The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-10
Sharp Offensive Move
ment of Germans on
West Wing Fails to
Break Enemy S Line
BATTLE AT ROYE
is CONTINUING
Allies Claim to Have Taken a Large
Number of Prisoners at the Latter
Place-Rheims Again Subjected to
Short Bombardment

On the Battle Front via Paris, Oct.
y, l1.41 p. M.-Fhe sharp offensive
movement of the Germans on the west
ern wing of the allies at the Belgian
frontier evidently has failed in it's OBJ
jeet of bending or breaking the French
and British line. The long extension of
the battle line which now has gone be,
yond the four rivers, Scarpe, Somne,
Cise and Ainse, was initiated by the
allies in an endeavor to find a solution
of the problem of thrusting the Germans
from their strong position in Northeast
ern France. In these positions the Ger
mans had been ibesieged nearly month
since the conclusion of the bloody bat.
tie of the iMarne, frontal attack being
considered inexpedient 10y the allies.
The present front is within about
sixty eight miles of Antwerp where the
Belgians have offered such heroic re-
sistence to the bombardment of the
heavy Germany artillery. Belgian Off
GERS who have arrived here from Ant
werp, declare that the Belgians them
selves destroyed forts Waelhen and
Wavre-St. GATHERINGS.
Rheims Again Bombarded
Further down toward the center of
the line the severest fighting continued
to-day at Rove, where the allies took
a large number of prisoners. Rheims
again was subjected to a short lombard.
mcnt.
In other parts of the center the op-
posing forces remain constantly alert.
4 hae ty,- -,
sity and the allied troops occupying the
trenches are becoming thoroughly ac-
customed to the situation Many of them
spend the intervals between the spells
of rifle firing reading newspapers to
their comrades beneath the bomb4proof
shelters.
The allied artillervmen seem indie
fatigable. receiving with vigor when
ever German cannon opens FIRE The
men throw themselves on the ground
when they hear the noise of the enemy s
shell and consequently the casualties in
the section are few
Everybody at High Tension
AT night everybody is at high ten
sion and few noises are heard. An oc-
casional dull signal lamp or a lantern
with its light turned away from the
German lines indicates the number Of
brigade or division occupying the
position and permits of the rare dis.
patch OF a rider on motorcycle to
find mis- wav along the rear to the COM
manding officers. All around the air is
full of dirt and sand thrown up bv the
shells while the odor from the explosive
is intense
The French and Germans still gea-
orally utilize busle calls and when
these are heard searchlghts immediate.
lv are flashed out The british cam.
mands. however, are whispered along
the trenches from mouth to mouth so
that even in the silence of tho nigh:
no sound reaches the ears of the Ger.
mans in their trenches not so far away
and no indication is given of any pro
posed movement or attack. until it is
in full swing.
On the eastren wing the fighting is
still verv fierce around ST. M;hiel with
MANY nj 9ht attacks. TIE Germans are
extremely clever in constructing blind
trenches against which the allies IRE
is often directed, while the Germans ac-
tuallv are posted some distance away in
other trenches from which they can
pour in an enfladed fire.