The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20

I'LL OICSScu III uniforms Df
french privates. They said they had
Deen separated from their regiment.
anu requested to be permitted to
serve at the front i'm another com
mand. They replied without accent
10 all questions put to them and their
Identity was reveale only when they
claimed to know the commander az
inc regimcnt to which they had ap-
phed for service. They said they
mao seen him at a certain place but
inc commander not having been
there the spies were forced TO re-
veal their identity. They were shot.
London. Oct. 1S-(9:45 D. NIL
Two important successes in the battle
OF DunkIrk and Calais, for the pos
session OF which .the Germans are
striving, are credited to the allies in
the official communication issued i'm |
Paris this afternoon.
Inc French are said to have re-
Occupied Armentieres, an important
railway junction on the Belgian from
tier northwest of Lille, and to have re-
pulsed al attempt of the Germans to
cross the river User. which flows
through h "A little corner of West
Flanders which is all OF Belgium that
remain in Belgian hands. That
would mean a check to the German
attempt to reach Dunkirk by the coast
route. The French also are said to
have pushed back still further the
German army which is advancing
along the Belgian frontier to the
coast.
The battle which eliminated in Ar
mentieres again coming under French
influence lasted for a week. The fight
ing was hard and continuous. The
town was seized by the Germans last
week owing to its importance as a
railway center. Besides it is on the
road to Lille, which the Germans still
hold. The battle opened with a cav-
airy attack which gradually devel-
OPed, indicating that the French are
advancing in force TOWARD Lille.
GERMANS PUSHED BACK.
The allies also have advanced north
Of La BasSee canal, between that line
and ArraS n at certain points be-
J tween Arras and the Disc. lat
ter is a rather long front, but the
claims in the French official cOmmu
nlcatiOn are taken here to mean that
the German movement westward has
been checked. The Germans are
bringing up achievements, seeming
= ly determined to resume the offensive
either toward Calais or at some other
!: point of h long front.
Berlin says it is not known where
these new troops are going, and it Is
l thought here that it probably will be
several days before the Germans make
their presence felt.
, In the center and in the VOsges tn
situation Is stationary. This is not &C
: copied here to mean that no fighting
: is taking place and it Is considered
! likely that the battle on the AlSacs
frontier, which has bee proceeding
S several days, has yet to reach its end
The Germans ave established Civil
4 administration in the greater part o
II Belgium and are said to have de
manded war levieS.
y LONDON SMASHES GERMANS.
81 The arrival in London of thousand
Of Belgian refugees has stirred VI
a populations in the poorer districts Q
the city against the Germans. Thou
sands of Germans r continuing bus
mess or remaining at their employ
ment throughout h country and tn
agitation for the discharge of thOs
employed in hotels, barber shops an
other places is growing.
Again the Russians N the Aus
r TRANS fatty contradict one another q
D to prOgreSS Of events in the East. IN
Of Austrians claim the operations ar
il progressing %favorably for them, Will
r, an official PetrOgrad report receive
es tonight says attempts by the Aus
In TRANS to cross the river san falle
and that in fighting south OF Przemys
which took the form of bayon'
a charges. they captured fifteen Au.
~. trian officers and one thousand me
Og 1t would appear from repOrt
correspondents at PetrOgrad that II
ed Germans made repeated attempts
RS cross the Vistula at JOsefOw, but we
driven back with heavy casualt!e
The correspondents say the fight!
nd was part Of the genera! attack on u
ut Russian positions on the \lstuia al
he mat they proved a failure.
ar CATTARO is ATTACKED.
10 british and French fleets and u
tn MOntenegrin army are attacking "a
Icr taro. the fortified seaport OF Austr
I'd i'm Dalmatia, the first sorne !ro
which the
m repulSed. o.
ny lions. Seryian reports say. the .
~. vians are sweeping everything be1o
=" them. 1t is not believed here, no
ever, that very serious hghtlng u