The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-08

London, Oct. 8-'sA grave view of the situation is taken by the authorities. wires the Antwerp correspondent of the Daily News ''The great guns have told the tale
 s4The hghtfng around Antwerp has been a battle of Krupps against men Every day and night the fighting has continued with deadly effect against the forts while the shrapnel and shell have made many of the trenches un- tenable
 ssAs fast as the Belgian were com pelIed to withdraw from a. position the Germans moved up and occupied it. The Be1gians frequently fought brave 1y and stubbornly with infantry and frequently they repulsed the Germans but these 5repu1ses always meant a. renewal of the artillery attacks by the Germans with the eventual retirement l of the Belgians.
 .'In their present position the Ger mans, even with their second largest gun, are able to reach the city-'' 1 The correspondent of the Chronicle 1 at Antwerp, under date of Wednes- day. takes a contrary view. He says:
 There is an air of quiet confidence that the Germans will never capture 1 still holding out with great stubborn ness and the tthreatened bombardment l is a desperate maneuver to try and force them to capituiate in order to save. the city from damage. l stIf is rumored that Emperor Will I liam has offered the Iron Cross decor ation and 35. o00 marks to the first man entering Antwerp.
 For. 24 hours the Germans have made scarcely any advance. They bombarded the village of Luith fierce l Iy but the Belgians held the place un- ] til it was in flames before they evacu- lated it.
 Near Termonde, the Germans are still fighting desperately to cross the river scheldt. The latest news is that they have not yet succeeded
 The Germans are pressing forward l on the east: They crossed the river I Netl1e on the east and are only held at bay by the desperate efforts of the Belgtans. This offensive move ment is said to have cost the Ger
 mans 10000 men
 t.Onl south, in the region of Con- l'tich, Boem and WilEebroeck, the Ger l man attacks appear to have been brought to g. standstill."
 The Amsterdam correspondent of the l Chronicle, under Wednesdays date, says the Germans have crossed the l Nethe and are advancing on Antwerp from that side. Another army seems, he says, to be making an attack in l an. easterly direction from the villages of Westmalle.
 Under Tuesdays date. the Times { A11IW0Tp -cOIE0SpOIfo6nL says I ssThe precise strength of the Ger man attacking force is unknown. Ike l most authoritative estimate is that they nUnnber 125000 men and are well provided with artillery including some heavy 26-centimetre and apparently lone 42-centtmetre guns. The last nam ed big gun, however, Is rarely used. The weight of the German attack dur ing the night was thrown on that part of the river near Lerre.''
 The Photographs S correspondent in Belgium, under Tuesday's date, says:
 feThe fighting between the allies and
 the enemy has been of a furious char l acter Advancing between the forts the German infantry were moved 4 down in thousands. They are,1 how I ever, attacking the fortress in great strength, having brought fresh troops
 from Brussels in the last few days
 They hurled their infantry reck1essly ! against the allies trenches and. while I they lost enormous numbers of men
 eventually they succeeded in crossing
 the Nethe river.
 From all accounts that reach me