the Carpathians from Galicia.




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10--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914.


[Illustration: IN CAPTURED DIXMUDE: THE CHURCH OF ST. JEAN AFTER
BOMBARDMENT.]

[Illustration: WRECKED BY GERMAN SHELL-FIRE: THE CHURCH OF ST. JEAN,
DIXMUDE.]

Dixmude, after a comparative lull since it was first bombarded by the
Germans, recently became once more the objective of a fierce attack and
fell into the enemy's hands. The afternoon communiqué issued in Paris on
November 11 said: "At the end of the day (i.e., the 10th) the Germans had
succeeded in taking possession of Dixmude. We are still holding on to the
outskirts of this village, on the canal from Nieuport to Ypres, which has
been strongly occupied. The struggle has been very fierce at these
points." The late French communiqué issued the same night said: "The enemy
throughout the day continued his effort of yesterday without achieving any
fresh results.... He made vain attempts to debouch from Dixmude on the
left bank of the Yser."--[Photo. by Newspaper Illustrations.]