The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-06
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 RESISTANCE
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GERMAN GENERAL RECEIVES IMPROVEMENTS AND STOPS ALLIED ADVANCE-LATTER AS SUMED OFFENSIVE ON RIGHT WING AND ARE NOW PUSHING AROUND.

From the Battle Front, via Paris, Oct 5.-11:36 D. m.-The allied ar mics, after having permitted their ad- yersaries, as they thought, to exhaust themselves by continued attacks. to- day took a most vigorous offensive. The British and French encountered such strong resistance, however, that their most advanced detachments on the western wing were compelled to fail back.
 Only at this part of the long battle line did the opposing troops actually come into close contact.
 Many picturesque villages around which hundreds of thousands of men occupy positions have suffered severe
 ly in the recent fighting and probably will suffer still more before the sturg- | gle is over.
 The country where the chief fight
 ing is going on is flat and under cul- | tivation. In many places it is boggy and there arc scattered coal mines. The allied armies are extending con l tinually toward the north and benid- ing eastward toward the Belgian from | tier thus compelling the Germans, in order to prevent the crumbling up of their main army to move large forces from the center and so keep pace with
 the allies, whose positions menace
 the invaders along the whole line.
 The allies plan, it is thought, may | compel the Germans to release the pressure on the Belgians
 The rapidity with which the French
 change position is considered remark
 able. Two entire divisions of infan. try marched nearly 90 miles Saturday and 2S miles Sunday. The Germans, however, by means of their ayiators, wAo are fitting continually over the lines despite numerous casualties, dis covered the momements and brought up endorsements to meet them. As the Germans occupy fine inside Of the circle, they are able to reach an ap.l pointed spot with much shorter marches.
 It was this that enabled them to | lOlt6 Illt duN dlitt Stid us LII Lit diilNH l to cede a small amount of ground un- til further assistance came.
 At one point on the allies front ! French regiment after three days sp the trenches on being ordered to the | rear for rest sent a petition through | thir colonel to the commanding gen eral asking permission to remain until the German position facing them was taken.
 This was granted and the men ad- | vanced Although they met with sucl l a terrific fire from the machine guns | that an advance of 500 yards took them eight hours. they captured the | positions and number of prisoners. l They themselves suffered severely. French cavalry executed a daring | raid back of the German lines, where | they blew up railroad tunnel and escaped. British lancers and French troopers performed a brilliant exploit at an other point. Getting between the im-l perial guard and their artillery am munition train by long dashing | ride, they cut off the supplies de- stroying them so that the guards big guns were rendered temporarily use less. General Rousseau of the French cavalry died today of wounds.
 Audacious espionage carried on bs the Germans has caused the staff of the allies to deal severely with all strangers found within the lines When two curious Irishmen arrested yesterday had proved their identity to the satisfaction of the officers they were asked to go to the headquarters building, where an automobile waS drawn up with two officers, apparent-I iy French, occupying the front seat. Behind then were two supposed gen. garmes with a manacled civilian be tween them. The staff officers said, This is the reason for our severity. These five men are German officers