BEARING THE BRUNT OF GERMAN FURY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 3 November 1914, Page 5

BEARING THE BRUNT OF GERMAN FURY

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•• GERMANS HELD EVERYWHERE"

FIGHTING: IN FLANDERS. "'BLOODIEST IN HISTOR3T." AMSTERDAM, Nov, 2. While the Allies in Flanders are daily fighting with magnificent elan and splendid spirit, the Germans are struggling with valour and- desperation, their spirit almost lost. -.Their ebb is checked occasionally bv a superb dash. They have advanced "here and there, but only to be driven back., Repeatedly they have returned to the charge, but they are held everywhere. Friday saw on the: '. Flanders front fighting"as savage as any on the preceding fifteen days/ ; - The battle is the" bloodiest in history. The slaughter on the Marne and the Aishe pales before the untold numbers ■of dead that-are littering the fields and dunes and the trenches -. Trench after 'trench has been taken, and a deep wedge driven into the German position. -' t \

OFFICIAL NEWS

VIOLENT-ATTACKS CONTINUE

! PARIS. Nov. 1. (Official.) There is nothing new to Teport with Tegard" to the front Nieuport to Dixmude. ■ The Germans continued to make violent attaeks-ih the Avhol&-region north •east and south of Ypres. i Early in -the battle the Germans captured the villages of HoHbecke and Messines, which we re-captured m the evening by vigorous counter-attacks. On the Test of the front the straggle -yas verv fierce, and was ir-arked by violent cannonades, the enemy unsuccessfully, attempting to capture ground we had -captured during the hvst few days. -..-•.- • . ■ r 3h the Argonne the Germans have made no progress. ■During the week from October 14th. to "October 20th, 7,683 German prisoners were interned. These did not include wounded tended in our ambulances, ijor detachments despatched, on. the way. from the front to the rear. PARIS. Sunday, (midnight). -(Official.) -There is nothing fresh to report from Belgium. , . .-» We repulsed violent attacks in the environs of Libons and Quesnoy, and in Sahterre, VaiHy, the Aisne, Da Grublc Forest, and the. Argonne. ; "We have made continued progress northward/of Souain ml i n 'Our offensive ha the Vosges has made us n»sters of the heights adjoining St. Jlarie.

■RITISH HAVE TERRIBLE FIGHTING

AGAINST ENORMOUS ODDS. GERMANS' DESPERATE RUSHES. (Received Nov. 3, 10 a.£.) - v LONDON, Nov 2. The British have had terriblefighUng latelv in the region of Ypres. The Gei8S nide desperate bayonet Jjjhe. fha british trenches. The British weie SmetnheToutnumbered ten to one, but Satedlv hurled back the enemy and raptured villages by magnificent bayonet charges. v

••BEFORE FIRST OF NOVEMBER"

KAISER'S MESSAGE CEPTEDDUNKIRK, Nov. 2. hind the Rhine.

STRONG GERMAN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS

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\MSTERDAM. Nov. 2. More shells were fired betAveen the Dixrmide during the past week SiS&wr fired during, the of the struggles are the night are advancing to stron*- defensive positions which are Winf^rfpared•betwe'en the present hue aud Brussels.

15 AGAINST 700

TERRIBLE FIGHTING ABOUT YPRES SOMETIMES AGAINST 10 TO 1 ODDS MAGNIFICENT HEROISM OF OUR TROOPS SLAUSHTER IN FLANDERS FIGHTING - MOST AWFUL IN HISTORY TURKEY'S HYPOCRISY EXPOSED DETENTION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AT CONSTANTINOPLE BALKAN COMPLICATIONS CONSIDERED i INEVITABLE ARMISTICE GRANTED IN SOUTH AFRICA NEGOTIATIONS WITH DE WET

SLAUGHTER OF GERMANS

! MUTINOUS GERMANS

FEARFUL BAYONET ATTACKS

BELGIANS BLOW UP A BRIDGE

TORPEDOES FOR OSTEND

GERMAN PREPARATIONS. (Rec. .Nov.-3, 8.5 a.m.). AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2.

J The work of entrenching around the capital which is being carried out by Germans is proceeding feverishly. 1 Meanwhile a, stern struggle-- is progressing in the vicinity of Pas Cheni daele. ,

NEAR ROULERS. I (Received Nov. 3. 9.15 a.m.) i LONDON, Oct, 2. ' German' artillery at Poe la Capelle, near Roulers, on Wednesday night opened fire in the direction- of Boesingbe, under cover of which infantry strongly entrenched themselves at Poe la Capelle. | British artillery bombarded the -Ger- ] man position with remarkable precision throughout Thursday, and French infantry stormed four successive lines of trenches, slaying thousands.

SHOOT THEIR OFFICERS. MANY SUICIDES. \ PARIS, Nov. 2. Several German "prisonci's refer to the recent mutiny in a German regiment in Lorraine, stating that 150 men shot their officers, and then crossed the frontier and surrendered to the French authorities. The prisoners say that cases of sui-. cide are frequent iu the German lines. GERMAN STATEMENT REGARDING RHEIMS CATHEDRAL. ROME, Nov. 1. Dr. von Bet-hmann-Holhveg has reported to the Vatican that a French observation post has been again installed in a tower of the Rheinis Cathedral, and that this will justify any further bombardment of the edifice by the German forces •. ARMOURED TRAIN SAVES A BRITISH REGIMENT. CALAIS. Nov. 2. In a recent skirnrish near Ypres between a British regiment and half of a German division, the enemy's line advanced, almost encircling the Britishers, who dogaedly held a railway line, inflicting immense damage oh their foes. Suddenly an armoured train poured broadsides on to the Germans until they wcre practically wiped out.

TinNGS THAT BREAK THE GERMAN SOLDIER. LONDON, October 31. A German prisoner taken at Yser said an officer remarked: "We can do nothing here, yet we must proceed. The bayonet attacks are as fearful as hell. A great stream of volunteers is arriving, but when the men are actually fighting many in anguish call upon their fathers' and mothers. Weariness, shock, the fear of death, and terrible sights combine to break the soldiers."

THOUSANDS OF GERMANS CUT OFF. (Received Nov. 3, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 2. -One British wounded reported that a Belgian cyclist corps had blown up a bridge in the Dixmude region, resulting in the chitting off of thousands of Germans, who surrendered.

' BRITISH HOLD A TRENCH. (Received Nov. 3. 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 2. After the capture of Haven el. fifteen British held a trench for twenty-four hours against 700 Germans, until relieved.

It is stated that the- Germans arc mounting caissons- capable of firing torpedoes at the entrance to Ostend from Zeebrugge harbour.

AERIAL CHASE

POLISH WINTER

GERMAN RETREAT

14 MDLES A DAY

A GERMAN MACHINE SHOT DOWN'. (Roc, Niiv-. 3, 8.55 a.m.] PARIS. Nov. 2. A French ainii-'iu making a reconnaissance met two German aeroplanes. Assisted by a second French machine hi chased them and .shot down tine.

RUSSIAN OPERATIONS

ADVANCE ALONG THE VISTULA

AUSTRIAN FORTIFIED POSITION STORMED. PETROGRAD, Nov. 2. (Official.) The Russians on the East Prussimi front have progressed in the Vladislavoff district. They have advanced victoriously on the other side of the Vistula along the Whole front. They occupied Petrokoff. Opotchua, and Opaboff, and on the road to Qpaboff routed the enemy's rearguard, taking 400 prisoners, with quick-hroTS and a convoy of provisions. Russian regiments near Lonachoyo, on the San, reached the enemy's positions. Profiting hy a panic, they stormed an Austrian fortified position, taking 5 officers and 500 men prisoners, and securing sorre- quick-firers. IMMENSE RUSSIAN ARMY ACROSS THE VISTULA. ■LONDON, Oct. 31. Regarding the fighting in Poland, it is stated that an immense Russian a-Tmy ha-s crossed the Vistula and deployed on the entire front. It has closed both ends of the Radom' Forest, forcing thousands of Germans into positions -where thcy probably must capitulate.

HORRORS OF THE FIGHTING. LONDON, Oct. 31. An early winter, with heavy rain, sleet, and snow, is adding to the horrors of the fighting in Poland. The mud in the trenches reached the knees of the men, who were forced to remain inactive, chilled to the bone. South of Warsaw the ground is so soft that the guns and transport waggons constantly stick, and many have, to be abandoned.

(Rec. Nov. 3, 8.55 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Nov. 2.

Near Warsaw a'peasant found: huge mounds surmounted by a cross and Geriran helmets. He dug and discovered piles of ammunition, beside German quickfirers. Reports from the Vistula front - show that the Germans were thrown back to the vicinity of the Warta river, marching 14 miles daily for a week over cx,'ecrable clay sloughs.