The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
Left Wing In Northern France
Makes Notable ProgressF orc
ing Enemy to Give Ground
Germans Push
New Advance
ga
Subordinate Operations Else
where to Plan of Marching
to Paris Along Sea Coast
Attempt to Envelop Fails

/ Paris, Oct. l8.-~The features OF the
| official news today are that the allies
| have recaptured Armentieres. driving
! the Germans northward from three 10
! five miles, and that the heroic little
army Of Belgium, now the extremo
. left OF the allied line. is standing A.
! Newport, Drawing powerful German
| advance toward Dunkirk.
The Belgians, severely punished but
always In the thick of the fighting.
I prevented the Germans from crosse
ing the River User The Geramns are
in great force. 400 guns, 10000 IN
lfantry and some cavalry having been
rushed from Ostend to the User on
Saturday. These troops had been
! drawn from all quarters, from Lune-
vile, Nancy and Brussels. and were
weary from incessant marching and
fighting
Deliver Series of Blows.
+ While King Albert's army, with sup-
port from a new British army and
from French marines, and detacn-
rnents from General Joffres line In
France, checked the German advances
along the sea coast, the left wing OF
the allies in Northern France made
notable progress, delivering a series
Of blows against Won Boehm and Won
Kluck. which forced the Germans ~
surrender Armentieres and villages 70
the south. General Joffre. according
to official reports, has driven the Ger
man right wing about nineteen miles
TO the northeast in the past four
days
There Is an unofficial report that in
some points the allies have gained
thirty miles. These successes. slowly
gained, have so Strengthened the allied
line that it now runs practically north
and south from Newport and fprea
in Belgium 10 Armentieres Arras. Al
bert, Roye and Lassigny.
The information today strengthens
the impression formed on pervinu1
days. that the Germans are subordt-
| mating all operations elsewhere to-
their new plan of advancing toward
Paris through northern France. weaK-
ening their lines in the center and IN
the east to give power to the new Of
tense in Belgium, and that General
Joffre lis meeting the situation by
heavily reinforcing his left wing and
never surrendering the Initiative The
German plan to envelop the allies by
suddenly seizing the railroads from
the Channel toward Lille has failed.
1t is reported that the Germans are
! actually preparing to withdraw their
armies in north central France and
are preparing to defend a fortified line
of Namur- Metz, whilcdevefoping their
fresh attack from Ostend and Ghent-
The French are making progress along
the Meuse and are repulsing every att
tempt of the Germans TO get siege
guns near yerdun, Toul or Belfort.
: Last night an attack on the line 81
Toul- Beifort was repulsed near St
!, Die
30,110 BeiHians Interned.
Berlin, Oct. is (by wireless to Say
VILE l.. I).--The war office, In an Of
fetal statement issued ttday. states
f,S ~. fa~ ..f rnys t, r~1A
who have fed to Holland and who are
now informed there is 10000.
3 According to the statement. since tho
I Austriaus have assumed the offensivo
in Eastern Galicia. they have succeeded
In taking a large part OF the Russian
r fornfcasions south and east OF tha
: fortress of Premysl. which IL being
/ besieged by the Russians.
The ss,ni-official Cologne GazetfA
says that the Germans are INVESTING
the strong fortress of Belfort whicM
: forms the most southerly point Of tho
Z French eastern fortified line. II saya
| also that already heavy siege morfares
/ have been mounted and that the Ger-s
mans are making steady but necesAA-
rily very slow progress.
!, Crown Princess Cecilie went to Dam
! zig and personally decorated tho crew
Of the U-2s with the iron crosses
awarded to them for their feat In tor
/
, cruiser Pallada in the Gulf OF Ftn~
land. 5
The commander OF the U-20 g.
Baron Berckheim. one OF the pest
!, Known German experts on the sciences
OF under-sea warfare.
Bclgium's Great Sacrifice.
Paris, Oct. 1S.-Belgiums services
~ France at the commencement Of
the war have always received fun
recognition here. as also have thes0
rendered by the British allies, HI
the presence OF the Belgian gov0fDe
ment in France has served to brinR2
home still closer to the public the
immense sacrifices OF the little couI-
Try. which was formerly a stock sub
ieet of jokes among Parisians, has
endured The Temps today prints III
interview with a high Belgian oflcinI
who put his country's care In an un@
arswerable manner. He says:
"A state with which We were liv~
ing IN friendship hurled itself upon
as after tearing to piAces treaties
which bore its signature. We o.
Tended ourselves as honor babe IN ~
do"
The Official described King Albas$
as possession extraordinary phySicAl
powers He is accustomed 10 Aipin1M
climbing, TO sleeping anywhere AI2k
eating anything. He Ii q trained n4t
der who has studied the latest ~
tics recently as he had q preeontp0&k
that the European situation 49, Ao&$s
coming critical. zsassss
\. 1--WE have" the Official continn
disabled over 100000 'Germnx = re
. many as our army numbered ~ a N
army femains In good shape. w AMX%s
effected two remafkabiA xQ31 a
Eighty thousand BelSianAs \
i 200, 600 Gcrmas along 4 S
\ thirty-slx miles. retired AA&kA9