GERMAN MOVE ON BELGIAN COAST

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2301, 7 November 1914, Page 7

GERMAN MOVE ON BELGIAN COAST

■ ; ■■ r r!Z ' NEW SEA RASE ' , , '■~ ■'-' VIOLENT FIGHTING SOUTH OF YPRES By IW«gmpk—Pr«W 'A£soolatlon— Copyright , ■ ■ • , ''■"■■■■■ , '•■ . ' y ParlS| November 4) midnight. Official—There ie no notable change. We have slightly progressed towards Messines (sis miles south of Ypres), after violent, .but resultless, cannonades We have made particular progress westward of Lens, between the Somme and Ancre," in the Argonne, and facing. Apremont (south-east of St. Mihiel, in the Verdon-Toul line). • . . - It is definitely stated that the Germans still hold Me. The report that Gennans are' taking many submarines to Zeebrugge, where it is intended to establish a sea base, has also been confirmed. A large number of mines have been strewn, and their biggest guns are being mounted,' • ■BUOYANT GREETINGS FEOM GENERAL JOFFRE.. ',■■'•' • Par,s > November 5. ' General Joffre, tJommander-in-Ohief; of the French Army, has telegraphedto the Tsar, congratulating His Imperial Majesty on the triumphant march of the Russian Army during the_ last fortnight. A fresh, advance has been made-close to the German frontier. _ _ • . General Joffre adds: "We, on our side, by energetic and insistent action, are seeking * destroy the enemy. Our situation is good."- ■\ ' ■ ; '' ; ENEMY CONCENTRATING NEAR YPRES. " (Rec. November 6, B.S p.m.) ( v Amsterdam, November 5. The Gefmans are concentrating a' large' force, near Ypres, and are also entrenching at the junction of the Bruges "and Leopold Canale. Guns have been placed in position and the canal ie patrolled by motor-boats. • The battle continues in the Dixmude-Ypres-Roulers district, the Belgiane fighting with great spirit and splendid bayonet work. Tuesday's battle was extraordinarily sanguinary, the Germans' desperate attempts.to break through were baffled, and many were taken prisoners. ' -^—