STEADY PROGRESS MADE BY THE ALLIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2285, 20 October 1914, Page 5

STEADY PROGRESS MADE BY THE ALLIES

ENEMY DRIVEN .BACK 30 MILES ..•■■■ ■ . ' ■ . \ SERIOUS GERMAN REPULSES IN THE VOSGES ByTeleET&jh—Pros Association—Oopyrteht \ ■' ' . v . Paris, October 18. A communique states: "The Belgians vigorously repulsed several attacks at crossing-places on the Yser Rjver. Wβ lave occupied, tlie front from Givencby to Fromelle, near Lille, and Lave retaken Armentieres,- and have also appreciably advanced north of Arras and slightly progressed at certain pointe between ■ Arrae and the Oise. The Yser River flows into the sea about halfway, between the FrancoBelgian frontier and Ostend.' . Qivenchy is a feti , miles south-west of Lens and about 10 miles north of Arras, and Fromolle is a little south of Lille. ■ BRITISH CHARGE NEAR ARRAS. ■ o : Paris, October 18. During the recent fighting southward of Arraß, the British, who were posted on the declivity of a hill, were suddenly exposed to a murderous artillery and rifle fire by Germans concealed on the opposite hillside. The British' wore ordered ,to retire. Thereupon a strong body of German infantry advanced against the British. The latter's reserves emerged from cover, and moved diagonally across the valley. Simultaneously the cavalry advanced, and the two forces converged, "the infantrymen holding the stirrup-leatlers of the cavalry. Both IchaTged. and the Germane were swept boyond the positions they had been holding. The British artillery then compelled the Germane to abandon their caves on the hillsides, where the guns h'ad been cleverly hidden. A gun was abandoned after having been made useless. An examination showed that the guns had been mounted on concrete platforms constructed at least eighteen months ago. GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS. Paris, October 18. Large bodies of reinforcements were rushed to the German right flank during the week. ■ , The force recently at the depots at Dresden are now in north-west (?) France. Their objective is the coastline from' Ostend to Boulogne. ENEMY DRIVEN BACK THIRTY MILES. ■ '¥. ■ ' ■ ' (Rec. October 19, 8.25 p.m.) London, October 18, evening. The Press Bureau states that the Allies have driven back the enemy aver thirty miles in the northern area. It is rumoured that the Germans have withdrawn from Ostend, and have gone to the south-west. HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES. (Reo. October 19, 8.25 p.m.) London, October 18. Dealing with the latest casualty lists, the German papers confirm the Anglo-French claims that Gorman battalions were wiped out. Such phrases as "innumerable losses," "a tremendous number dead and wounded are appended to the names of several regiments. SUCCESSFUL ADVANCES BY THE ALLIES. (Rec. October 19, 10.15 p.m.) ■ < ■ Paris, October 18, midnight. | Official.—The Germans attempted two violent nltscke to tho oaot of St, JDio, k itiio, Vosg'es, and were repulsed with serious lasses.

The Allies made strong progress on the Loft, and compelled the Germans to retreat, and tho re-occupation of Estaires, west of Lillo, forced the bermnns hurriedly to vacate the plain'between Beyer (P Bcrqum;, Hnzebrouok, :md Lille'. The Germans have withdrawn to the uplands m the soutu ana 60U l"hc S Germans, who were occupying Warneton, burned half a dozen houses on the pretext that civilians had lired at the troops, and ordered a levy. Being unsatisfied with tho sum raised, though it largely exceeded the official demand, they tied M. Godschalk, the septuagenarian burgomaster to a beam in tho charred remains of. his house, and riddled him with bullets. Incredible violence is reported in all tho villages. . Near Lille, ready-made concrete platforms have been discovered in bouses formerly occupied by Germans, and which have been destroyed. ', ~./'..,.5; > ~ _ ■ : }?£! Estaires is 14 miles west of Lille. Berquin is 5 miles cast of Hazobrouck. Hazebrouck is 24 miles west of Lille. iWarncton is in Belgium, 9 miles north-west of liille. A MOEASS BETWEEN TffE ARMIES. (Rec. October 19, 10.30 p.m.) v ! Paris, October 18. The Germans who recently threatened the northern French coast, besides suffering heavily, are now short of ammunition and stores. Heavy rain during the past few da ays has rendered parts of the ground between the two' armies a morass. COURTRAI ABANDONED BY THE ENEMY, (Reo. October 20, 1.30 a.m.) _- London, October 19. _ Mr Phillip. Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent, says the 'Allies have made striking progress since the fall of Antwerp. The Germans have abandoned Courtrai, having been htorally lliing back in a crowded mass and in dire straits on their linos of comunication, relinquishing _the ground for•Which they sacrificed thousands of lives. During the recent Xhtina in the French black-country the Territorials in one locality lleld the trenches witrich General decided on a quick change to their German antagonists The Freh evident. difficulty, being unequal iTiirin" the nicht and substituted several companies of soldiers. Ihe Germans darin'lv advanced with the bayonet, and instead of Territorials, swarthy figures suddenly leaped from the trenches and assailed the enemy with savage ferocity and dreadful carnage. Only o. few llermans escaped. Exhaustion more than death is weakening the enemy. Germans taken prisoners are miserable, sick, starved and weary of life. Enteric is making a Horror of the trenches. Courtrai is in Belgium, 15 miles north of Lille, and six miles from the French frontier. PRIME MINISTER'S ADVIOE. The Prime Minister has received tho following message from tho High Commissioner:- Londo|i( October 18; 105 pm _ Official.—The British have made good progress. During the last few days in the northern area the Allies have driven tho enemy back, more than thirty miles.