Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — BATTLE NORTH OF ARRAS [ARTICLE]

BATTLE NORTH OF ARRAS

Both the Allies and Germans Lose Heavily—More Men for ths Kaiser in Western Arena. London, Dec. 2. —The battle of the coal fields, as the furious engagement being fought north of Arras has come to be known, centered during the day on the banks of the canal from Bethune to Lens. Here the Germans and French were at grips in a terrific encounter during most of the day. The fighting was most vigorous. Heavy losses wefe Inflicted on both sides. One hundred and twenty to two hundred and fiity thousand re-enforce-ments have been brought up from the rear by the Germans to strengthen the line along the Yser, where it was reported a new effort was to be made to force the allies back from the banks of the banalized river.