RENEWED ATTEMPT TO REACH CALAIS REPORTED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 5

RENEWED ATTEMPT TO REACH CALAIS REPORTED

GERMAN MOMENTS ARRIVING GRKAT ACTIVITY ON TRANSPOBT IINES * • ' : , ; . (By. Telegrapli—Press'Association.—Oppyright.)] . . ,' Amsterdam] November 23. German transports axe everywhere in. motion. Large forces of cavalry and artillery are leaving Thielt for Ypres and- Dixmude. Many troops from tha East have reached Ghent and Bruges, as well as cavalry from Brunswick. i . Rotterdam, November 23. Six submarines have been brought overland 1 to Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast. The strictness of the guard makes it impossible to say whether they have yet been placed in the water. ( ' : ' Copenhagen, November 23. Advices from Berlin state that military ciroles aTe counting on the Germans' renewed efforts to reach Calais, owing to the Kaiser's sgeqial pish and command, regardless of loss of life. ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDED. BY] BRITISH WARSHIPS! (Reo. November 25, 0.50 a.m.) London, November 24.' The British Fleet bombarded Zeebrugge, causing a great fire. ; The German battery fruitlessly 1 fired, at the warships. At Blankenburg, on the coast near Zeebrugge, the warships silenced a battery. ——-7—' : ; VIOLENT CANNONADING AT YPRES .CATHEDRAL,. MARKETS, AND HOUSES AFLAME. 1.1 . , >, . Paris, November 23. A oommuniqiie Btates: "Yesterday was marked by violent cannonades, especially at Ypres, where the cathedral, markets, and many houses were ignited: also at Soissons and Reims. iVVo repulsed several very hot attacks in the Argonne. ■ : » . , London, ■ November 23. XHo Daily Mail" correspondent, describing the German attacks at Ypreß, says that_ they suggest a deliberate intentidn to throw away lives. The futility.of a single company mnrohing in broad daylight up to trenches covered by machine guns and held by hundreds of men, with the Tesult that the Germans are simply slaughtered; gives the impression of plain butchery. These are forlorn hopes of men, anrl are an example of the punishment of a, company which has failed or wavered in some attack, or has hesitated to stand in an exposed position to ba killed. .

• (Refc. November 24, 10.20 p.m.) ■■ . ; , 1 Paris, Noy©mber24. Umcial.—uannonading continues at Soissons and' Reims. .Violent attacks by, both sides in the Argonne district were without result. ' BRITISH FIRST- ARMY CORPS: THANKED. (Rcc. November 24, 11.30 p.m.) ' . London, November 24. After the defeat of the Prussian Guard, General French (the British Commander) directed Sir Douglas Haig to issue an Army Order thanking the First Army :Corps and General Haig on their stand. Fifteen fresh battalions of German Guards partook in the attack. Since Sir Douglas Haig's troops arrived at Ypree, they have successfully defeated the Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-seventh German Reserve Corp3, the Thirteenth Army Corps (active), in addition to the Guards. General Haig adds: "It is doubtful whether tho annals of the British Army contain any finer record in tho dofence of tho realm."WINTER'S MANTLE ON THE GRIM ARENA TRENCH-DIGGING AND DEPLOYMENTS' DIFFICULT, Northern France and Belgium is an expanse of Arctio whiteness. Ice forming on -the oanals and the frozen ground is making entrenchment fighting no longer possible, as tho troops aro unable to quickly cut new trenches; also, it is much more dangerous to do so, sinco the enow clearly betrays the lines of the trenches. The commanders also hesitate to deploy infantry on tho white background. The Germans aro accumulating at Ostend many motor-boats, armed with machine guns. It is believed they arp intended for use in the flooded areas or. pawls if top Jjaflkn fIW I.Q.W gjOgygb'.' " v ' ' '

SPLENDID VALOUR OF THE FRENCH EASTERN ARMY. (Reo. November 24-, 6.20 p.m.) London, : November 23. A correspondent with the forces in the eastern French frontier, describing the arduous character of the fighting round Nancy, which resulted in the defeat of the Germans, says that it is a matter of real importance to the people of England that they should realise the splendid valour of the army at Toul and Nancy.' German cunning is busily at work trying to sow dissension between the two allied nations' armies, fostering the idea that the brunt of the fighting has fallen on the British and that the French are not doing their fair share, while in various insidious ways the Frenoh are told the same story about the British.—("Times' 'and Sydney "Sun" Services.) KAISER AND HIS DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE.' (Reo. November 24, 5.20 p.m.) , London, November 23. Hague reports state that the Kaiser has decided to return to Berlin shortly. The reason given is that he wishes to attend tho Roichstag session. Instructions have been issued l to prepare Berlin Castle for a long 6ojourn. The newspapers have been enjoined to rouse a royal feeling in order that the Kaiser may lbe given a warm welcome on his return from the front, because it is feared that otherwise he will meet with an icy reception from hiß disappointed people.—(''Times"- and Sydney "Sun" Servioes.) i