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Show FATE OF CALAIS IN THE BALANCE ULTIMATE R"ULT OF FUR.OU8 FIGHTING IN FLANDERS STILL IN DOUBT. A,lies Assume Offensive But Germans Are Holding Most of Ground CapturedBattle Cap-turedBattle for Straits U ndecided. On the narrow 'rocky Galipola peninsula penin-sula in Turkey and on a restricted ?ront stretching northward from . pre, in llelgium, two of the most vital struggles strug-gles of the war are now in progress. Neither struggle has yet reached a stage which would permit of a prediction predic-tion of the ultimate result. In the Galipola peninsula fighting a picturesque assortment of allied troops landed Sunday, supported by the fire of the warships, and are trying to batter bat-ter their way through thousands of German-officered Turks in an effort to force the Dardanelles the-main gateway gate-way of the Ottoman empire and reach Constantinople. According to the British claim, the attack is progressing, but a Turkish communication received Tuesday declares de-clares that, although the allies landed forces at four points, these forces are being beaten back to the coast, while the Moslems in the French ranks are deserting the tricolor and casting their lot with their coreligionists. Equally contradictory are the official statements concerning the fighting in the vicinity of Ypres. It would appear that the German offensive north of that city, which resulted in their recent gain of nearly three miles has reached its limit and that, although the Germans Ger-mans hold most of the ground they gained, the question now is whether they have sufficiently consolidated the new line to retain it. The ru.-h over, the British troops are now said to have taken the offensive and are striking toward St. Julien, which the Germans captured, while tha French on the British left not only have pushed the Germans from L,!. zerne, their new lodgment on the west bank of the canal nearest Calais, but have crossed the canal and holj Het Sas on the east bank. Tlie German official communication of Tuesday, which records no progresj for the German troops, admits that th'j British took the offensive toward St. Julien. but insists that the successive attacks broke down. |