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Show Si MID Oil STRAITS CHECKED KAISER'S FORCES MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARD GOAL AFTER CROSSING YSER. Battle Continues to be Fiercest of Campaign, Immense Armies Struggling Strug-gling on Border With Fortunes Apparently Evenly Divided. The Gorman raid on the channel ports, as It Is called In Ixjndon, seems to have been checked for the time being, be-ing, or, at any rate, the Germans have made little, If any, progress since they succeeded In crossing the Yser canal on Saturday last. They are, however, still pushing with all the forces at their command and meeting meet-ing with most stubborn resistance from French, British ' and Belgian troops. The losses on both sides continue to be In proportion to the fierceness of the battle, which means that they are greater than those In any battle Blnco war was declared, now nearly three months ago. Along the coast, where the allies have the assistance of French and British warships, they have apparently apparent-ly more than held their own, and after inflicting very heavy losses on the Germans, have compelled them to try for an opening further inland. Up until Tuesday the allies had been forced to give way at some points, but on Tuesday, according to the French official communication, they have succeeded in holding their positions at every point, from the mouth of the Yser to the Lens district, and again have advanced between Ypres and Roulers, where there has been some of the sternest fighting of this sanguinary san-guinary battle and where the British Indian troops have made thier first appearance in the firing line. ' ' The opposing forces are so strong that it must be many days before a decisive result is attained by either lide, despite the great losses which they are suffering and which grow greater as report follows report. Along the old front, stretching from the river Oise to the Meuse, from which the Germans withdrew their best troops to strengthen the army which is attempting to advance along the coast, the French have been taking tak-ing the offensive, and to the north of Boissons have been engaging in an artillery ar-tillery duel w-ith the Germans, In which they destroyed several of the German batteries. They seem to have been playing at this game for tome time, for the last three reports from Paris have announced the destruction de-struction of German guns. Further east, the offensive tactics of the 'French have driven the Germans Ger-mans who were threatening Nancy back across the frontier. The Germans, Ger-mans, however, are so strongly intrenched in-trenched along this long line that it is believed they are preparing to remain re-main for the winter, holding their positions po-sitions until their present objectives, the northern ports of France, have been attained. Very serious battles also are proceeding pro-ceeding in southern Poland and in Galicia, without decisive result. The Russians, however, have crossed the Vistula north of Ivangorod with a fresh army corps, which should have a marked effect on the fortunes of the battle. They appear from their own account to be breaking down the resistance re-sistance of the Austrians south o Przemsyl and throughout Galicia, where fighting of the most stubborn character has heen going on for weeks. |