South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-23
Paris Announcement Says Sit
uatiOn of Allies Forces is
Unchanged Though Fighting
Near SOmme is Desperate.
YIELD SOME POINTS
BUT GAIN AT OTHERS
AngIo-FrenCh Army Makes
Progress Especially in Re-
giOn of R0SiereS and San
terre.

PARIS, oct. 23-The Germans are
stiu making violent attacks against
tae allies all along the line. accord
ing to the official war Office an
nouncement issued at o'clock this
afternoon.
"As a whole" says the statement
the situation of the allies forces IS
unchanged"
Fighting along the Somme river
near Arras has been particularly vio-
lent The statement in full follows.
AT our LEFT wing forces of the Ger
mans in great numbers whose pres
ence was noted yesterday. have con
tinued their attacks most violently ia
the whole region included between
the sea and the Labasse canal.
"As a whole he situation OF the
allies forces is maintained. II they
have been compelled TO yield at Ger
tain points. they have advanced az
others. The enemy has shown equal
activity on the rest Of the line, more
particularly in the region OF Arras.
and on the Somme TO the north and
south Of this river.
Allies Make Progress
I'VE have made progress especially
in the region OF Rosieres and in San
terre In the region Of Nerdun and
IN that of Pont-a-MoussOn we have
had some partial successes.
Along the rest OF the front moth
ing of importance has occurred.
ITO sum mp, the enemy appears To
be making a new effort along the
greater part Of the front and nOtab-
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river Oise, utilizing new corps form
atiOns, composed OF men only freshly
trained. some Of them very young
and others quite old These new
troops are mixed here and there with
veterans
In Russia, to the south OF the
Pilica. the Germans still thOld the
Vistula except on the line from Ivan
gorOd 10 Ozielide, which they aban-
doned. pursued by the Russians. All
the attempts Of the Austrians 10 cross
the river San 10 the north OF Jaros-
law have been repulsed and the Rus
slams have taken the offensive in this
region"
Allies Lose Heavily.
Although the allies are advancing
slowly in the north according To the
official claims OF the French war Of
fee. every foot of ground has been
purchased with an appalling loss of
life.
UnofHcial estimates place the loss
OF the British and French during the
past fortnight's fighting in the ex-
treme north and IN Belgium, at from
10000 20 $4,000 In killed. wounded
and missing. The German losses have
probably been much higher. especial
" during the past two days when
they were on the offensive and were
moving against the fortified lines Of
the allies.
There is now an international fleet
Of British and French warships OF
the Belgian coast. shelling the Ger
heavy detachment of ships of thu
French coast ready 10 take a hand IN
the engagement II the Germans
should succeed in breaking through
TO the littoral
The French army Is soon 20 be
strengthened by half million young
recruits. but despite their numbers.
these soldiers viii be OF com paratfve-
r. little use against the trained VeteT-
ans OF Germany. The French re-
cruits have never been under fire be-
fore and have had only two months
training
Lille is Wiped out.
II is again reported that the Ger
mans are Withdrawing from lille.
after a battle IN that vicinity which
has lasted close TO three weeks. Lille
has been nearly wiped out. it is said.
BY the terrific bonn bardments 20 which
Il has been subjected.
The Germans are putting an stf
opposition 70 the ATTEMPT Of the al
lies 70 extend their left wing All
along the lne from Nieuport in Bel
gium u Albert IN France. the attacks
have been delivered with the utmost
fury. Especially IN the vicinity of
Ia Passee and between Arras and the
Disc have these operations been
marked BY lighting OF the most des-
perate character.
over the balance of the great line.
along which hostilities have been rag
inc since Sept. 70 the sound of battle
The allies claim 10 have taken TO- 600
prisoners. 400 heavy guns between
Longwy and Chalons. but this inf0r-
nation came in an nof7cial press re-
port and has not vet been confirmed.
british Taken Prisoners.
on the other hand it IS known tho
the British have lost n number -
men IN prisoners during the fighting
between Arras and lille.
A press disnatch from HAVE s8vs
that the PeIgians have reEained the
right hank OF the User river and are
prenaring 40 move forward in coon
Grafton with the French and Englisf
Seven hundred German dead have
been buried near Nieuport. iI IS de-
clared. Fiving evidence or the severIfv
of the German FoSgac In that ~ayf0n