The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-15
LONDON PREDICTS A DECISIVE
ACTION IN VICINITY OF LILLE
AT EARLY DATE.
PREVENT GERMAN JUNCTION
Allies Have Already Bent Back the
German Right and London Expects
a Decisive Engagement on French
Border Soon.

Tendon, Oct l4-9:30 p. m-WhiIe
it fully is expected the Germans Will
reach Ostend and other points in the
northwest OF Belgium if they have
not done so already, they will meet 81
stubborn resistance in their attempt
to extend the right wing of their
main army through Pas Del Calais 10
the French northern ports. In fac,
they have fallen back in this region
in the face Of the allies offensive.
few days ago German cavalry
were fighting as far west as Haze
brouck and Cassel. but today, accord
ing to the French official communica
tion issued late today. the front of
this battle extends from La Bassee
through Estaires to Bailleul, on the
Belgian frontier, while across the bor-
der the allies have occupied Ypres
This is a distinct gain for the allies
and shows that the German attemp.
10 work around their left has failed.
the German right being bent back to.
ward Lille and Courtrai, both OF
which places the invaders hold with
strong forces.
Heavy Blow Expected Soon.
dt is here the heavy blows which
both sides hope will bring abc4t de
cisive result in the long drawn out
battle will be struck. 1t is for this
reason that the Germans will be able
to make their way to Ostend, al.
thought even there some troops have
been left to inflict what damage they
can before joining the larger body
further south.
The censorship has prohibited any
mention of the operations to the
north Of Arras which probably is the
basis for the belief that the allies
have prepared what one military
critic declares is "a smashing blow
which will be the more crushing in
its effect the longer it is delayed"
OF the recent fighting elsewhere,
the French communication simply
says that the operations are proceed
ing normally on the left wing as far
as the Disc, that the allies progress
in the Berry-auBac region is con
firmed and that on the right wing
there is nothing new.
For the first time the French gen
eral staff takes notice Of and denies
some claims put forth by the Ger
mans. 1t is denied that two French
cavalry divisions have been destroyed
and it is asserted on the other hand
that aviators with French cavalry in
flicted heavy losses on the German
cavalry. 1t is declared also that the
Germans have not come into touch
with the fortress of Verdun and that
attempts to do so have failed, while
1n their effort to cross the Meuse at
st Mihel they were outflanked.
Germany's Big Reserve.
German reports coming thro1gn
Rsme say that the real struggle is
just beginning and that VI neces airy
five million men can be called upon
for compulsory service, while many
volunteers also are available.
Vienna makes the CAIN that the
Russians have evacuated Lemberg.
while the Russians yesterday denied
a similar report that they had given
up the siege of Przemysl. 1t would
not surprise military men if the Rus
SLAMS withdrew from Galicia to con-
eentrate all their forces for the su
preme struggle which with the ad'
vance of the Austro-Hungarian armies
into Poland is new upon them along
the Vistula Immediately sou h OF
Warsaw to the soubern boundary.
Nothing has come through concern
ing the battle on the east Prussian
frontier but the activity cf the Ger
man fleet in the Baltic and Gulf OF
Finland may presage the arrival or
German reinforcements which. ii was
reported some days ago, were beins
embarked at German Baltic ports.
May Land Troops by sea.
, a German squadron, the flagship CT
which is f,ying the flag of Prince
Henry of Prussia, has been cruising
m the vicinity OF Aland Island and
cny day or two ago the Russian
cruiser Pallada was torpedoed BY
German submarines, two OF which
were lost. The presence of the Ger
man ships probably would prevent
the Russian warships from coming