New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19


destination. as their aviators are sa,d
10 DC busy everywhere over INC Wv.
man lines Il Is thought here, now
evcr thst I, probably will be some
Savs before the Germans make their
nrcsencc felt. although they have MADE
= rcputation for quick movements
In the centre and in the Nosges inc
situation is stationary. This rs not
takcn here TO mean that no hghting IS
taxing place. and il is considered hkeiy
that the battle on the Alsace irontier
which has been going on for some days
has yet TO reach its end III
The Germans have established civil
administration in the greater part OF
Belgium, and arc said 10 nave DC,
manded war levies from Ostend an9
Rlankenberghe, 0stend being caileu
upon to pay 100000
fBy cable to The Tribunc.l
North France, Oct. 1S.-The Aires
continue to make strong progress WIN
their armies in the west, and IN many
rlaces have made some magnihcehtly
conceived attacks which have beeh
sustained with superb courage,
One cannot yet write that the Ter
man army has been defeated. inc
hest that may be said in the western
theatre Of war is that the Germans arc
in a position of peril, and that thV
Allies entertain high hopes the blggeSt
triumph of the campaign VIII shorVi!
be chronicled. :.
is practically their only point OIL au-
vance. They have fallen back every
where else.
On the Sea Coast, Northern France,
Oct. 1S-Thc German force threaten
inc the northern French sea coast
seems 70 have arrested its forward
march for the moment. The enemy, 1t
is said. has suffered heavily IN the re-
cent fighting, and is now short OF ooth
munitions and stores. -,
With that comes the news, which
was TO be expected, that siege guns
from Antwerp were being moved toward
The present German fighting line.
Large bodies of troops have been
pushed forward, but the enemy is far
from having completed the necessary
ARRANGEMENTS for striking the contem-
plated great blow. ~,
II is probable that the Germans Will
attempt 20 penetrate the defences OF
Dunkirk, with the object OF over
running the French coast as far as
Calais and Boulogne. A large force OF
the enemy is centred at Ihorout, whlch
is due cast of DiXmudc, which IN turn
commands the road TO the Belgian
coast and the French frontier south
west of Courtrai, and just inside the
Belgian frontier a strong body oil Ger
mans has been located.
The Germans. taught By their severe
losses in recent actions, have grown
weary OF finging their troops on posi-
tions which have not been thoroughly
recOnnoitred.
Meanwhile Dunkirk, though menaced
bv advancing invaders, remains calm
and is confident of giving the roc II
he comes. an extremely warm recep-
ton. whether he ventures to approach
along the coast or by the road TO the
southeast leading from Peryyse.
Duty in trenches, never IN any CIR
cumstances very agreeable, has oeen
rendered doubly unpleasant during the
last few days by heavy rains. The zone
between the two armies is IN parts
nothing better than a bog, and IN TINS
men and horses founder hopelessiy.
General Rain" has done the Allies
GOOD turn by his seasonable lnteryen-
TON. The weather is becoming colder
ms the DAYS grow shorter, while mists
shroud the low lying land IN early
mornings. Altogether Flanders is an
unhealthy country to fight IN during
autumn days, and there are those VINO
arc confident enough 10 believe that the
swing of the pendulum will not be long
delayed and that the great German se'-
back is near