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THE SITUATION.
·!:At r~g~iesthe t i~cd~1I c I~ftwlbre. tbce British"
force seems to be maihly, engpged, the situn:
• .r
ticn has gradually improved during the week.
ihe Allies"had driven a wedge in between
Litre and Ostend, which the Gerisans hold
Thc point of this wedge was about Romu??r,
asnd its northern face. ran-by Diamude to the
ea at Nienpor, along the south bank of th
Yser. oarly in the week the Germans crossed
that river between Nietitore and Dixnmud- ann
if this movement had bran continued tht Ahied
wedge would have been gravely penetrated, and
eust have been withdrawn- We. now learn
that the Germans have been thrown back over
the Yser and. driven off the- coast, scept .at
Ostend and further north, where they are erect'
ing large batteries to stave off the-British -bom
acrdment from the sea. - The Allied-troops
within the wedge have advanced -as far as
Thourout, and driven the enemy back to
B "rukg All this has becn the result of heavy
flghting, both on the Yser and round Lille,
At both places the Germans made very deter
mined attacks, so as to drive back the Allies
ed reach the coast near Caais, but these aC
idled, and are now reported to be diminishing
in vigor. Further south, on the Aisno, the
Germans have been making violent attacks,
Lften by night, but have been invariably re
pulsed. On the eastern theatre there is ap
paiently a slight, but steady French advance,.
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