The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-01

learned that these entrenchments were laid out benind the advancing German forces by working columns If the German "landstrum without arms" as the organization is known. This instance of remarkable foresight permitted 1he retiring German forces 10 ia T into a position which had been carefully selected and prepared, in which in fact, everything was ready for a most stubborn defense.
 According to French and German official dispatches, fighting in the vicinity of Arras, northwestern France, was in full progress on octo- Der and f. while there was a lull in operations in the Peronne district. .Sligat gains were made by the French in the neighborhood of Soissons, wnere several German trenches were carried In the Woevre district, nar Apremont on the Mouse the French claim several successes, with German dispatches c aiming the very opposite.
 Several sharp attacks were made by the Germans on October and on the French positions between Craonne and Argonne forest Some of the was lost again on the fourth, but on the whole the operation appears to have been advantageous to them. On October 4th fighting on the German right and the French left subsided considerably, the attention of various commanders being occupied with an extension of their forces beyond Arras where on the following day the inter- minabla series of attacks and counter attacks of the two opposing wings were continued without decisive re- suit West of Lille and west of Lens collisions between cavalry screens of the two forces occurred, but these, ike the fighting on the Arras-A bert Rove line led to no definite develop ments.
 Meanwhile the situation on the French and German centers had re- mained the same, no fighting being itHOi ttu run tilltA lnt Atlbt~ ltuHt or Verdun-Belfort lines. The claim of the French to have made slight ad- vances in the Mouse hills is indirectly supported by the German dispatches dealing with the situation on October 4-5.
 On October a new general engaGe- ment had begun on the French left and the German right wings. French cavalry penetrated far as p klo- meters northeast of Arras, but was driven back, the Germans succeeding in re-establishing their line Contact between French and German cavalry was established west of Ryssel and Lens, but the Germans succeeded in holding the ground they had gained Several attacks by the French on the German positions at Arras-Albert- Rove were withstood successfully, al though counter attack by the Ger mans at Lassigny was met by the French with equal success. Collis- sions between the French and Ger man flanking cavalry troops occurred immediately north of Tourooing. ln- fantry and artillery bodies following the mounted troops added anoth IT few kilometers to the ever-growing line. Some ground was lost by the French, however. Though the Ger man dispatches made no mention of such a gain the French official dis patches of october z announced that the ground lost by the French between Chaulnes and Rove had been re-taken.
 On october another attempt was made by the German cavalry to out flank the French cavalry northwest of Arras, but it appears that the Ger mans were thrown back. Attacks made by the French on the German positions in the Rove district were unsuccessful, though the French re- took some ground they had ,ost few days before.
 There had been no fighting in the center. between Verdun and St, Mihicl but on October : the Germans re sumed the offensive, gaining a little ground north of St AIihiel An ad- vance on Hattonchatel was checked by the French Fighting was also re ported from Woevre where the Ger mans moved west from Apremont, but were checked. An attack on the C. r. mans in the Argonne forest was sac- cessfully withstood by them.
 From October to 6 large German endorsements arrived in Belgium. No reliable figures on their strength were obtained, but it has been learned that a force of about 30,000 infantry, cavalry and artillery moved in the di- rection Of the F'ranco-Belgian border near Arras. Nothing had been earned of their destination on October 9.