Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-16
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London. oct 10 C0 y. m.l--Two
great battles. one In northern France
and Belgium aud the other In RUS
sian Poland, both with front Of 800
miles. have reached their height. hut
the public is allowed only an occa-
sional glance at their progress through
official communications, which fire.
quently are widely at variance.
From the French report Il appears
that the western battle is going slow
~ but surely In favor of the allies.
Under the pressure of the troops Of
the allies. the Germans who started
TO advance on Calais ana other
French eoast ports, have been forced
To evacuate the loft bank OF the Lys
river which iH a considerable dis
tonce east of the points their ad-
vance guards reached last week Fur
ther east In the Lens district and
southward between Arras and Albert
where the Germans made their in
itlal atteppt TO worls around the al
lies left. the English and French
have made notable progress"
German Assaults Weaken.
Evidence that the German assaults
are being delivered With less force
Is conveyed In the Intlmallon that be-
tween the somme and the 0isc their
artillery mttaeks are not being follow
ed up with infantry charges. II is
possible that they have Withdrawn
some Of their troops from this post
tion to strengthen their advance to-
ward the coast, but II Is considered
this would be risky az 1t might per-
nit the allies 10 break through and
Interrupt the communications of their
armies lighting north Of the Aisne,
In the center the allies also haye
advanced. particularly toward Cra-
onne, and several German trenches
are reported To have been carried to
the northeast of the road from Berry
au- Bac to Rheims and to the north
Of prunay In the direction of Beine,
which is slightly to the southeast of
Rheims
Cathedral n Target.
All this shows determined and
partly successful attempt to drive
the Germans away from Rheims
which was again under bombardnent
today The famous cathedral agaln
has been made the target OF the Ger
man artillery, The Germans accusing
the French Of having used the towers
for military purposes, The French
advance in this vicinity also indi-
Gates m attempt to break the Ger
man front and force a wedge between
the German right and left wings.
The French also claim to have
made an advance between the Meuse
and the Mosele and, after having re-
pulsed the German attacks, To have
reached south of the road leading
from Verdun TO Metz. II probably IL
this fight which the Germans re-
ferred to as having taken place In
the region of Metz
Offensive on French Right.
On the French right where there
has been quiet for some time. the
Germans have attempted offensive
tactics In the Ban de Sapt, north Of
saint Die, but this movement has
been definitely checked
on the whole the British critics
the situation Is a most cheer
ful one They believe that the Ger
man advance to the French coast
has been definitely checked and that
Ihe advances reported elsewhere
show that the Germans nave been
compelled to weaken their center and
left In order to strengthen their
light.
Although the Germans have failed
% break the allied line and have
themselves been compelled to give
sround. they are now In better po-
iition, having a front which stretches
rom the swiss frontier TO Antwerp
md Dutch territory so that there are
40 flanks which the allies can turn.
The allies can attempt to break the
inc. however and this is believed 10
,e what they are trying 20 do on the
Belgian frontier
or the fighting In northern Bell
sinm, the French communication
imply says that German troops COM
ng from Antwerp are marching to-
ward the west and on the evening of
october IA. reached the Bruges-
rhiet district. The opposition offered
O this advance was not very serious
md apparently was intended only to
lelay il.
The Germans have occupied