New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-15
Occupy Ypres, Town of
Belgium, in New Often
siVe Man9uvre.
TEST is EXPECTED
AROUND LILLE
Believed Little Opposition Will
Be Made TO Invaders Ad-
vance TO Ostend.

Paris. Oct. 14.-While il is fully ex-
pected that the Germans will reach
Ostend and other ports in the north
west of Belgium, if they have not done
so already. they will be met with a
very stubborn resistance in their at
tempt to extend the right wing of their
main army through the Pas-de-Calais
to the French northern ports. Thay
have. in fact. fallen back in this region
in the face of the Allies offensive.
A few days ago the German cavalry
were fighting as far west as Haze
brouck and Cassel. but to-day, accord
ing to the official communication. the
front of this battle extends from La
Bassee through Estaires 10 Bailieul,
on the Belgian frontier, while across
the border the Allies have occupied
Ypres
This is very distinct gain for the
Allies and shows that the German at
tempt to work around their left has
failed. The German right has been
bent back toward Lille and Courtrai,
both Of which the invaders hold with
strong forces.
No Barrier Before Ostend.
Il is here that the heavy blows that
both sides hope will bring about a de-
cisive result in the long drawn out
battle will be struck. and IT is for this
reason that the Germans Will be Able
TO make their way TO Ostend, although
even there some troops have been iett
10 infiict what damage they can before
Joining the larger body further south.
The censorship has prohibited any
mention Of The operations 10 the north
Of Arras. a condition which is probably
responsible for the belief that the Al
lies have prepared what one military
critic calls "a smashing blow, which
the longer il is delayed Will be the
more crushing in it's effect"
OF the recent lighting elsewhere the
French communication simply says that
the operations are proceeding normally
on the left wing as far as the Oise'
that the Alli,s' progress in the Berry
bu-Bac region is confirmed. and that on
the right wing there Is nothing new.
During three weeks of violent fight
ing between Roye and Lassigny, Roye
itself has been taken and retaken twelve
times and has been the scene OF the
fiercest hand to-hand encounters, while
all the villages in the neighborhood
constantly change ownership.
A French infantry officer. who arrived
i'm Paris to-day, reported that on the
day Roye was recsptured from the Ger
mans for the twelfth time, the French
surrounded and captured, eight mi les
outside the town, 1000 German cavalry
and infantry.
Progress at Berry -auBao.
For the first time, however, the
French General Staff takes notice Of
and denies some claims put forth by
the Germans. IL is denied that two
French cavalry divisions have been de-
stroyed. and it is asserted, on the other
hand. that the sviators with the French
cavalry inflicted heavy losses on the
German cavalry
II ig also declared that the Germans
have not come into touch with the
fortress Of Nerdun, and that attempts
Ga do so have failed, while in their
efort TO traverse the Meuse at ST.
Mihiel they we're outfianked.
Lordon. Oct. l4.-The official press
bureau tonight issued the following
statement:
"British troops have been engaged
with the enemy toward the left OF the
Allied line lin Franco, with the result
that the Germans have been pressed
hack slightly on their flank.
"The nature Of the country IN when
tho fighting has been conducted, being
a mining centre, makes rapid progress
difficult"