OPERATIONS ON THE COAST

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 23 October 1914, Page 8

OPERATIONS ON THE COAST

A communique dated the 21st inst , ' at midnight says there was a violent ~ tattle throughout the day on the left , k | wing from the North Sea to La Basse, tlie Allies holding their own. every- \ where. f, The situation is unchanged.

PIvGERMAjNS HAVE A HOT TIME. .. Ifj^AGE: FIGHTING AT ROULERS. P^'THE TOWN TAKEN v AND REKMy; ..■■•■.■ ■ ■ TAKEN. ' ' ■' §|iV ; : ■■.■ ' . ..■/ . ; " - .-; '-..■ ■■ P^aiiLlES HOLD THEIR OWN EVEKXW¥:---" ■! '■ ' where. ■;■;■

gp^ST- CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHI. pfe'V/ -(Received Oct. 23, 10.30 a.in.) m;:c : : ■-/■■: ..-: ■:■.■.- LONDON, Oct. 22. •

During the earlier battle westward of |v? -Lille-, an aeroplane reconnaissance distwo regiments of Uhlans pl^biyquacked. A "battery of .field artil- •' covered the road of escape and fe^the infantry advanced. The German gave the alarm, and the Uhgalloped back, but the "artillery ||^<>peried at two hundred yards with §£J:^h>apnel, and two squadrons of Bri|^ti^fish:c ; avalEy finished them. Three hun.Uhlans were killed or wounded, l^ianii -many taken prisoners. - ||v^> -The Daily ;. Mail's Flushing .correj||jspondent says that the German posi-

tion on the Belgian seaboard and in

||| tie vicinity of Bruges and Ghent is |f|:ibflcoming critical, but they are still §||^iiblding Ostend.

;g;;lhje.bombardment of Nieuport on IWednesday took place under the fire >«f; eleven warships, the German return p,re. falling short. -

|^W: Tha Germans in Ostend are 'shelter-. Iping "behind; houses on the dyke. Firming was heard at Bruges all day, and iftfwas coming closer.. . l. ■■•■

|^fc^ The raihr ay viaduct at Oostcamp was §£|l>lown up, and trains with German §|:f^\mded, were obliged to return t© l^jßrujgesv-..'"The- Germans appear ex-

|?i;:il«asted.-.. '-'.'".■ . ; . -_ French dragoons from Ypres, after the, remnant of the Germans Hpixpin Roulers, barricaded the streets |^|imd planted machine guns in the |fev|»brches of prominent 'houses. On a large force of Germans from lll^Glient and Bruges bombarded and ||ipok the town, after fierce street fight-Ig-lhg, the. French retiring, in good or- - v The French were reinforced on lll&esday, and after heavy fighting Roufe«lers;was re-takeri.

PARIS, Oct. 22