New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-13

.h;s l. preliminary TO an impenoihs
20. hattie on the other she Oh wy
haln;.n frontier. Al the same tIiu.'
iorsaver there is increasing ec'N .'
on tb. mart of the enemy between III
IA the French coast, Indeed, ~ i w
no means unlikely that the relu"nn'
&c contemplating an effort TO esVao
Gsh Themselves on the coast, mo..
which. although attended WIN opNloVr
dsnsers. might. il successful, set,ouSH
hamper the operations OF Ihe A,iie., :.
correspondent Of "The Times
son5s from the north of France inc
following: ,.o ham
"The latest information ! have peer
ohIe 20 Obtain speaks still or s'rohe
German columns of all arms pass'ns
Through Railleul i'm the direcuoh y,
ynros Round about that town '!e
Germans appear 10 be concentrated ~
very large numbers. -. 60
con Saturday | went by tram W
Casscl | found young man VINO nan
left Lille and had come right throu6"
Inc German lines. He had repeater!
rassed columns moving IN the Gr ru
ZION Of Railleul and Armanueres, Inv
acknowledged they were retrS"tiuh,
German captain who passed thtouem
Weteren explained that the 1ei! "Wn
retirement was only temporary, ...A
shall soon be back again ne Salu' a. g."
on October 2S We shall ne IN, / al ss. l
The military expert OIL nc ''"'N
ard" says: ,.I 3. ..,or,nt
% ;gnore the fact that suCCessiu yer
$50 onsre+ions against Antwerp have
,es,,,ted in a considerable military
,aluo for the enemy. The possessio"
~ The CITY - y moral asset, and might
:, coytain circumstances, nave gre"'
ro,;,ical importance. but the mihlhr!
valve NJ the victory would depend upon
~ evtcnt 10 which the Belgian nelu
srrv mad been disabled. II reports
-, UolIord arc to be believed, the
toI,;o1s have been badly beaten. FROM
On 0OO 10 $4,000 men are SAID 10 ne IN
,or,cd in Dutch territory, and, II we
sdd a reasonable number for the klIIco
.nS wounded during the siege opera
,;oos il would seem that hall OF the
mobile ighting force OF Belgium Is ou'
Of action.
Base for Air Attacks.
"Thc other half. i'm the circum-
stances, will scarcely be in condition
FOR immediate service. Therefore. the
enemy must be credited with having
accomplished his full purpose-the fai.
OF the fortress and the destruction OF
the force operating from it. The Ge:-
man press is naturally jubilant owe,
tho taking of Antwerp. which is 10 b,
made the base Of all kinds of deadly
attacks upon England and the BRITISH
Feet. Il is. first Of all, II is said. to b,
The base for the aerial warfare that is
10 be waCed against us and which mas
been delayed so long
"WeU. for all the menace OF IT, we
shall sleep quite quietly IN our DeoS
The precautions that we are NAhlHE "
view of these threatened raids are very
right and proper. It IS the duty OF oul
authorities to minimize any danger
however insignificant il may be- out me
danger that Is constituted by 'ne ue-
structive power Of aircraft. Whe'heI
huge Zeppelin ships or heaVier-'ha"-a'r
machines, Is very small
Another expert. the author OF sew eral
standard military books, "TIti"s 30
the same paper, says;
"To-dav finds the Belgians with
fye-sixths of the British contingent
perfectly ready to renew the hgnt'
with their supplies and reinforcemen,s
from over sea amply safeguarded. Al
ter deductiug the necessary garrison
Cor Antwerp. losses aad 50 forth, II
is exceedingly improbable that the
Germans have more than 10000 men
,eft 10 follow them, which gives Us
a clear gain Of 10000 to our left wing
without counting the rclnforcoments
which We shall pick up on the way. ,
Recruiting throughout Great Britain,
particularly in London, has been boom
ing, it is said, since the fall of Antwerp,
the talk Of the Germans advancing
from there to Ostend having seemingly
brought the war closer home IN the
minds OF the people.
Altogether 1000 British and Belgian
soldiers are interned at different points
in Holland. About 1900 of these men
are British. This statement has been
made by the Dutch War Office, accord
ing TO a dispatch from the Rotterdam
correspondent of "The Times"