BOMBARDMENT OF CATTARO

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2288, 23 October 1914, Page 5

BOMBARDMENT OF CATTARO

The fighting during the past few days appears to have been inces-' sant .and. very severe on the line from Nieuport, a town on the North Sea, to Courtrai, about 30 miles to the south, and just beyond the French frontier. The Germans hurled themselves against a wall of steel, and the train-loads of wounded Germans that have been rushed away to 'Bruges and Oatend tell the result. The Allies are fighting with vigour and great elan, while the Germans are dispirited with con'tinued defeats and retreats. Ever since the Battle of the Marne early in September the Allies have been battering the Germans, forcing •.. them to retreat, and again to retreat. From the nature of the recent messages, it is apparent that the "War Lord" of Germany is obsessed with the idea of being able to invade England from the Belgian coast, and the Right Wing of the Germans has been reinforced Tather heavily, giving rise to the belief that besides providing sufficient troops to endeavour to hurl back the Allies, a. Channel Expeditionary Force was being got together for the invasion, of. England. . The British Navy has shown its re adiness to deal with these plans. The Humber and the Mersey, two recently-acquired vessels, have been able to play an effective part in making the Germans shift camp hurriedly. An official message dispatebed from Paris ( yesterday morning, states the Allies have occupied Courtrai, and this move seems to indicate that the Allies have managed to get a wedge into the German lines; if so a retreat from lille will be forced upon the enemy.- /. On the Russian side, the Germans and Austrians,, have 'suffered fresh reverses. The Germans who were operating within -close range ' of' Warsaw have been hurled back, abandoning positions which were fortified in advance. In the neighbourhood of Przeraysl the Austrians have made an attempt.to cross the San River, but were checked. The Austrians are said to have depleted their forces ok the Italian frontier in order to help the Germans* operating on the coast line in Belgium. On the south, the warships of the Allies are bombarding Cattaro, and several of the'forts'have been silenced. The Montenegrins are knocking 'at Serajevo, and the Servians have punished the Austrians once more. There are reports of an incipient -evolution in Portugal, but it is claimed the authorities have it under control. 'Turkey has forbidden warships to enter the Gulf of Smyrna, but Turkey has no power to enforce this order. • ' The Emden has been busy in the China Sea, and has once more done substantial damage to British shipping, five vessels being sunk, including a dredger for the Marine Board of 'Launceston, and which cost over £40,000. ' '