ALLIES' LINE FORCED BACK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2308, 16 November 1914, Page 5

ALLIES' LINE FORCED BACK

ENEMY FINALLY BEATEN

APPALLING LOSSES

DIXMUDE RETAKEN

HUNHNG JOIN SOM 4BICAN

REBELS

DE WET NEARLY CAUGHT

GERMAN SUBMARINES SUNK

DEATH OF LORD ROBERTS

To-day's news from the Franco-Belgian theatre of the war Mb of a terrific. effort by the Germans to break through the Allied line between Nieuport and the Lys. The flower of - the German Army, 'backed by strong reinforcements, was hurled against the Allied front, and by sheer weight of numbers broke the line in three places. With dogged determination the British lino recovered itself, and the enemy was hurled back.', Dixmude has been retaken,' and a relentless shell fire has swept the immediate' vicinity, of the town clear of the enemy. The losses on both; sides were heavy-that of the Germans simply appalling. The situation in the Argonne district and beyond to the eastern of the Allies' battle-front is 6tiU satisfactory. ■ In the easterntheatre the Russians are maintaining the ascendancy which they have established over the Germans and Austrians. From the war in the. Near East come reports of rioting in Constantinople, with antiGerman demonstrations a dififcnrbanco, it appears, serious enough to necessitate the Germans taking control of the city. The military - pperations in Asia Minor are so far distinctly" favourable to'--, the Russians. In South Africa General Botha, by a masterly night march, has surprised de Wet's commajido, and taken many prisoners. Had it not been for the failure of Botha's supports to come up to their allotted stations at the decisive moment, de Wet himself would have been captured. From the sea, there is. a. report—originating in naval wireless circles that two German submarines, which have been, stealthily conducting a daring reconnaissance right under the noses of the British Fleet, have been sent to their account. Earl Roberts, the veteran soldier, whose'lightning strokes as a military leader and'brilliant strategist in planning campaigns, linked to a modest-and winning personality, have made of him a national hero, is dead, at the age of 82 years. . The veteran Field Marshal caught a chill in France on Thursday, where he had gone to greet the Indian troops. Pneumonia supervened, and he died on' Saturday night.