dutch sources report that train after train of wounded is being taken back to Germany. In the fighting in this cpen country, where the men have j not the protection of elaborate in- trenchments such as they have on j the Aisne, the losses must be very heavy, especially where endeavors ' are made to carry positions by assault. |
