THE WAR.
BITING IN!
ALLIED ARMY PUSHING INTO BELGIUM.
DESPERATE FIGHTING IN THE ; EAST. ■■ '■ . •
Emden Sinks Four British Vessels!
British Monitors #Shell Qermans Near Coast.
With Imll-dog tenacity, the Allied army is slowly but surely biting its way into Belgium, and tqrcing the Germans back. The Allies have pushed on from Ypres, and now occupy Courtrai, in Belgium. . British monitors bombard German forces on the. Belgian coast, and their shells inflict heavy losses on %tie enemy. \ , In the eastern theatre, desperate fighting continues, near Warsaw and Przemysl, and the Germans round the first named city are reported to be in full retreat. . Allied fleet continues to bombard \ Austrian cities in Adriatic Sea, aad destroys forts and magazine. Order is being restored in Antwerp. Water now available and trains running. German submarine sinks British merchant vessel in North Sea. # Portugal is sending 12,000 men to assist the AP lies, and will place 90,000 men in the iield. ; "
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Thames Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14430, 23 October 1914, Page 4
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156THE WAR. Thames Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14430, 23 October 1914, Page 4
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