ALLIES' BATTLE FRONT FIERCELY ASSAILED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2325, 5 December 1914, Page 7

ALLIES' BATTLE FRONT FIERCELY ASSAILED

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED ENEMY TRIES TO CROSS THE YSER Bj Tolerraph.—P«o3 i&ssoolatica—Cownlelrt Paris, December 8.. A communique states: "There have been lively cannonades upon Nieuport nd south of Ypres, and violent bombardment at Aixnoulette. To the west of iens (north of Arras) we have repulsed several attacks, and in the Axgonne iive made slight progress. The German artillery, -is active in the .Woeuvre.'i FRENGa PARLIAMENT RETURNING TO PARIS, j Bordeaux, December 3« The French Parliament meets at Paris on December 22, .... ■ ■ ' 'j ,VON MOLTKE'S RETURN TO ,THfJ FRONT, ■■■ ■ y 1 London, December 2. Advices from Berlin state that 'the Kaiser has intimated that Field-Marshal on Moltke'e return to the front, even if he is unable to undertake any work, i necessary to inspire confidence in the troops.' GERMAN DIFFICULTIES IN FLOODED DISTRICTS. (Rec. December 4, 7.40 p.m.) Amsterdam, December '4. The Germans' are cutting trees for the purpose of constructing bridge!! )r passages across the inundated districts near .Ypres. ALLIES'- SUCCESSES IN THE VOSGES DISTRICT* (Reo. December 4, 7.15 p.m.) ' • Paris, December 4. Official.—"We have occupied Lesm'enil, and Dexon (a signal station on the ght bank of the Moselli), and also Faux,' on the summit of the Vosges, southord of the Pass of Bonhomme (the Col du Bonhomme is about 10 miles south! : St. Die), which the enemy had used as an observation post. "We have occupied Burnhaupt Station (about three miles south of Mulausen, in Alsace), and Aspach (? Karsbach), on the Burnhaupt line. CROWN PRINCE TO ATTACK THE [YSER LINE.(Rec. December. 4, 9.35 p.m.) •<"sp Amsterdam, December 8. 'A German soldier from the Yser frcnt narrates that out of 1200 comrades ily 190 returned from the firing line. He adds that the Crown Prince will lortly attempt to force the Yser liue, and if he fails the army .will igo into inter quarters. , (Rec. Dectember 4, 9.35 p.m.) ' London, December 4. The "Daily Chronicle's" Dunkirk correspondent states that Belgian towns i German occupation are garrisoned with a minimum number of troops. There a constant movemont of tho forces to and from Bruges and Ghent, but the arrisons consist of a 'few hundred.. Ostend is practically deserted. Antwerp "a city of tho dead"; earthworks have been'thrown up there and elsewhere aif in expectation of a retreat. Tho Germans are furiously bombarding eroyse (11 miles from Nieuport), and the Allies are pressing; forward there, he Germans are again advancing large masses in tho Ypres district, and their jgaes in the last few hours liavo been very lieavy. ■ LATEST BULLETIN: FIERCE FIGHTING ON NORTHERN BATTLE-LINE (Rec. December 5, 0.5 a'.m.)' . London, December 4. The "Daily News's" Dunkirk correspondent says that fierce fighting is roceeding over a considerable portion of the northern battle line. The Germans, aticipating the Allies' forward movement,' spiritedly attacked, principally orth of Ypres and towards Dixmude. The attacks were repulsed. Large forces of Germans before dawn on Wednesday, -under cover of their rtillery, attempted to cross the Yser on rafts, each raft carrying fifty men, and :companied by mitrailleuses in motor boats. Tho Allies' artillery capsized lany of the rafts, and many Germans wero drowned and killed. They per:sted until midday, and thcn_ abandoned the owing to tho impracticailitv of moving heavy guns in the soft ground. - The Germans have largely itterfliUcd tjw Sliwber of thelj> guns, jvlaJsll fey avn mounted on motoi>larnEs!k

The "Daily Chroniqle's" Calais correspondent says it is eßtimate'd the Germans havo two millions on the Yser to Arras line, including half a million at Ypres -with new guns of long range. During a skirmish at Bixchoote, ten thousand Germans attacked the French, but only three thousand reached the trenches. The French counter-attacked, and.piactically wiped them out, GERMANS' COSTLY ATTEMPT TO GROSS THE AISNE,. (Rcc. December 5, 0.5 a.m.) _, „ . Paris, December 4. .. The Germans, attacking Missy (on the 'Aisne, between Soissons and Vailly), on November 26, hoped to destroy the railway on the other bank of the Aisne with their guns and then cross over. The- British machine guns and French bayonets in routing them inflicted two thousand casualties.