Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-23
OSTEND OCCUPIED
BY GERMANS.
Berlin Announces Occupation
Of Belgian City.
THE ALLIES NIKE GAINS
Teuton Attack Northwest of Verdun
RepuIsed and French Are Within
Twelve Miles of Metz.

Twelve Miles of Metz.
Dispatches from Berlin state that 1t
Is oA.cially announced there that Os-
tend has been occupied by the German
| troops.
The troops are said to have entered
j the city on Thursday. The occupation
| is confirmed, according to Rotterdam
and Amsterdam dispatches, by refu-
gees arriving at the Dutch frontier.
The Ostend correspondent of the Lon
don Globe, says that German cavalry
| patrols entered the city as early as
| Tuesday.
The Rotterdam correspondent of the
Daily News, after reporting the occu-
patton of Ostend, says:
| Northeast of Ostend the Germans
have been rapidly pushing forward to
the coast. Their outposts were seen at
a village not far from the popular wa
tering place of Knocke.
"The main army from Antwerp ad'
! vancing westward on Ostend is prac-
tically isolated except by the coast
road to Dunkirk.
Eight hundred Uhlans entered the
city of Bruges and took possession OF
the Hotel de Ville."
The British press is inclined to class
the taking of Ostend with that of Ant
werp. In other words, they concede
that 1t is a moral and spectacular VIC
tory for the Germans, but of no great
strategic significance. Whether this is
so future events only can show, but
the British contention is that with the
sea binding the German right it loses
weapon heretofore effectively used.
1t is pointed out that the chief sue
cesses the Germans have attained in
the past have been derived from the
tactics of development. The Channel
barrier now prevents this, and decis-
i've blow from the Germans, it is ar
gued, can be delivered only after the
allied front has been penetrated.
The Official Bulletins.
The official bulletins are as follows:
PARIS.
"On our left wing the action con-
tinues vigorously. Everywhere we
have held our own. At certain points
we have gained ground and have oc-
cupied laventie at tie east of Es-
taires in tine direction of Lille.
"There is. no important incident to
mention on the other parts of the
front, except an unsuccessful attack
by the Germans in the region of NAL
ancourt, northwest of Verdun.
1.-THE progress indicated in the COM
munication of Thursday has been con-
firmed.
"On our left wing the field of action
of the allied forces extends at the
present time from the region of Ypres
to the sea-"
Official dispatch to French embassy,
Washington.
1.-The Germans have advanced from
Audenade lin Belgium, fifteen miles
east of CourtraD, toward Courtrai.
The enemy occupy a line of defense
Meroin-Armentieres- To the
west OF La Basee he is in contact with
our troops between that locality and
Arras. A violent combat took place
northwest of Lens to Vermelles, which
resulted in our favor We have taken
Hannescamps, southwest of Arras."
BERLIN.
"The Germans occupied Bruges on
Oct. ii and Ostend on Oct. 10.
"Official headquarters reports that
near Antwerp between 1000 and 5000
. prisoners were taken, that among the
war booty are 500 cannon, 1000 tons OF
grain and plenty of WOOL metal and
cattle. The harhor works are undam.
aged.
"The French attacks near Albert
(twenty miles northeast of Amiens)
have been repulsed."
Whether Ostend was bombarded or
whether it surrendered without shot
Is not yet known. The German ad-
to have been contested bitterly by the
allied forces rushed to the north af-
ter the capture OF Antwerp, when it
became apparent that Ostend and the
French channel towns were the next
obiectiie vi the invaders. 1t is likely
however, that to save the city from
destruction the allied forces were all
withdrawn before the approach of the
Germans.
Stubborn fighting sill RACES, how
ever, in the new battle area compr1s-
ing the western eni of Belgium and
the northernmost TT OF France. Re
inforcements are bei!... rushed TO this
section by both sides, nd bloodier
fighting may be seen here il the next
day or so tan has been witnessed
since the battle o. the Aisne began.
With the great battle line now ex-
tending from the eastern boundary
of France to t:.e~Ncrth sea, military
experts rredict that the lighting at
the extreme ends is bound to be de.
cisive and likely to bring to an early
end the 1ehting which has ragged for
five weeks. The last twenty-four hours
have developed the fact that once
again the French have extended the
fighting to German territory, this time
stretching thCi- lines to within twelve
niles of MCtz.
\ dispatch from Paris says that the
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