FOG OF WAS IN WEST FLANDERS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2324, 4 December 1914, Page 5

FOG OF WAS IN WEST FLANDERS

•.. \ ' THE RUMOmED MiMMtY situation stiLL bSscuitE i.--.[ j- ; v , .j .]'!"■ ■'■! •> • ■• : i!i ■ ' ; ■■ '■ tondori; December $, Though',, the offipial report* do not„,confirm ths Amsterdaia statements . that th« Germans' are jhafcbiij a n«w onslaught, ii Minders, thera are many iidica. tions of inoreased activity. The situation remains obsour*. -~ <-, >'■>>,'. --•-•; ■<-.. •(_,,•-. ; ; - AmjieriJam- Deoember. 21 .i'X.bie battle- ia expected in tho Yser region. Many heavy Frbhch guii jjjalr* arrived, ■ ■ • •' • '.■■."..:. GERMAN;'ATTAOK REPULSED'ALONG THE LINE, -:. - •■• • ■■-. r.,-r:c Paris, December..2. ''~X communique states: ."We have repulsed an attack' at S&intt Lbij south of Ypres, our -artillery, considerably damaging three' heavy batteries, and captured a of trenches, at Vermilles. Our artillery.destroyed a,battery at Vendresse, in the Craonne region, between Xaon and; Reims., ,Wb have .also repulsed an attack at Fontaine-Madame; in the Argonne, where wo progressed."(Kec, December i, 1.20 i.m.) t-.;:, ,*.-.:,, •.,■.. -' ......„., . •■. ...... .. ~. ~.; ■,-,.„," i,..- ;.„ .December .3. Offioial.—"ln.Belgium .there has been a. violent bombardment of Xamperriisse, westward of Dixmude. In the Argonne the enemy .has blpwa.up the salient northwest of the wood of Lagrurie. On the, whole,- we 1 are; strengthening -and ' de-. velopingour:,progress on that partof the front,. In Alsace 1. our ..troops -have takeri.AspaqhlebaSj, south-west of Th'arin. On the rest of the front there 18 nothing to report. - EFFECTIVE BOMBARDMENT OB 1 ZEEBRtJGGE. "> " — .'■■'.' ' '. *i .-i 1 ,l.(Jndan, DeoemberuSi i- ... The "Evening: News" correspondent at,Botterdanj states that,, the - warships' bombardment of Ostendsand Zeebruijge oh-Moridw again, stopped., the, Germans from fitting out their submarine sections which had been railed via Belgium. '" ;:_.'..,, i !,•,',:;,, „...■■■■■>■ H'ti ',-)' #frst»Manv December..&, > .. The "Handelsblad's" Slum correspondent states,that the. harbour works,at Zeebruggb, have been severely, damaged. jThe, sluices, are 1 unworkable, . and,-the harbour is : completely-.closed to, ships. The'submarines are thus-unable-to leavo The good British marksmanship has had a great effect' on the Germans. , BRITISH LINE bONTRAOTED AND* MORE SEOtTRi '(■•}'■ v . (R«o; December 8, 6.45 p.m.) • ... ~, : u. f t--. •'■'■ iu> ' " . :, .. : ■• .j.;.! 1 ■;•■.'..a.-viii-i: •:• '■■■■■! London,■ December- 2i;- , ,;,-,,..; This "TimfesW, military correspondent says that., the - British-, Army, now oc6upies,a,moxe,conteacred i and,seourer,position.than that which was defended with '.such conspicuous heroism in the severest battles; THE! LATEST DIMitfiSHING. ' .-'. (Bee. December 4, 1,20 8.m.) *, ~ ~ ; , ,„.,;.„., . r >:: -.. .iJi ir-' i -■> b ■'■<,•'■ Parish Decamber; 3, A j: It is, understood .that,the Germans on Sunday u evacuated several villages be-hind-the line. -Large stores of.ammunitipri,,i also vthe w.oundedi-have beeiremoyed,.from : ,,T,liielt, Deriyme, and.Rbrilers eastwards...,, ■' ,VThe. desultory,'...aimless German bombardment- of the Allies' lines continues; but is feebler.,. There is. nojridicatipri of.a renewal of the infantry attack, which' it was thought the bombardment, foreshadowed. . .-'-.,, t ~.,,, ■ ' ,« German efforts to. prevent leakage of news into Belgium through Hblianiis more" stringent. s Frontier patrols' .have beep, increased, and ffiere are fresh -reports of an eastward movement of troops ih full swing.