The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-28
ALLIES DRIVE WEDGE
THROUGH GERMAN ARMY
BY Supreme Rally. They Force At
tack on Left Flank Of
Their Enehly.\
VICTORY SOUTH OF, DINNIUDE

Now in Position to Pour In Deadly
Cross-Fire, and Relieve Pressure
on Their Lines in Northern The.
atrc of War.
FAIRS. oeteber 9 re iaeono am
n nov ,snnni, Of less than twenty words,
weigh.y with .siknificance:, After de-
Part Bra,,iiaa. the region to the south OF
Taken in connection with unofficial
details of the fighting. which has come
publication of which was not permits
sible until the official announcement
was made. this bare declaration gains
= Since 81 the tightinE of Friday, satnr-
,aeh,nen,s Ianmberins between s' 1000
machine guns had decimated the ranks
or the corps upon corps. that started
ne o main eff
through upon. the. left flank OF the
of this great Teuton trip hammer were
lerelcd at Dixmudc and the region just
north Of that point.
WEDGE DRIVEN THROUGH
by SUPREME RALLY
day. by !, supreme rally. the Bel
tho force of their attack OH this left
flank position of the enemy. sncce eded
II iho@ driving through and ccs,ahlIshing
deadly cross fire from the the flank. which wi.
is calculated to relieve the pressure
against a,,l the allied positions to the
It would appear that the. allies, by
ad~ane nso tie Very ws aw ped
sSTor eH! has S een shs history Sa'fa!st ,:
preceded IL. that, these. great conveS
curves are remarkably flexible and al
thanking. Besides, even il these ad.
vanced positions are reduced finally.
tms The they able TO do while
thus gained is ample repayment for the
loss loss suffered in fighting strength and
~ the extreme eastern end Of the
nnle re sis The allies to-day Esnorted
the region beYond Nan Ss0rE The HtGf sen, IN
stretched WITHOUT yielding materially
last. The French onicIal statement.
vaG.rl IN mo the afternoon. says the IN
border onto German soil '''
The victory. for which the French
ga He oG Seaws ssry I'M for weeks was
and Parroy. and the Germans arc now
reported TO be falling back upon Metz.
! GERMANS ENDANGERED
by ALLIES MOVEMENT
its way to st. Mfhiei, mo now ;'"I hello. Ire SG
The enemy. is grently endangered 1y
the French in this direc S Viii cau sS
e the Germans to retreat to escape being
relevep Vern lso as It ths w9 S9Ldo
Ing this fortress could not be left be-
mainr"issuc of the war i'm Fance AND and
Belgium will he fought out where the
And this is on the field in Northwest
Here. the terrific battle RACES with
lighting has been fully as furious as
wat wcv, d IRON n Nieuport TO Dixmude; and
and property has been frightful
The 5000 Germans who I,ross.d ,tbc
, il ger on bridges in the night have either
1900 Germans who occupied tho cbnr
hcapcd cemetery which once was Dix
nude nave been driven out and hunted
more have swept down upon the Eel
g gan trenches and cntanelcmcnts in
s hoHa,,d masses only to be met by the
captured. but fully $500 viii be nc
counted e for as ssing--thcir bodies
Mi, h1 theirs h IN the Ypres. which is red
This. so far! is the German response
f Se ' ,a,dS aisGrs order that Calais must
Of life and material" and tlese are
held ehsapiy and taken freely s'i in W this
/ the allies Is the official news that in
az az this his, hghtins to the, north during
Yielded an inch. On the other hand in
me series of engagements OF isolated
cnaraeter between Yprea and Rouiers.
ed SO serious has the battle become
! mat the lines are in closer contact than
! 4 few hundred yards, short range for
Sn;,i arins hre. separating them al
NJ Ghent, hcralding the arrival or s.iIi
Srcater bodies OF fresh reinforccmrnts
being hurried to the aid of Germany.
| CITIES OF BELGIASS
! CROWDED BY WOUNDED
! Thousands upon thousands of wound
! Cd nave been taken to the German renr
ostend and Antwerp arc now fliinc
up; ana Brugcs, Client and Thiclt can
| Still. the German reinforcement :
seem never to cease: and the numerical
! S,IsnSlh o' their lines seems ever 10
and the other battles Within III tic biz bir.
battle battle have cost Germany more men
1
! ties) than any other battle in ths w.
the tarman War Office. according To-
| reports telcgraphed here. looked far
/ an early retirement by the allics ana
! the prompt attainment OF the s.,bien
! live OF the campaign"
Ihe main German hope seems To be
| placed on their artillery. This. accord
ing TO the claims of Berlin. has ilnaliv
ncen instrumental in driving of The
/ Ifltlsh Ships co operating with the In nd
forces OFF the Belgian coast.
( fhc 'aris newspapers print a report
! without comment that British var
! SNIP rcportcd L" have been struck by
| shell from one OF the German how
tiers. was in flames.
| The lighting around Arras continues,
ana there are reports that the town IL
! self has been destroyed by a furious
hombardmcnt Of the German guns.
! Another statement is that the Ger
mans have been forced to cvacuate sew
cral important positions in this vicinity.
The oiiciai report to-day ignores tho
activity here. Several batteries OF Ger.
z lnsl lf lIpts