The enterprise., 1914-10-08
Yield Ground to Ger :
mans on Left.
LONG CONFLICT IN
FRANCE CONTINUES
Battle Raging With Violence
| North Of the 0ise.

London, oct. 6.-lne allIeS nave
been obliged to give ground at certain
points on the western side OF the bat
tie line. This is announced in a state
ment issued by the French war office.
The announcement is brief, containing
only the additional information that
the battle continues with great v1o-
lence to the north OF the Disc with.
out decisive result, and that there is
no change on the remainder of the
front.
A dispatch from Berlin brings a
long German official statement in
which, however, there is no reference
to the great engagement in which the
allies are attempting to turn the Ger
man right wing in Northern France
and reach the German line OF commu-
nication in Belgium.
The German war office declares that
in the siege of Antwerp Forts I-ierre,
Waelhem and Kcningshoyski have
been taken opening the way for an
attack ON the inner circles OF forth
cations and the city proper.
Belgium Denies Reports.
Belgian denials that any OF their
forts had fallen came from Antwerp
by way of London. An official Bel
gian announcement which passed
through the hands of the British cen
sor declares the situation of the forti
fed positions around Antwerp re
mains unchanged.
An official statement given out il
Berlin asserts the battling on tn
right wing in the Argonne district il
proceeding successfully and that thu
operations around Antwerp are ben:
carried out as planned
The Belgian minister in London
who received dispatch from ANTWERP
denying the German neport that thre
OF the Antwerp forts have fallen, SAT-
Fort Waelhem was severely dan
aged but is holding out. Centra
News dispatch from Amsterdam say
Fort Waelhem destroyed an entlr
regiment of besieging Germans Sa,
urday.
The fact that fighting is in progres
in and around the town of Douai, mic
way between Arras and Valencienne
on the railroad to Mons, is believed i
London to show how surely the allie
in Northern France have pushed tn
movement which they hope will el
yelop General Won Kluck, the con
mander of the German right wing.
Seeking a Weak Place.
For the past few weeks the Ge
mans, so far as can be ascertaine
from the few facts obtainable, haV
been hurling themselves against til
allied army in an effort to find Wea
mesh in the net. The French a
parently believe they are justified
assuming the offensive and Paris a
vices indicate the allies are about
attempt something decisive again
the German right wing and if pos.
ble bring an end to this cOnte
which for magnitude and stubbor
ness is without precedent in histor
The anxiety over the French stu
ton at ST. Mihiel evidently has be-
relieved, probably by the offensi
movement which threatens the rear
the crown princes army.
The French realize that the bait
of the Aisne is far from being wo
but few believe it can be lost. IT Il
allies win, no doubt is felt in Pal
ihey will pay heavily for it, the Sc
rifice on both sides already bel
great. The tone of the official co
municatons has furnished the be
reasons for hope on the part of t
French, although the announceme
of the visit of President Poincare
the front was an additional factor
the confident optimism felt in rega
to the intense struggle.