The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-17
COVER APPROACH
TOCOAST TOWNS
Allies Block German Efforts to
Take Ostend, Dunkirk
and Calais.
TEUToNs FORCED TO RETIRE
Line of the Battle of North Now
Reaches Nearly 500
Miles.

FROM THE BATTLE FRONT tvia
Parisl, October .16gd1:4e p M.).--The
attempt by the Germans to turn the
gank OF the allies and obtain possess
sion of the porta of ostend. !. .Duplsirls
and Calais has be- an unsuccessful, Tor.
the Germans Gang face to face wi iths ii
/ stEong lopposing allied. army, which
vero hight rs - IS
What is known ass satf.e ,1arciiing.
wifg OF the allies Is cont tinually in
contact with the German troops, and
completely covers the approach to the
coast owns 81 Z ~ II : Fl
west of Lille. tile, Germans were forced
to make q, nlarlicd retirement from
LaYentie. In the, direction OF Lille
their occupation of which last Tues
day by 10000 men appears destined to
bc> Of short duration.
The line of hef"battle of the north"
extends over the most historic ground
In Flanders, where on the "Tield of the
Cloth of Gold" Francis /. and Henry
VIII. had their celebrated meeting In
1890. Owing to the sinuous character
of the line of battle. the total length
of 1t from the coast of Belgium to
the Swiss border. now reaches nearly
$50 miles. 3t
Belief in their final success appears
to have taken a firm hold on the al
lies. All the men display confidence
in their commanders, who nre doing
everything possible to spare their
troops The allied soldiers nre fight
marches which seem beyond. human
power, This is made evident often
when small detachments are acting
apart from. the main bodies.
DRAGONS INTRUSTED
WITH DIFFICULT TASK
French dragons recently were in
trusted with fi,e task OF covering the
passage OF n river by artillery They
met body of German hussars In n
clash. Both sides charged simu,ta-,
neously, an dthe melee lasted ten min
utes, during which the men slashed and
pierced each other with swords and
lances while the officers revolvers
cracked Finally, the hussars broke
ranks and galloped off. leaving many OF
their men on the field. The dragoons
also suffered severely hut attained
their object-that of securing a safe
pass ge for their comrades.
French officers In the immediate
vicinity OF the firing line recently were
amazed to see 1.-TWO motor cars con-
tanning seven children. all under, ten
years of age, and two grown persons
entering the battle zone. Across the
glass shield on one Of the cars in
French were the words 'In the service
of the ambassador OF the United
States" On being stopped 1t was
found that Eric: Wood, ono OF the at
taches of the American embassy IN
Paris. was In one OF the cars, with AR.
Cordy, volunteersattachc of the em-
bassy. Accompanying them were the
children of Count Teadysky, distin-
snished Hungarian nobleman, now i'll
In Paris. The children had been res
cued from q chateau in Northern
France, where they had been with SER
wants since the outbreak Of the war,
by an expedition sent out by Myron T.
Herrick the American amba assador.
During the trip out the party was
arrested several times. Their first ar
rest occurred near Compiegnea. 4
French territorial who stopped them
pointed out village spire In the dis
tance, saying: Germans are bombard-
Ing" The party desired to turn back,
but tho soldier informed them they
must go to the village and see the
colonel Of that section.
HAVE DIFFICULTY
IN FINDING WAY
When the party arriyedsthe lombard
mcnt was very heavy. Houses were
being struck by shrapnel and collapsing
every minute. While their papers were
being examined in front of the col-
onefs headquarters. n shell burst direct.
ly overhead. but as soon as the noise;
subsidized tho colonel continued his con-.
vcrsation as though nothing had hap
pencd. Tho Americans had difficulty in,
finding their way through Senlis,
Amiens and Roulogne, owing to tho dis.
appearance OF sign posts and the re-,
fusal OF the peasants to- give them any,
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