The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-21
ALLIES HALT
THE GERMANS
IN THEIR ADVANCE ALONG
The COAST-FGHTING
Is DESPERATE.
Do,h Sides Are Bringing Rein
iorcements to West Where Su-
preme Struggle Is On.

LONDON, Oct. 20, (9:I5
Fighting of the most desners,.
CHARACTER is in progress in west
I'll ,anders and Northwestern Francs
me Beigian army, supported bv
tne allies. is holding stubbornL, ~
the iine of the river User. and ih,S
Iar has successfully halted dsta-
mined efforts of the Germans 70
advance along the coast ~
This is announced in the Frsn.h
Official communication issued tn
afternoon and is admitted in the
report OF German general head
quarters, which saws fighting bss
oeen going on since Sunday in the
vicinity of NieupOrt. which stands
at the crossing of the river near
the sea. ''eai
"a, nttle further to the south the nj.
nes are attempting to advance to,,,...,
i1iile Tor the relief Of that cItv vhirh
mas Deen In German hands for sor,a
.,Ihe' They also are pushing on to
me north and south of Arras Tbesr
elorts yesterday TO advance on JIIs
"here the Germans hold strong nost'
IONS were repulsed according 10 the
German report. '''0
10 tne southwark. at the bend of The
nne, the Germans continue 10 r,at.o
furious. but futile. attempts 10 hresk
the French line. Along the Meuse in
the east according TO the French .c.
counts. the Germans have failed n "a.
Pulse the French troops. who 40.
oauched along the territory in which
Is situated the Camp Des Romance
now IN the hands of the Germans 4,
an attempt to cut out that portion of
the German army which is thrust To-
wards St MihieI W
French Claim Progress.
GENERALLY speaking the French claim,
TO nave made some detailed progress
az various points along the front
Faris reports thatsshe allies have de-
stroyed 10 German machine guns. two
oI "hich were armored. near La Bas-
see. see ana battery OF German heavy ar
liiery In the enyirons OF St. Mihiel
both sides are bringing reinforce
ments TO the western front. where one
OI the supreme struggles OF the war
The Germans are not bringing new
AaNAA AAAf east uui are throw
ing every available man in Belgium
INTO the fire line. They seem TO have
me railroads working well. althoslsh
theys must have been seriously dam
aged during the battles OF August snd
september. Troops are being trans
ported over them. and Dutch sources
report that train after train OF wound.
ed Is being taken back TO Germany
In the fighting in this open coun-
Try. where the men have not the pro-
tection OF elaborate entrenchments
SUCH as they have on the Aisne the
losses must be very heavy. especiaIIv
where endeavors are made 10 carr
positions by assault.
German and Russian reports agraa
mat the situation in the east has NOT
changed. although the armies are I'm
close touch along the east Prussian
frontier and across Poland and Gall
cia. In Galicia. however. the Aus
trlans claim TO have repulsed Russian
attacks and 10 be making progress IN
iheir campaign to drive out the In.
vaders
Heavy Fighting in Austria.
me Russians. on the other hand
say they are making arge numbers of
prisoners. Heavy fighting is stiu 60
ing on around Przemysl. and the emo
ias OF the forts surrounding the toVu