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French Drive Invaders Across
Frontier at Nancy. q
CHECKED NEAR DIXMUDE|

The War Office In Paris Reports Adj,
vances BY the Allies In eelI
GUM.
London, Oct. 2S.-Violent cont1lctsI
which have been raging for several
DAYS along both ends OF the Tar lung
battle line from West Flanders, In
Belgium, to the FrancoPrussian from
tier on the east, have resulted In So
we're setbacks for the Germans, &C.
cording to advices received here from
the continent.
In Belgium the German advance TO
the coast has received the most Sc"
we're check of the campaign. The In [
yaders. since crossing the User, have
met with a stonewall defense on the
part of the allies, whose lines ndveI
been strongly reinforced. The heavy
artillery which the kaisers forces
brought up to aid in their advance,t
on Calais has not been as effective
as was thought it would be. Nor hasf7
the kaiser's edict of "Clais at any
cost spurred the forces under hls
command to efforts which have been
crowned with greater success thas
hitherto.
The smashing dash against the al.
lied forces on the western end of tho
battle front in Belgium in the region
near Newport and Dixmunde was
dealt a severe blow by the Belgian. i
French and British forces, and tho
L.. Do ~ q
the allies have been able to gain much
ground south of Dixmunde. II
On the other end of the line the
French army continues it's advance
into German territory. In ghting of 2 \
most severe character the invaders,
who had established strong positions
near Nancy and Toul, have now beep
driven across the frontier into theiF |
own territory, with the French troops |
in hot pursuit. Desperate fighting con.
tinues along all parts of the line In |
France, with the Germans in immt' |
nent danger of losing their hitherto
impregnable positions.
On a miniature scale the status Of |
the opposing armies in upper Belgium
ran parallel to the conditions which
prevailed when the German rush to-
ward Paris was checked. The Ger.
man forward movement has been
characterized by -nzeven greater pro- |
digality of men.>>--~as shown in the /
march in the direction of Paris. The |
invaders .sdcceeded for days in bat
tering their way and then suddenly |
cane something which caused them |
20 pause.
Since Saturday no German gath |
has been recorded, and it is appareAt |
that the allies have either brought ZIP
such strong reinforcements Or b.
trenched themselves so well. Or ~
that the Germans must sacri
after man for every foot of
The fat country in West
permits no such entrench
made the area of hostilities IL
famous, but the British and Bel
with waFships at their back, h
themselves in wherever pra(
while throwing out every OF
possible to impede the enemy.
Whether German can
forces like ram through
barrier as a task, the result
Is to decide the success or fl
her plan to reach Calais AMI DifUsmT
there set in motion long cherished
scheme to harrass England. On the
other hand the failure of the German
forces to progress, it is maintained
by military observers in England,
probably would mean another retreat.
The statement issued by the official
press bureau indicated how slowly
each side must feel it's way among the
hundreds of little Belgian villages. To
80 forward without careful reconnot
tering would be extremely perilous,
% 1t is never known whether vii
citizens or by armed forces ready ito
attack.
The admiralty has not yet admitted
that the monitors working off the Bel
CLAN coast have sustained any dam
age, though the Germans claim to
have reached the vessels with their
artillery.
The Germans continue to send big
masses of troops to the westward and
kAO SOulu WCoIW al u, dCCO1uiuS 10 |
dispatch from Terneuzeff, Holland,
published in the Amsterdam Courant.
A message to this effect has been sent
to London by the Amsterdam cores
pondent Of Reuters Telegram COM
pany.
The Terneuzeff message says fur.
Their that the allies who approached
Thielt Saturday were repulsed by
fresh German troops. On Sunday TO-
900 Austrians arrived at Client, where
only few Germans remain.
The following are the official pul
letins:
PARIS. |,
There is nothing to report exdept
some progress on orr part in thej re-
gion to the south OF Dixmunde.
1.-THE fighting continues to be par
ticularly spirited between the n1rth
of the User and the region of Lens.
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