THE INUNDATION OF THE COUNTRY.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2297, 3 November 1914, Page 5

THE INUNDATION OF THE COUNTRY.

Havre, Ootober 31. The inundation.of the country between the Yser and the Dixmude-Nientiort railway has now reached Pervyse (half-way between Nieuport and Dixmude).

OFFICIAL REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN FRANCE,

Paris, October 31. , Official.—We hare progressed northward of' Souain, and have maintained our positions everywhere else. 1

■ , ' • Paris, November 1. evening. Official.—There is nothing hew to report along the front' from Nieuport to Dixmude. . The Germans have continued their violent attacks over the whole region frony north to east and 60Uth to the Ypres. All were repulsed, "We progressed slightly to the north, and perceptibly to the east of Ypres. Early in the battle the Germans captured th'o villages of Hollboko and Meessines (south of Yores), which we recaptured in the evening by vigorous counterattacks. On the rest of the front the struggle was very fierce, and marked by violent cannonades, the enemy unsuccessfully attempting to capture the ground we captured in the last few'days. "In the Argonne the Germans have made no progress. During the week from October 14 to October 20, 7683 German prisoners were interned. These do not include the wounded who tended our. ambulances, nor the detachments dispatched on the way from the front to the rear.":

(Rec. November 3, 0.40 a.m.) ' _ . , Paris, November 1, midnight. Official.—There is nothing-fresh to report in Belgium. We repulsed violent attacks in the environs of Lfhons, Quesnoy, in the Santerre, the Valley of the Aisne, and La Grubie, in the Forest of Argonno. We made continued progress northward of Souain. Our offensive in the Vosges has made us masters of the heights adjoining Saint Marie. Prom the High Commissioner H.M.S. Venerable, aided by gunboat flotillas, was in action all day in support of the Belgian left. This is the fourteenth day of tho naval bombardmerit. [H.M.S. Venerable is a battleship of the London class, and was built in 1899-1902. She is of 15,000 tons, has a speed, of 18 knots, and carries 780 men. Her armament consists of four 12-incli, twelvo 6-incli, sixteen Impounder, and six 3-pounder guns, and four torpedo tubes. She is armour-, ed with 7-inch steel.] . . . „ , • ; >. (Rec. November 2, 11.4 d p.m.) Amsterdam, November 2. More shells have been fired between the sea and Dixmude during the past week; than during the whole Boer .war. The severest struggles were the night encounters. German reinforcements are advancing, and strong defensive positions are boing prepared between the present line and Brussels.. Entrenching around the proceeding feverishly, • MSMlwMfc the stern struiwtla is proßressljy* m the vicwity. of Fassehendaole,

ACCORDING TO GERMAN REPORT. • Amsterdam, October 31. An official Berlin message states that the Germans stormed the French positions at Vailly (ten miles east of Soissons), inflicting' heavy losses. They captured a thousand prisoners and two machine guns. The French retreated aoross the Aisne.

- 'KAISER'S WIRELESS ORDER INTERCEPTED. (Reo, November 3, 0.40 a.m.)) Calals, November 2. Dunkirk reports the Allies intercepted the Kaiser's wireless to tho General declaring: it absolutely necessary to take Ypres before November 1, other'wise the army must withdraw behind the Rhine. APPALLING SLAUGHTER IN FIFTEEN DAYS' BATTLE. . (Rec. November 3, 1.5 a.m.)' •' > . , Amsterdam, November 2. ; While the Allies in Flanders are' daily fighting with magnificent elan and spirit, the Germans are struggling -with valour ana desperation, but their spirit is almost at the last ebb. Occasionally they show superb dash when they have advanced here and there, only to be driven back. They have repeatedly returned to the charge, but have been held everywhere. Friday saw on the Flanders front fighting as savage as any preceding. The fifteen days' battle was the bloodiest in history, and the slaughter at the Marne and the Aisne pales before tho untold nnmbors of dead who are littering the fields,, dunes, and trenches. Trench after trench has been taken, and a deep wedge driven into the Gorman positions.