Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-05


Lonuon, oct ta.2b y. INLAY
ing repulsed the German attacks, pre-
sumahly I'm the vicinity of Roye. the
French. according 60 the Official
communication issued this afternoon
at Paris, have resumed the offensive
at several points. while other positions
on their left have been appreciahiy
maintained.
The great effort of the allies To en-
velope the German right may there
fore bee said 10 be again In operation
and II TX believed that the whole
French column from Roye northward
To Arras rs moving eastward against
the German position.
II is the same operation that has
been tried repeatedly for the last three
weeks in an attempt TO reach the Ger
man lines OF communication and en-
circle the German army forming the
right wing or force II to fall back to
Belgium and Luxembourg
Germans on Defensive.
The Germans have had "A long time
IN which to make their position se-
cure, 40 there is lot of hard fighting
ahead for both the attacking forces
and the defenders. The defensive role
is now apparently being assumed by
the invaders.
In the center. from Disc 20 the Ar
gone. the two well eutrenched armies
are still watching each other. ready
at moments notice 10 meet attacks,
or ON the advice of aerial observers, TO
move t. some point whore the line Is
threatened While there have been
many official movements there Is lit
tie, according to the French report TO
record. In other words. the situation
remains virtually as Il was
Crown Prince Forced Back.
In the Afgnnnc district. where the
crown princes army attempted an
advance few days ago. there has
been additional fighting with the re-
suit that the Germans have been
pushed back norlhward. I'm southern
Woevrc the French are making pro-
gress, but very slowly" against the
Germans who crossed the Meuse at
st. Michel, but later were forced back
over that river
In Lorraine and the Vosges there Is
no change in the positions of the OPP
posing armies This probably Is ace
counted for by the fact that the Ger
mans have not sufficient forces to al
tack the almost impregnahle line of
Notifications while the French arc
TOO busy elsewhere To attempt IN in
vasion of the lost provinces They
have set themselves the task Of getting
the Germans out OF northeastern
France, and II this can be accomplish
ed they are faced with the necessity
of attacking the German positions In
A lsacC- Lorraine.
Mystery Enslrouds Antwerp.
or the result Of the operations
around the line of Notifications Of
Antwerp, there is considerable mys-
terry. Last night the Belgian lcga-
ton at london announced that the
Belgians had been compelled before
violent artillery attack to fail back
east Of the river Senne toward the
Nethc This was taken to mean that
some Of the forts had fallen and the
German official report ISSUED today.
asserts as fact that Forts Lcrrc,
and konngshoyck had been
taken. with redoubts and earthworks
ana that the Germans had entered tho
line OF forts through The breaches.
Later. the Belgian minister on au
thority Of telegram from Antwerp
declared that the forts had not been
captured, although Wealhclm WAS
badly damaged
Siege only Commenced
The forts, although important, are
1nly tho first fine OF defense of the
tity, and besides two more lines, the
1csiegers VIII have to contend with Il
arge inundated area This extends
dong the rivers Scheldt, tuppel and
Nethe, as far ms DUffel, as well as 10
he north and the east of the town.
Heretofore fortresses have not stood
Ong before the big German Siege guns
which have been brought up. But
Antwerp Is in a different category. as,
n addition to being stronger than any
'ortress yet attacked there Is con-
siderable space IN which the field |
irmy can operate against the besleg
ng forces.
Wide German Movement.
The Germans have also been active
n two widely separated parts of Bel |
GUM. They visited Journal ON Sat !
lrday and announced that they were
IN advance guard of 10000 men pro-
'eeding to Lille; while last night and /
his morning lighting was going on as
lar cast as near Laenken. northwest
II Maestricht one report said that
'.aenkcn was on fire. but another de- |
dared ii was q nearby village A
number Of fugitiycs have arrived ~
az Wen as some Belgian
.Oldlers, who had been informed.
The battle s still raging along the /
EAST Prussian frontier, and. accord |
ng to the Berlin reports, the Germans
nave scored victory over the Rus |
slams who had pierced their center at
A uguatanh