Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-17
GERMAN EFFORT
To TURN FLANK IS
UNSUCCESSFUL
Nd From North Sea
Kiss Border Is 800
MiIvS Long With Fighting.
Along Entire Length,

IN, nosslso Journal SPECIAL tttsto ~,Rst
From the Battle Front, oct. 10 (yia =
Paris. l1:46 p. m)--The attempt by +
Tho Germans Go turn the flank of the /
allies and obtain possession of the I
ports OF Ostend Dunklrk and Calais, /
has been unsuccessful, for the Ger t
mans came face to face with strong
oppasing allied army which compelled
them to fan back after severe fight I
ing.
what Is known as the marching
wing Of the allies is continually IN
contact with the German troops and
completely covers the approach to the
coast towns. When they fought a
pitched battle west Of Lille the Ger
mans were forced 10 make a marked
retirement from l.aventle in the di-
rection Of Lille, their occupation Of
which last Tuesday by 10000 men APP
pears destined to be of short dura-
ton.
500 Miles Battle Front.
The line Of battle Of the north ex-
tends over the most historic ground
in Flanders, whore on the field OF the
cloth Of Gold, Francis ! and Henry
VIII had their celebrated meeting in
1920 owing 10 the sinuous charac-
Ter Of the line of battle the total
length of II from the coast of Bel
glilm to the Swiss border, now reaches
nearly 800 miles.
Belief in their final success APP
Ffss.4. laII m
the allies. All the men display conf
d6nce in their commanders, who ara
doing everything possible to spare
their troops. The allied soldiers ar"
fighting with vigor They often per-
form marches which seem beyond
human power. This is made evident
often when small dctachments are
acting apart from the main bodies
severe Cavalry Clash.
French Dungeons recently were en-
trusted with the task of covering the
passage of river by artillery. They
met a body of German hussars in
clash. Both sides charged simultan-
eously and the melee lasted ten min
ntes, during which the men slashed
and pierced each other with swords
and lancers. while the officers re-
volvers cracked. Finally the hussars
broke ranks and galloped off, leaving
many of their men on the field. The
dragons also suffered severely but
attained their object, that of securing
a safe passage for their comrades.
Americans Enter Battle Zone.
French officers in the immediate
vicinity of the firing line recently
were amazed to see two motor cars
containing seven children, all under
ten years old, and two grown persons,
enter the battle zone. Across the
glass shield of one of the cars In
French were the words I'm the SER
vice of the ambassador of the United
states" on being stopped il was
found that Eric Wood. one of the at
taches Of the American embassy IN
Paris. was in one of the cars with Mr..
Mccordy, volunteer attache of the
embassy Accompanying them were
the children of Count Teadysky, dis
tinguished Hungarian nobleman now
i'll In Paris The children had been
rescued from chateau in northern
France. where they had been with
servants since the outbreak of the
war. BY an expedition sent out by
Myron r. Herriek, the American am
bassador.
Arrested Several Times.
During the trip out, the party was
arrested several times Their first
arrest was near Compiegne A French
territorial who stopped them pointed
out village spire in the distance,
saving. Germans are bombarding
The party decided 10 turn back but
the soldiers informed them that they
must go to the village to see the col
onel Of that section.
When the party arrived the bonn
bardment was very heavy. Houses
were being struck by shrapnel and
eolapsing every minute. While their
papers were being examined in front
of the coonels headquarters a shell
burst directly overhead but as soon
as the noise subsidized the colonel con-
tinued his conversation as though
nothing had happened.
Information Difficult.
The Americans had difficulty III
finding their way through Senlis,
Amiens and Boulogne, owing to the
disappearance Of signposts and the
refusal OF the peasants to give them
any information one place they
passed had been taken and retaken
six times by the French and Germans
and consequently the inhapltants
feared to give them directions on the
ground that they might be spies.
On the eastern section of the allies
line the fighting still continues Sc
we're. The Germans today made
strong attack on MalanconrL nofth-
west of verdun, which, however, was
unsuccessful. The French have even
made some progress here and also III
Alsace. despite the German efforts TO
hold them or force them back.
A large number of Paris firemeh
equipped with a sort of oxygen helmet
have arrived in the region of Roye to
bury the German dead on the battle
field where they have been lying for
three weeks The firemen brought
large supply of disinfectants with
them in order to lessen the danger OF
contracting disease in handling the
,odies. on the battlefield it is said
aere are between 1000 and 5000
pdies.
Taken His Weight in Medicine