Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-14
Will AID
English Troops and Heavy Guns
Reported Landed at Client
to Save Antwerp.
AIR FLEET SHELLS CITY,

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Many Civilians Killed and Malmed
When Bombs Are Dropped Into
-" To~n-ExpIosives Fire and i;
Wreck Buildings
London, Oct. 1o.-It is reported here
that a British expediionary force Of
formidable strength has entered Ant
werp after passing through Client The
war Office refuses to confirm the 10
port, but it comes from a creditable
PURGE The expedition is saidtto con-
gist almost exclusively Of artillery and
q naval detachment with heavy guns
The Germans before Antwerp, 1t Ia es-
t1mated, cannot number moro than
CSC, 600 ~, r" &f$s
Death and destruction T carried
Into the city not only by the siege
gum, but also by a feet of six Zeppo-'
Inns, which circle high overhead. drop
ping bombs: These have destroyed,
by some accounts, at least a score OF
houses, manning and killing tha thirty
or forty occupants
There has bean hyste1iA, an cpl
dsm1c Of it, among the civilian popular
ton The sick and injured hayelbeen
hhn from their hsds In hospitals
and carried to the outgoing trn1nA.
fanatics from the aayiums arp being
I'D AHay- * .
2s King Alhert Directs psfense. j..
King Albert remains In tho ctty, d.
1ecttng the defense. It Is said that.,the
queen has insisted upon remaining
there, too The king has issued Q
Anal can for all his male subjects be-
tween the ages of eighteen and thirty
two to Join the army TOR the durattoa
Of the war
Tbs 7Balxtm army has SORTED re-
psated1y into the open field in efforts
to relieve tho hard-pressed city. But
Il has bem impossible thus fAr to
rsach and snenco the German siege
Guns stationed in tar places. In So
wrty, throwing their shells over both
armies and over the outer forts into
the midst OF the city itself
The Germans are not succeeding in
6Ewtng their lines closer about the
basiaked; city Since they crossed the
River Netha, according to q dispatch
10 the Times, the only German ad-
vxnoe has been that of the, shells into
the city 4
Allies Repei Attack on Line.
On the Battle Front, via Paris. Oct
i10-The hercests fighting Of the battle
Of even rivers has occurred since
Monday on theEle wing Of the allies.
In the northerly positions assumed by
the rival armies on the extended Nnes,
new cavalry forces hurled to Won
Knrk.Byrelief by the German general
Etan, heavily supported by infantry.
hkve been hurled with terrific force
against the British and French lines,
only to rebound from the vigor Of the
daesnse. In turn forced to suffer at
tack by the allies with equally deter
mined energy. rIS,S ,
At certain points the Germans were
forced to reoede, particularly north OF
Anas where the situation Developed
In favor Of the allies. The operations
Of the German cava1ry.hxve become 70
e1tensfve'a rs to reach almost to the sea
ooast- NJ &S'
Y Between the Somne and the Disc
rivers the Germans are still in force.
but the French have succeeded in re-.
taking q number OF positions which
they previously had been forced to
vacate- Ontthe heights of the Mouse,
between Verdun and st. Mihiel, the
Germans are declared to have with
drawn to the north Of Hattonchatel.S
The war Office admits, however, that
the enemy still holds the town9of st.
M1hial and some OF the positions to the
north, on the right bank Of the Mouse
Report From Berlin. Il
Berlin, Oct 10-Heavy fighting b
tween great forces of cavalry conttn-s
ues at the western end of the battle
line In France. Infantry figure in the
conflict only occasionally. We took
D0uai from the French and they have
been striving to drive us out for sev-.
aal days without uecess We arc
making steady prog1esa-