The Yale expositor., 1914-10-22
War Office Reports Progress
OF Left Wing in
France
RlOTING IN LONDON AND
GERMAN SHOPS WRECKED
Both London and Paris Give Out News
Claiming That Germans Are Be-
ing Forced Back BY Allied
Armies.

Paris-The Allies have recaptured
Armentieres, driving the Germans
northeastward from three to five
miles, according to official reports here
and the army of Belgium, now the ex-
IRENE left of the allied line, is stand
ing at Newport, holding in check
powerful German advance toward Dun
kirk.
The Belgians, severely punished, but
always in the thick Of the fighting,
prevented the Germans from crossing
the River User. The Germans are in
great force, 400 guns, 10000 infantry
and some cavalry having been rushed
from Ostend to the User on Saturday.
These troops had been drawn from all
quarters, from Luneville. Nancy and
Brussels, and were weary from inces-
SAINT marching and fighting.
While King Albert's army, with sup
port from a new British army and
from French marines and attachments
from General Joffre's line in France.
checked the German advance along the
seacoast, the left wing of the Allies
in northern France made notable pro-
gress, delivering a series of blows
against Won Boehm and Won Kluck
which forced the Germans to surren-
der Armentieres and villages to the
south. General Joffre, according to
official reports, has driven the German
right wing about 10 miles to the north
east in the last four days.
Severe Fighting at eeIfort.
Fighting has been renewed at Bel
fort, where the Germans once again
are assailing the fertilization with
mortars and two violent night attacks
by the Germans to the north and again
to the east of st. Gle were repulsed
by the French with severe losses to
the enemy.
Not only have the French been able
to hold the advantage gained in their
advance against the outer works OF
Metz, but they have now pushed for
ward their advanced positions to with
in nine miles of the fortresses. Heavy
reinforcements are being rushed to
their aid to meet the increased
strength being thrown behind the Ger
man line in this action.
The most gigantic engagement OF
the war is now being fought just
across the border in western Belgium,
but it is ignored in the official dis
patches because of the lack of progress
to Nhn Rorh2 {o tn,
the preliminary stages, for the num-
bers actually engaged are too great
and the weight of the support both
in big guns and the enormous strength
in men available is so evenly divided
that the greatest elaboration is being
exercised by the rival commanders.
Reports From London.
London-The announcement was
made in a nofIicial report from the
headquarters of Gen. Sir John French
that during the 26 days from Sept. IL
to Oct 8, the British lost 1854 in
killed, wounded and missing. OF these
SCI were officers, indicating the heroic
gallantry with which the English lead
ers of the line had been fighting. Ac-
cording to these figures, one officer
fell or was taken in the fighting to
every % men.
During the 80 days preceding Sept.
II, Gen. Frenchs troops, operating
from Mons to the Seine and from the
Seine to the Aisne. fought without a
single days halt or rest and we're
ceaselessly engaged with the enemy.
Rioting Sunday marked the climax
Of the agitation to bar nationals of
hostile countries from further partici-
patton in the business life of the city.
Clashes occurred in several localities.
There were particularly violent in
High street, Deptford, in the borough
of London. Here a number of Ger
man-owned shops were wrecked and
one was set afre by the mobs. The
police had difficulty in coping with the
aroused populace.
Sundays excitement was attributed
to the prominence given Saturdays
raid on the residence of Prof. Arthur
Schuster, near Rockingham, in Berk-
shire, when a wireless apparatus, suffi-
GENTLY powerful to intercept messages
from Berlin and the Eiffel tower, was
confurad