The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-30
UTTERLY EXHAUSTED
ARMIES ARE RESTING
That Can Stand Awful Strain
Indefinitely.
MIGHTY STRUGGLE TO COME
Present Lull Will Be Followed With
Effort Of Supreme Fury Directed
by Germans to Pierce Lines and
Win Kaiser's Coveted Prize.

Especial Cable TO The Times p:spatci
PARIS. October a9.-The Germans
are massing vast army OF $4,000 men.
supported by the greatest engines OF
war, ut tho command of the Kaiser. for
final desperate assault on the allies
lines in West Flanders.
o-nishts official statement from
bordeaux declared there was an ab-
Holute dearth of new Developments to
lcrort. indicating a prolonginS OF the
lull which settled over the norther
ield Of bis events yesterday. This
throws the burden of information back
upon the afternoon official commnniquc,
which again declares that there is
nothing new TO report on the front he
tween Nieuport and DiXmude."
While various reasons have been ad-
Nanced for the temporary cessation Of
aosttiities along this line, the one APP
parently logical reason SIS that tho
troops of botl. armies are utterly on
hausted. No fighting machine ever
was devised or lighting men ever
trained that could stand the strain to
which these men and war engines were
subjected during the week In which
this Grea; battle ragged the hottest.
The power behind the blows was
bound TO wanc, aud this luli in but
the lull Of exhaustion.
BA1'rLE WILL. BE RENEWED
WITH INCREASED FURY
But while the lighting lines are
gaining the needed respite, the rival
general stats are redoubling their toll
over the war maps, for with the re-
snscithtion OF the lighting men and the
orcrhaulins OF the guns tho haiti. Will
be renewed with increased fury.
Durins the pause the Germans. ac-
cording to Information telegraphed
mere, are bringing up heavy reinforce
,nents with which to strengthen their
lines to hack their way through to
the coast, I'm which effort thus FAR
they have been checked
other dispatches indicate that a new
route has been selected, and that the
Germans hope to drive through direct
to Boulogne, keeping far distant from
the seacoast to avoid the gun fire Of
tue allies %arships, which was one
OIL inc greatest factors In bringin. 10
a period their latest hostile effort This
report says that already there are n
quarter or million men massed at the
point at which the initial attack is to
be directed. These. with the 1901 900
fresh troops hurried forward to hiss
aid, will give the Duke OF Wurttem-
berg, who is In supreme command In
this reld. $4,000 men with which to
make the supreme effort against the
channel ports, the Kaiscr's most COW
cted victory.
During the past for,y-eight hours
great movements of troops back OF the
German lines have been reported by
the French air scouts. and by now il
is estimated that the greatest effec-
tive strength OF the army OF 100000
along tho seacoast has hccn massed
in tho line between DiXmudo and Ypres
LINES OF THE lilies
HEANU.N REINFORCED
So confident is General Jonrc that
the Germans arc planning to pierce
the line nj some point between these
two places TINT heavy rcinforcements
OF British and French troops arc be-
ing massed behind this front. in rcadi-
ness for Tho initial encounter of. the
renewed battle
The new route apparently is betweeh
tho River User and tho Ypres. Haze
brouck-St Omar Road. This plan OF
necessarily would involve
attacks In the direction OF Lille much
more violent titan those thus far re-
corded, as the allies at this point have