The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-16
force From Antwerp
Moves to Coast,
LONDON OR PARIS MAY
Be Their next GOAL
Severe Fighting Again Report
ed Along Western FIanks
in France.

London, Oct 16.-German troops in
Belgium, released for field operations
by the capture of Antwerp, are
marching in part toward Ostend and
in par. in a southwesterly direction
toward the French frontier, according
to official advices given out in Berlin.
The French official statement adj
mits the German troops coming from
Antwerp had reached the vicinity of
Bruges, Belgium, Tuesday night, and
dispatch from the Central News cor
respondent at Amsterdam says the
Germans have occupied Bruges, which
is fifteen miles east of Ostend.
These adyices, with the news that
Emperor William has moved his
headquarters farther into France, in
dictate the Germans, after closing the
the sea to prevent an outflanking
movement, may attempt another for
ward movement through France, eth
er toward Paris or down the coast
with view to establishing bases for
an invasion Of England In either
event the western wings of the OPP
posing armies probably will remain
the center of interest for some time.
Wants English Made Ready.
The Times military correspondent
argues the English government should
instruct the people and the authorities
Of the. British Isles how to act in case
Germany attempts an invasion The
expert admits that the checking of the
German advance in France might re-
suit in an attempted invasion of Eng
land and he believes England should
prepare for this move.
Germans arriving in London are
equally confident that Germany pro-
poses another advance on Paris and
that the movement will begin as soon
as some of the troops operating on
the Russian frontier can be trans
ferred to the western theater of the
war. The transfer is, said to have
begun, as ordinary train service in
Germany is delayed forty-eight hours.
The rlgidness of the censorship
precludes more than guesses as to
which side scored in the fighting
which followed the retirement of the
I3elgians and the advance of the Ger
mans in the vicinity of Client In the
rear OF. the city it is said that the
Germans have 100000 men and all
signs indicate that violent battle for
possession of Ostend and other chan
pel ports is imminent or in actual
progress. .... IT.
Where Is Belgian Army?
What became of the Belgian army
which retreated from Antwerp is not
yet known to the public. Nor is the
composition of the allied forces seek
ing to check the German seward ad-
vance clear. A .-.s
AS was the case before the fall of
Antwerp the British press in a meas
ure discounts the German occupation
of Ostend, though it was pointed out
that if the allies continue to hold the
town Of Ypres, which cuts the Ger
man line, the continued occupation of
Ostend would be difHcult
Desperate fighting continues on the
western wings OF the opposing armies
On the Belso-French frontier. The
French officers report the Germans
have evacuated the left bank of the
Iys river, but between this stream
and the canal Of La Bassee the situa-
ton is unchanged.
Some idea of the fierceness of the
fighting in this region can be gained
from the fact that the town of Roye,
now in possession Of the allies, has
been taken and rataken twelve times