The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-24
IN ACT IN THE
Great DRAMA OF WAR
LssAN FORCES MAKING AN EF-
|,cuT TO SWING AROUND Al
| |,ws ON BELGIAN LITToRAL.
max SEEMS TO BE NEAR
Il Mas Been Evacuated for the
|ntd Time by the conquerins
Armies Of the Teutons.
I'M Newspaper Union News Service.

- Newspaper Union News Service.
lmdon. 1.-The third act of the war
he western theater has reached
ri1cal point. The first act was the
unsn attempt to sweep through Bel
= and northern France upon Paris.
Iis second act was the offensive as
- By the allies after General Won
III has stretched his army on the
man west wing over a long line Of
nnunications that he could not
y The allied army pressed the
nsn forces back toward the Bel
y border, compelling the entire line
y ne eastern pivot Of Verdun to
nie In order to maintain an un-
IN front and q possible line o:
MT
ne third act Is the attempted ad-
~ Of u Germans along the coast
Dslgiu Ind northern France, ap-
Butly with the design Of establish
themselves in the channel forts,
= which they could menace Eng.
osFmsn Artillery at the Front.
ne extreme western fighting line
reaches from Armentieres
~ Roulers to Nieuwport, which
= the coast, about halfway be-
- 0stend and Dunkirk. According
= French official announcement
nm heavy artillery, presumably
y in the siege of Antwerp, has
nAnrded the front from Nieuwport
vhdslo. which Is about 10 miles
\ he coast.
ne allies also have made progress
fsufd from a point south of Ar.
tsees toward Lille on a line run.
roughly to Arras. The report
q house-to-house fighting, in
- the allies are advancing. The
~ has ragged around Arras with
tmpite for 10 days and on the
d the allied troops, with a per
nnce snc a spirit which never
: noment have been relaxed"
H German official report covers
, operations more tersely. II says
ne attacks to the west and north
q Lille have been repulsed with
~ losses to the allies.
situation Still in the Dark.
y situation still is so much in tn,
mat It is impossible to Judge Of
nsct trend Of events.
the western field of action, 4
eazs Inevitable that there mus
be some decisive result. TIL,
ess Of the country seems to hav,
4 impossible for the two armiet
trench and face each other with
nportant changes in position 70
= q they have done across north
1iance.
ae announcement that tht Ger
have laid siege to the reighoor
q Belfort may mean that the!
TO attempt an advance on boil
q what during the past montl
eecome virtually a long fortified
an odicial reports say that th'
rom Ostend is being repeate,
night Of the inhabitants from
rk and Boulogne. While con
non has not been received here
possible that the proximity o
oermans has created a panic a
ports.
h Navy Helping Land Forces.
reaching to the seaboard, the a.
srces have established close cor
snh the British navy, which i
es extreme left of the line, an
from the London view, for tn
nt to block effectually a furthe
m effort to turn this wing.
the Germans may have grasI
~ Is perhaps indica,ec IN u
nse unexplained appearance {
- their torpedo boat destroyer
sy on the Dutch coast soutl
sound. 1t is suggested that tn
vas for the destrUyers 20 COZ
Homarines which would disput