Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-29


serted in the French and English Of
fetal dispatches. Nor Is it possible to
find confirmation of the report that
the French had again Invaded the
Sandgau in Upper Alsace. That am
other invasion OF German territory
was attempted from that direction
seems likely In the face of the Ger
man reports. but that Il was effective
is denied by the fact that no opera
tons of any Importance have been
recorded from there. ON October .
the Germans repulsed frontal attack
on their right wing At Roye The
Germans gained considerable ground
in following up the retreat Of the
French.
While the Germans made every ef-
fort 10 break the Epinol- Foul erdun
line. the French were equally com
corncd with breaking the German
center north of verdun, whose strong
entertainments have 80 far defied ev-
ery attempt of that character. French,
English and Italian observers have
combined in saying that no field
works of such an elaborate and eN-
tensive character have oven been laid
out by modern army and the
French operations OF the last few
DAYS have indicated that II has been
abandoned as hopeless TO further at
tack them. From German sources Il
has been learned that these entrench-
ments were laid out behind the adj
vanclng German forces 10y working
columns Of the German landstrum
without arms" as the organization 70
known. This instance of remarkahie
foresight permitted the retiring Grf-
man forces to fall into "a position
which had been carefully selected and
nrepared. in which in fact, everythms
w.s ready for the most stubborn de-
tense.
several Trenches Carried
According to French and German
official dispatches fighting I'm the ~
entity OF Arras. northwestern France
was in full progress on october 3 and
4. while there was lull in operations
i'm the Peronnc district. Slight gains
were made by the French In the
neighborhood of scissors, where 5eN
eral German trenches We're carried
In the Woevre district near Aprc-
mont on the Meuse the French clam
several successes. with German dis
patches claiming the very opposite.
Several sharp attacks We're made
BIZ the Germans on October 5 and I
on the French positions between
Craonne and the Argonne forest.
Some OF the ground gained boy the
Germans was lost again on the 9TH,
but on the whole the operation APP
pears TO have been advantageous 81
them. ON October 4 fighting on the
German right and French left sub
sided, the attention OF the various
commanders being occupied with an
extension of their forces beyond Ar
ras, where on the following day the
intetminablc series of attacks and
counter attacks of the two opposing
wings were continued without deci-
sive result. West Of Lille and west 0i
Lens collisions between cavars
screens of the two forces occurred
but these like the lighting on the Ar
ras-Albcrt- Roye line. led to no def
mite developments.
Meanwhile the situation on the
French and German centers had re-
NAMED the same, no lighting being
reported from either the Disc Meusf
or Verdun- Belfort lines. The claim Of
the French to have made slight adj
vances I'm the Meusc hills is Indirect
~ supported by the German dis
patches dealing with the situation on
October As
New Engagements.
on october new general en-
gagement had begun on the French
left and German right wings French
cavalry penetrated rs far as twenty
five kilometers northeast of Arras,
but was driven back, the Germans
succeeding in re-establishing their
line. Contact between French and
German cavalry was established west
of Rvssel and Lens, but the Germans
succeeded in holding the ground they
had gained. Several attacks by the
French on the German positions at
Arras- Albert Roye were withstood
successfully, though counter attack
of the Germans al Lassigny was met
by the French with equal success. Col
hsions between the French and Ger
man Thanking cavalry troops occurred
Immediately north of Tourcoing. In
fantry and artillery bodies following
Ita added 1nnf N
few kilometers to the ever growing
line. Some ground was lost by the
French. however Though the Ger
man dispatches made no mention Of