PASSAGE OF THE YSER.
GERMANS CANNOT CROSS. • Allies making progress. (Received November 14, 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, November 13. The various Belgian relief committees and distinguished Belgians have guaranteed £600,000, which has been
given to the commission for relief in Belgium, bvtt the. distress is enormous. PARIS, November.l 3.
A communique states that the action from Lys to the sea is less 1 severe. Ger-; man efforts - to cross the, Yser Canal 'failed, and German attacks north-east and south-east of Ypres were repulsed. We have gradually advanced during the last few days. The line from Armentieres to the "jOise f-is" now within 350 metres of the German wire entanglements. We captured Tracy-le-yal and have progressed" slightly rat' other points north of the Aisne. We;■ have repulsed" Gdrman counter attacks 'at Chavonne and, Soupir, also at Berry Auba6, > and ,« some progress has been made elsewhere.,
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 241, 14 November 1914, Page 9
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