NORTHERN FRANCE OPERATIONS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 732, 23 December 1914, Page 5

NORTHERN FRANCE OPERATIONS.

ENEMY DRIVEN BACK

VILLAGES CAPTURED

BOMBARDMENT OF THE COAST

London, Monday

The Sluis correspondent of the Amterdam newspaper Tyd says the Allies, assisted by the fleet and British artillery, have occupied unopposed Lombaertzyde and Saint Georges, in the region of Ypres and Westonde, on the coast. They have also occupied Bixschoote, Langemnarck, PascheJidael, and Moorslede, between Yprss and Roulers. The British "patrols have"reaehed the village of We«t Roosebeekte, near Paschendael, but the definite occupation of the village depends on the issue of the fighting in the woods to the south-west. The Germans are now concentratng as many men as possible in order to regain the territory lost to the north-east of Ypres. The Allies are steadily advancing towards the Roul9rs-Menin railway. The German lines of communication are seriously endangered owing to th 3 British occupation of Moorslede. Thß Sluis correspondent of the Handelsbad states that the English squadron bombarded the coast at Zeebrugge and Heyst to-day. The Germans did not respond.

GERMANS RETIRE TO PRUSSIA

AUSTRIAN ADVANCE CHECKED

Petrograd, Monday,

An official communique'statea tha? the Germans in the Mlava region have retired to- the Lautenburg-Neiden-burg line in West Prussia. No material incident has occurred on (the left bank of tha Vistula. The Austrian offensive in Galieia has been definitely checked by the Russians, and subsequent operations are perfectly favourable. The Austrians left 500 dead after tha Russian bayonet attack in the Dnkla Pass region of the Carpathians. Over a thousand Austrians were taken prisoner.

MANY PRISONERS C.'U J TURED.

HEROIC BRITISH FORCE

Received this day, 9.10 a.m. Louder!, Tuesday. The Daily Chronicle states the Allies are gradually driving back the ens my at Lille through morasses and mud. Hundreds of prisoners have been captured by tha Allies' extreme left in'the last few days. Ths French stormed a farm held by German marines. Many wore killed and the rest captured. One hundiced and eighty British he\i ten thousand Germans for two days until reinforced. One of tha bset shots was hidden in a clump of trees with two rifles and a boy as loader. He picked off 120 Germans in 48 hours.