The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-10-13
HOLD THE LONG
LINE OF BATTLE
CONDUCT A VIGOROUS CAM
PAIGN IN PlCARDY.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-With the conclusion of
that phase of the war of the nations
the censorship again has drawn a veil
over the fighting in the greater part
Of the European continent.
The French communication Sunday
deals only with the series of battles
which has been in progress for four
weeks from east to west in France,
with an overwhelming line, which
ne. reaches northward FROM the ell
bow at Noyon to ana across the Bel
gian border at Armentieres.
The statement says that the allies
have held their positions everywhere,
ard that German cavalry, which was
attempting to envelop the allies lei
wing. and had seized points of vantage
on the Lys, east If tire. was defeated
Z Saturday and retired northwest into
the Armentieres district
Cavalry Operations Widely Extended.
At the same time. the Germans de-
livered a vigorous attack on the right
and Disc, without making any prog
ress.
This indicates that the battle in Phi
cardy, comprising the Department of
; Eomme and part of Disc, Pas de Calais
and .Aisne, in which the cavalry is par
ticipating on scale not seen in pre-
vious modern wars, extends over a
considerable area. Here are many
miles of open country, where horse
men can maneuver to advantage.
Between the Disc and Rheims. par
ticuarly in the region northwest Of
Scissors, where the British forces are
, entrenched, further progress has been
made. 1t thus seems probable that
the Germans have abandoned some of
their strongly entrenched positions in
this neighborhood. 1t is reported that
sanitary reasons have compelled this.
: The trenches in which the troops
have been living for weeks have be-
come breeding places for disease.
The Germans have resumed their
night attacks between Craonne and
Rheims, which, according to French
accounts, have been repulsed. From
Rheims to the Mouse nothing Of i'm
portance has occurred of late. but in
the Apremont district of the Woevre
TO the east of st. Mihiel, the Germans
made violent attacks during the night
of October and the following day.
Apremont was taken by the Ger
mans, but was retaken by the French,
and it remains in their hands. The
Germans apparently are determined
to maintain as far as possible their
positions here, where they have pierre
ed the line of Notifications between
Verdun and Toul. along the River
Meuse Should they be successful
against the allies elsewhere, this
doubtless would be the route by which
they would endeavor to enter the
heart of France.
The Montenegrins claim a victory
they say the Austrians tried to cut off
the Montenegro army proceeding to
Sarajevo. but were defeated with
heavy losses.
Alarming Reports Of Cholera.
More alarming reports come from
Italy of the spread of cholera in Aus
tria. The Roumanian government has
thought 1t necessary to take precau-
ton for the protection of the Aus
trian legation at Bucharest. New
cases In Austria are said to average
Az day.
dispatch from Athens SAYS that
the Turks are displaying great activ-
sty in Syria, Palestine and northern
Arabia, where they are concentrating
troops at number of points and for
ttfying important places on the coast
and on the routes to the interior.