The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-22
FIERCE FIGHTING
ALONG NORTHERN
SPHERE Of ACTION
Unconhrmed Rumor That Brit
ish Fleet Has Shelled Cer-l
mans Out Of Ostend
Concentrate On
Northern Campaign
Both Sides Bending Every En-
ergy to Successful Consuu.
nation Of Activities In North
ern France

Paris, Oct. 21.-General Joffro
sends news from the front that
the Germans have been repuIscd
from Newport, on the North Sea-
to LaBassee, in France, and that
the Allies in today's fierce fght-
ing stood firmly at every point Of
attack. s
The government reports, nm.
usually brief and characteristfgnl.
ly moderate In tone, supply, be-
tween the lines, evidences thnt
a part OF the solid hne from the
sea coast TO Alsace, Is driving
wedges In the German line and +
actually beginning to threaten tho
kaiser's hold ON Western and
Southern Belgium. While the
land forces OF the Allies increase
their vtgor and gain rcinfcrce
nents, the British fleet gives ~
fective aid by preventing tn
Germans from holding the Coane
line.
There Is crcditable Information
from newspaper correspondents tl12t
the German line Is no longer straight
or continuous, but has taken the FORM
Ol ALB -Ld6 l4L0 I9Oul &NlG0p0&k ~
Bruges, to Roulers to Courtrat 10
Roubeix, and to Orchies. It II -
ported that the Germans have been
driven northward to within six miles
Of Ostend and they are preparing to
evacuate Bruges. All dispatches in-
dictate that the German advance to-
ward Dunkirk, together with new on
slaughts in Europe, have failed -
greatly as to cause a new peril to the
whole German right wing. The north
westward progress of the Allies IN
Belgium Is q fresh menace to Ger
man lines of communication extend
ing from Valenciennes southwark r.
Cambria and st. Quentin.
Concentrate On Northern Campaign
The government reports show that
both sides have subordinated al
operations to the campaign In Bell
GUM and northern France. Apparert-
" each side has weakened its forca
In the center and in the east, and =
rapidly throwing reinforcements On
the west tanks. There has been no
news for several days OF important
enRagements on the line OF Noyo1k
LAon, Rheims and the ArgonnetI4dge.
The government had no news today
of the conflict north Of the Meus4 AnA
southeastward in Lorraine and AlsAces
There are unofficial reports that the
French are maintaining the offensives
and that the advance from verdun ~
Metz is slowly pressed.
The reports issued by the governs
ment this afternoon and tonight CON
tanned very little detail, and were sx-
ceptionaliy brief. This u invariably
the case when the hghting In any
quarter arrives at critical stage. Tbs
night communique gave the new line
OF the allied left wing and fndtcAtAds
that important advances have been
made in the past few days. although
General .Ioffre contents himself wirh3
the statement that mis- forces are Arm
everywhers 4 The text Of the COM
muniaus issued AZ t0;55P M wae ~
follows:
ron our l@ft wing. from tn. NcrtA
Sea to LaBassee, on the xroats -
tending from Newport to Dixm1AG
from Ypres to Menin. and from War;
neton to LaBassee. a violent battle wa4'
engaged IN during the day. LA4ank
news IL to the effect that the aAfe4'
forces are holding their own throueA-
out the line. zsS
'sThere is nothing now on the csIitSR
or on the right wing.
''Russia---The German army which
was directed against Warsaw. WAas
forced yesterday to retreat precip3&I
lately. Tho enemy has abandoned p6.I
sftions which he has organised no
defense The Russians ara puraui6x
and are making many prisonsFs. II
The report OF the afternoon etak64
specifically that tho Germans had bA2As
repnlsed In several attacks upon the8
allied left wing. and noted that Nla9.s
where there was no development wat.
ranting comment.