The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
ALLIES DRIVE
WEDGE THROUGH
GERMAN LINES
(ce.ti..ss IRE. Par. o..,.


Lille and for the nrst time since the
series of battles In the north com
menced they have pushed their forces
east OF Lille. The advantage gained
Is slfght--two miles--but Il Is declar.
ed at military headquarters here that
IL In extremely important. The allies
are now In position TO envelop the
German right flank and Il Is confident.
ly expected here that they will be
able to do so within the next week
or 10 days.
Ofiicials at General Gallienis head.
quarters, who are In touch with the
situation, declare that the Germans
have lost the chief move In the strate-
gical manoeuvring by their failure to
maintain the perpendicular line ex.
Ostsnd.
They declare that the center OF the
German right flank has been pierced,
and that II 10 only question OF
short time when the German head
quarters at Lille must move eastward
or be lost.
In distance OF only As miles three
separate and distinct battles OF ex-
IRENE violence are In progress. From
Newport. 10 miles southeast to Dix
nude, the Belgian army, reinformed
by the naval brigade and covered by
the guns Of the British war feet. are
rolling the Germans back. Every 1T
tempt Of the Germans to break
through this line has been repulsed
with severe loss and II IL declared
that the Germans have left 10000
dead and wounded on the field here.
From Dixmude, IL miles south TO
Ypres, there II no hghting. The Ger
mans and allies maintain line here.
but II has not been marked with any
general encounter since Monday.
Beginning ut Ypres and extending
nine and onehalf miles southeast TO
Menin there 10 second battle line.
The Germans we're forced back near
ly three miles along this front last
night following night assault In
force which was defeated. The Ger.
mans had mounted searchlights to
command the territory and after
Smelling the allied position with great
vigor they essayed an assault In force.
The French forces, however, had been
given timely warning Of the massing
OF the German infantry, and q score
Of masked batteries were In waiting.
The Germans advanced m their usual
massed formation, singing a. they
CAME. but they were literally cut to
pieces by the Ave of the French three
inch guns and the rapid firers which
commanded the nat marshy ground
over which they were compelled to
advance. The attempt to break
through the allied line lasted several
hours, but when the lighting ended
temporarily the German line had been
forced back and their first line OF
trenches had been occupied by the
allies.
There is no serious lighting between
Menin and Warneton, but from
Warneton to La Bassee, distance OF
Is miles continuous lighting Is In
progress along line running north
east from La Bassee. The fighting
here n OF the most severe character.
The Germans are In great strength
and have delivered q series Of violent
assaults. but at no point have they
boon able to gain any territory. The
losses at this point are very heavy
but the Germans, II Is stated at mill
tary headquarters here, are losing In
the ratio OF six to one OF the allies
because OF the fact that they are de-
liverirg frontal attacks against posi-
lions fully protected by artillery.
Hundreds Of prisoners are also be-
ing taken. The Germans are declared
to be wasting their forces, literally
throwing regiment after regiment
against the French guns In their ef-
fort to break through.
The military experts here are very
much encouraged over the immediate
outlook. They declare that the Ger
mans are preparing to evacuate their
positions near the channel and there
viii be no surprise II within q short
time the entire German right wing re-
tires inside Of the Belgian frontier.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 22.-It is ON
cially announced today that the Ger.
mans are IN full retreat all along the
baltic line lying 80 miles west Of War.
saw. pursued by the Siberian army
corps which have pushed forward
from Warsaw. The German Twenty.
hrst army corps IL reported here 10
have lost nearly two-thirds of It's efrec.
tive strength In It's efforts to cover
the retreat Of the main German army.
Emperor William 10 reported to have
been personally in charge OF the oper.
atoms agAinSt Warsaw, coming to the
front when reports reached him that