New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-05

exhaustion in dripping trenches Oh
dsshing b8yonet charges, gai.ant ~
airy actions and obstinate oomosao,
"S,si,s the end of the three weeks
..ru0gle with confidence, while cast
ING an eve upon Antwerp
London. oct. 4.-lIaving repulsed inc
German attacks, presumably IN tne
vicinity Of Royc, the French, aceordlrs
- ~ official communication lsSueo
his afternoon al Paris, have resumed
tbe offensive a. several points whle
otber nositions on their left have been
appreciahly maintained. 49,.
Tho Great effort of the Allies TO en-
velon the German right may therefore
he said 70 be again IN operation, sno y
is believed that the whole french COZ
uu,n from Roye northward 20 Arras y
moving eastward against the GeriGa"
positions. ~. t,a,
bsen tried repeatedly for the last three
weeks in an attempt 10 reach the yer
man lines Of communication and eltner
encirele the German army forming the
WIGHT wing or force IL 20 fall back 10
Belgium and Luxembourg.
The Germans have had long uihe
in which 10 make their position secure
so there Is lot of hard lighting aAeaa
FOR both the attacking forces and the
defenders. The defensive role Is now
apparently being assumed by the IN
vsders.
In the centre, from the Disc to the
Areonne, the two well entrenched
armies are still watching each other
ready at a moments notice 70 meet at
tncks or. on the advice OF aerial oo-
servers. TO move 20 some point where
the line is threatened. While there
have been many Of these movements
,hers Is little. according to the French
20 record. In other words, the sltua'
ton remains virtually as il was.
IL the Argonne district, where the
Grown Princes army attempted an ad-
vance few days ago, there has been
additional fighting, with the result that
the Germans have been pushed back
northward. In Southern Noevre the
French are "making progress, but very
slowly" against the Germans, who
crossed the Meuse at st. Nihiel, but
later were forced back over that river
I'm Lorraine and the Nosges there
is no change in the positions OF the
opposing armies. THIS probably Is &C.
counted for by the fact that the Ger
mans have not sufficient forces to at.
tack the almost impregnable line OF
Notifications, while the French are tsS
busy elsewhere to attempt an invasion
of the lost provinces. They have set
themselves TO the task of getting the
Germans out of Northeastern France
and if this can be accomplished they
are faced with the necessity OF attack
ing the German positions in Alsace-
Lorraine.
On the Battle Front, via Paris, Oct
4. 1881 p. mater the determined
attacks and counter-attacks of the last
few DAYS there has been more or less
calm along the western front since
Yesterday afternoon except on the most
extreme wing near Arras, where th'
fighting has continued ineessantly.
Both armies, however, have Kept UT
desultory firing at nearly all points
although the infantry did not come
into action.
The French soldiers were greatly
surprised to-day 70 see their British
comrades. after the long spell in the
trenches. retire some distance in the
rear. initiate several footballs and begla
lively games. Some of the British bat
talions had lost a large proportion OIL
their numbers in the severe battles OF
the last week. but the zest of the men
for the sport WAS undated. Two, bat
talions engaged in a regular match on
the result of which some money
changed hands. The players stripped
off their TUNES and caps but retalntd
their footgear. which was covered WIN
thick layers of clay from the trenches.
This morning most of the units NOT
actually advanced on the firing line
attended omen air religious services
conducted by the army chaplains.
The news that President Poincare IS
coming to the front has created gooo
impression in all ranks in the army.