New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03
Attempts of Allies to
Break Through German
Lines Repulsed.
TWO ANTWERP
FORTS SILENCED
Russian Movement in Province
of Suwalki Fails-2,000
Officers Prisoners.

clal statement mas been received from
Berlin by wireless.
ut is reported from different sources
that the Belgians already have placed
machine guns on the church towers Of
Antwerp. The siege Of that city is
making progrc..
"The Germans nave occupied Malines,
and strict orders have been given not
TO lombard tho town, so that the ca
thedral may be spared"
Berlin. Oct. iby wireless TO Say
Vile. Long isiand) According 20 an
announcement made in Berlin to-day
the great battle in France is still un-
decided. The Germans are described
as hammcring the French positions at
numerous points with their heavy ar
tillery. The attempts Of the Allies 10
break through the German lines have
been repulsed The heaviest losses
have been in the Argonne region.
The Germans continue to make
steady progress. In the fighting before
Antwerp the German artillery has
silenced two of the Belgian forts. Ger
man troops captured thirty aeroplanes
sent from France to Belgium.
In the eastern arena Of the war the
Russian offensive movement from the
Niemen River against the Germans IN
the province of Suwalki is declared to
have failed II is officially reported
that the Russian fortress at Ossowetz,
in Russian Poland. was bombarded by
the Germans until September -.
f..Tl,t hn Nf
Antwerp. and tho offensive operations
Under General Won IlnGenberg, all
going on at the same time. are taken in
Berlin to indicate that the German
army is not lacking in men.
\ statement given out in Berlin says
that there are about 1000 Russian Off
GERS. including eighteen generals. held
rs prisoners of war in the various de-
tcntion camps IN Germany.
Anxious About Holland.
In copy Of the Dutch newspaper
"NieuWs Van Den Dag which has
been received here there is complaint
Of the lack of observance Of Dutch neu-
trality by British and French warships.
il is said that even Hollands trade with
her colonies has had TO be discon-
tinucd on account of the activity Of
these warships.
Swedish papers received in Berlin
complain OF the interference IN trade
resulting from the declarations that
Swedish iron ore is contraband Of war
A copy Of the "ROtterdamsche
Courant.' received here, referring 10
certain war news which has been char
acterizcd by THE Times" of London,
as "lies from Dutch source says
that this information was issued Off
c;ally by the British Legation at The
Hague.
Amsterdam, Oct. "a dispatch from
Berlin says that the "Berliner Tage-
Llatt' prints "A significant article By its
military correspondent, Major Moraht,
who, while asserting confidence that
there will be a fresh German advance
on Paris, is careful to add:
"But there is another possibility
which must command the conscientious
attention of calm observers Of the
fluctuating strugglc-what would be
gained by the allies if they force back
our right wing to the Belgian frontier?
Nothing but the passing success which
would be the beginning of the end OF
the FraacO-Brtish presumption OF We
tory"
Washington, Oct. 1.-The following
Official report from the Foreign Office
1T Berlin was made public tonight By
Count Won BernstOrf, German Ambas-
eador:
"From Headquarters General Won
Soldering reported to the Emperor that
field hospital at Orchies, in the north
Of France, was attacked by iranctircurs
(snircrsJ. or irreCulaIly armed per
I 4 Ynpttitra a. Y
redition encountered superior forces
/ End had to retreat, leaving thirty-dve
wounded. On the following day the
Bavariar troops met no enemy and
/ found Orchies deserted, but found
here twenty wounded Germans, left
/ the day before, horribly mutilated.
F Their noses and ears had been cut of
+ and they were suffOcated by inserting
/ eaWdust into their mouths and noses.
/ Correctness Of the evidence taken was
authenticated by two French priests.
DrcaIes thereupon was thoroughly de-
molished."
Here part Of the wireless message
was mutiatcd in transmission, but the
embassy statement said IN substance IL
asserted that, according to the AVIAN
. tiu," Of Milan, the Paris "Natin" had
/ reported in regard TO the butchcry Of
German prisoners that they should be
shown no pity "if they fall into
our hands, those nefarous criminals
against human law Of whom Wilhelm
4 probably formed his bodyFuard but
. who are worth being butchercd like
pigs
As to tho military operations the
dispatch said:
Goa September 80 decision a 70 the
gigantic battle still hangs in -he air.
The French attacks from Verdun and
Toul were repulsed. The siege OF Ant
Tcrp IS progressing, two forts already
being Silenced Mechlin has been oc-
cupied. in the battle around Mechlin
strict order was given not to lombard
the town"