The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23
Struggle With Allies in North
France and With Slavs In
Poland---how Control
Ghent and Antwerp.
ALLIES BLOCK MARCH
Teutonie Advance On French Coast
Towns cheeked-czar's Army
Reported to be Resreatin9
from Przemysl.
(Summa,y of Evcnfs.)

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Two great battles. one in north.
ern France and Belgium, the othe;
in Russian Poland. each with a
front of three hundred miles. have
reached their height-but the
public is allowed only an oeca-
sional glance of their progress
through official communications
which frequently are widely at
variance.
Battle Favors AIiiea-
From the French report II appears
that the western battle is going slow
ly but surely in favor of the Allies
Under the pressure of the troops of
the Allies, the Germans. who started
to advance on Calais and other French
coast ports, have been forced to eyac-
uate the left bank OF the Lys River.
which Is a considerable distance east
OF the points their advance guards
reached last week. Further east In
the Lens district and southwark be-
tween Arras and Albert. where the
Germans made their initial attempt to
WI n aio1ho Tic shIliCc hCiks INC Div
kh and French have made notable
progress"
Germans Control Belgium.
The German army now controls Eel
gium almost completely. Antwerp.
chief seaport and temporary capital
and Ghent hare been added to the
list Of cities under the kaisers rule.
Ostend. famous seaside resort. is un-
der siege. The seat OF government
and royal family fed from Antwerp
to ostend. and from there went to
Hare. France. Antwerp was fined
500 o,000. 900 for resisting the Ger
mans.
No More German Flanks.
Although the Germans have failed
to break the Allied line and have
themselves been compelled to give
ground. they are now In q better posi-
fion. having a front which stretches
from the Swiss frontier to Antwerp
and Dutch territory. so that there are
no TANKS which the Allies can turn
The Allies can attempt TO break the
line. however, and this is believed to
be what they are trying to do on the
Belgian frontier.
Took 1000 at Antwerp.
An official report received from Gar
man army headquarters says four
thousand prisoners were taken at Ant
werp and more than Gse hundred
guns.
Germans Get Fresh Troops.
Regular traffic on the main lines in
Germany has been suspended the last
four days to allow the transportation,
az quickly as possible. to the western
field. OF an army Of ninety thousand
freshly trained men.
Boer Command RevoIts.
: A strong command OF the Beer
army in the British Union OF South
Africa has revolted and the govern
or has placed the entire Cape Colony
under martial law The revolt was
engineered and led by Colonel Maritz,
secretly a German army officer. who
received arms, materials OF war ana
money from Germany. Recovering
from the first shock OF. the news
that organized revolt now menaced
British authority in South Africa
LONDON mas TeCeNeu Woio N'N'
from nearly every part Of the union
pledges were coming in fast from the
Beers to fight the rebellion led by Col
onel Maritz.
Aeroplane Bombs Deadly.
During the last week German ayi
ators have flown several times ovel
Paris, killing Give persons and
wounding nearly forty by droppin!
bombs. Property damage has beer
small During the last day of the
siege of Antwerp German svifors
dropped bombs on the city, killing
twenty non-combatants.
Fighting Great Battle.
Under conditions Of the utmost sc
rrecy the Teutonic Allies and the Rus
SLAMS are at present engaged in what
may prove one of the most decisive
combats of the war. This conflict
is being fought in Russian Poland.
The main German armies In Rus
sian Poland are moving toward the
vistula river on north and south