The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-15
Little kinsdsm 0ss Great Bat.
tiefield-.6ermaR and Allied
Armies 0Ove Noeth.
ward, navsc Beat.
DEFEAT SlAv ARMY
Aussrisns Turn On Invaders and Ysks
$500 prissosos-cspturs q
Antwerp certsia-Air.
shieo kui -.
(Ssssssa,y Of Ev<xly. }

NoS~s~sd,J @ EveHIS.
In Northwestern France on thu
Allies left wing, the main posi-
tiOns Of the contending forces now
reach within ten or fifteen mile.
OF the Belgian border. while be.
yOnd those points masses of cav.
airy continue the struggle over
the frontier line and into Bel.
gium. Along the greater part Of
the front, however, the antagOn.
lists seem content to watch each
other without attempting any
definite movements.
Belgium 10 Desperate.
While the immense armies of the
belligerent powers OF Europe are en-.
gased in death grapple along lines
hundreds OF miles in extent, the In.
trepid little army OF Belgium Is max
Ing a last stand behind the forts of
Antwerp. one of the strongest fortified
positions in the world.
For the moment. at least. the strug-
gle around the chief port of Belgium
attracts the most attention. for the
result OF the engagement there must
have considerable effect on the
larger battle between the Anglo
French and German forces. which now
extends from the Swiss frontier
across France. almost to the North
sea.
French Much EneouraSsd.
The strong German REINFORCE
ments, which appeared on the Bel
sian frontier in the region Of Lille.
according to late report, have made
no progress in any point. and at GER
tain points the Germans have moved
back. particularly to the north Of Ar
ras. where the fighting is developing
under conditions favorable to this
Allies.
The cavalry are fighting even fur
ther north than this and the French
Communication says operations have
developed almost to the North sea.
Around Roye. where the Germans cap.
tured important heights from the
French last week. the French have
regained some Of the positions.
Nearer and Nearer to Antwerp.
Tho present front is within about
sixty-eisht miles Of Antwerp. where
tho Belgians have offered such heroic
resistance to the bombardment Of the
heavy German artillery. Further down
toward the center of the line the Sc
verest fighting continues at Roye.
Reims again has been subjected to .
short bonn mbardment.
From the north Of Aisne, where two
forward movements by the Anglo
French troops have been mentioned
within the last few days. the Germans
seem to have Withdrawn some of their
men. probably to strengthen their ex-
treme right. around which the Allies
have been trying to work ever since
the battle began, nearly four weeks
a-,S.
Need New Line for Antwerp.
The unexpected Herceness of the
German attack on Antwerp, which. II
is reported, Is conducted by Ave army
corps. is giving rise to the opinion
among the higher military officers
that Germany intends to establish a
second line of defense running from
Antwerp to Brussels. Namur and Metz
upon which it will be possible to re
treat in case the German army has Il
retire from its position along thu
River Aisne in France
The long extension OF the battl,
line, which now has gone beyond tn.
four rivers, Scarpe, Somme. Disc ant
Aisne, was initiated by the Allies II
an endeavor to find solution of th
problem Of ousting the Germans from
their strong position in Northeastern
France. In these positions the Ger
mans had been, besieged nearly
month, since the conclusion of th
bloody battle of the Marne. fronta
attack being considered inexpedien
by the Allies.
Airships Constantly Over City.
Ghent. Belgium.-German air Graf
are constantly lowering over Antwer
and the bombardment OF the city fron
the air is continuous. A. score o
more of fires have been started b.