El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-13

msnts Of the past ten days. All
along the German right wing there mas
besn terrific and sustained fighting The
allies left has been pushed north unLli
If is within 80 miles Of the coast The
Germans have pressed their right wing
to the westward and nOrthward, until
il has bent far outward again, and II IS
believed that the Germans have formed
q fun conjunction with their Belgian
army Of occupation, so that no gap re-
mains.
Efforts Of the allies to break the Ger
man right wing and cut the lines or
communication have been wholly
failure. In ten days the allies have &C
comDIished nothing whatever on the Ger
man right wing; on the contrary, that
wing has steadily advanced, IN great
turning movement, like the spoke OF
wheel. the hub being at "B" in the map
Cnesr Lassiguv). At "B7 the Germans
are strongly fortified, with heavy guns
in ouarries, and formidable entrench-
meuts; for nearly 80 days the Germans
have held firm at this point. They have
NOT broken the allies left wing; but
neither have the allies broken the Ger
nan right. The Germans have the best
of the argument Of the last two OF three
weeks
Al app there has been heavy fighting
bscl- and forth. without advantage to
ether side. The Germans have not
budqsd for 40 days, from their positions
north Of Verdun-
Verdun still remains with the French
/ The c,mans are bombarding the
I fortressss. They have brought their
/ heaviest siege guns here nom antwerp.
/ In an probability Verdun and Toul VII
be Of little use to the French after TINS
month IS out
At @E" the most significant movement
| On the eastern frontier Of France has
I taken place. Ten days ago The Herald
I predicted that the Germans would next
I nv 10 break the French line Just south
/ Of Verdun in direction Of the arrow
[ ar True TO prediction, the movement
! has taken place. The Germans have
{ crossed the Meuse river between Verdua
/ md Toul. and have strongly fortified
l Themselves at various points on the west
hank. This IS the first step IN the in
rerdinq movement Of the Germans into
france BY the Metz gateway. This
phase Of the campaign VIII steadily gain
I in importance
The line sBs ED1 has not changed in
the last ten DAYS. Both sides are strong
| " eutrenched there, and while fighting
! has been continuous It has been IN no
way decisive
At aA5 Is the remnant Of the Belgian
aruv. numbering 10000 to 125,OOO men
Not more than so OF 60 miles separate II
I from the cavalry outposts Of the allies
left wing. Probably a strong effort VIII
be made-is now being made-to effect
junction. The cens0rs axe adamants
and not a word comes through OF the
! exact situation there. But Germany VII
make gigantic efforts to break through
70 the coast north Of Lille, prevent the
/ conjunction Of the armies, and capture
the Belgiaus OF force them INTO Holland
to be i1terued. Around sA7 there are
going to be some hot battles with prob
ably 500, 900 men engaged
| Look at the railway lines from Calais
n Paris: The main line follows along
the coast 10 Abbeville, thence via
I Auiens TO Paris; a second line Is due
south Of Calais TO Amiens; there IS also
another connection from Abbeville tC
Paris. The railways Calais-Paris are
vital TO the success and safety Of the
movements of the allies left wing
GERMANY viii make tremendous efforts
to cut those lines and isolate part Of tn
allied army north Of the point OF rup
ture-
The allies are IN greatest DANCE
around @B" and the Germans are Il
greatest danger around Lille There l
bare chance that the allies ca
get in behind the extreme Germa
right. cut It off, and destroy i
The German army that has been be
sieging Antwerp now goes, presumably
10 the right wing. But what If, instead
the Antwerp besiegers are sent to Met
to help break the line at @E"2 III
allied line is certainly weakened Their
OF It would not be possible for the &c
mans TO hold the left bank Of 4
Meuse so long as they have.
The victories Of the last ten days ha'
been with the Germans; the glor
have been with the Belgians.