The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-16

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ure discounts the German occupation
of Ostend though it was pointed out
today that if the allies continue to
hold the town of Ypres which .uts
the German line. the continued occu-
patton of Ostend would be difficult.
Germans are reported in Belgium as
f! far northwest as Bruges, which place
| their cyclists and patrols are said to
! have entered.
! Nothing during the fighting indi-
| Gated any marked change in TIE sitra =
arena.
| King George and Queen Mary left
! London today for Sandringham, the
royal estate in Norfolk.
GLOOM is LIGHTENED.
! The gloom that. has enveloped Eng
I land since the fall Of Antwerp. has
! been somewhat lightcned by official
communications saying the allies sire
more than holding their own in the
| furious lighting along the Franco Bel
! gian border but this feeling of ella
ton has been tempered by the grow
ing realization that the Russian ill
vasion of SiIesis, which was believed
TO be imminent. must be Postponed
! indefinitely pending the outcome Of The
battle in Russian Poland.
Russia in the east seems to have
been compelled to follow the steps Of
her enemy in the west and sacrifice
the fruits of her victories by sending
TeinforcementS to another part of the
long battle front. The resumption of
the Austro German offensive in Ga
licia was an outcome of the action CT
d, ;,,SS,
ments to the river Nfemen. evidently
under the impression that the German
invasion of the Suwalki district was
real menace and not merely divert
ing movement. The withdrawal of
Russian forces from Western GaliCt;t.
however, is regarded here to be not
as complete as first reported, for Wen
ma admits that Przemysl still is ill
vested on one side. while Petrograd re-
ports that the garrison of this for
tress has been invaded by disease and
is on the point of capitulation. Other
dispatches from the Russian capital
refer to activity along the Vistula river
where several attacks are said to have
been repuIsed. and declare the general
battle probably is under way, unless
the Austro German advance has been
hampered by bad weather
Some idea of the fierceness of me
fighting in Western France can be
gained from the fact that the town of
Roye. now in possession of the allies,
has been taken and retaken no less
than twelve times. There is no ques-
ton in the minds of British observers
but that the German army is making
desperate efforts to reach the channel
coast, and that the allies are no less
determined to prevent such an extern
sion of the battle line.
England already is specializing on
the possibility of a German raid, which
could only become possible if the Ger
mans get a base on the coast opposite
the narrow part of the English chan
nell The Germans are reported as
having been turned out Of that corner
of French territory which juts into
and, having retired, they are
said to be strongly entrenched. This
report declares the Germans intended
to dash on Calais coincidentally with
the attack on Antwerp, but their ef- |
forts In that direction appear to have |
been checked.
Berlin reports the occupation Of Lille
but declares that other than this there !
is nothing new to report on the western |
front.
According to dispatches reaching
London, typhus has shown itself !
the German troops along the |
western frontier, and rumors of the |
outbreak of various other diseases are
England is taking note OF
these reports by sending to the froTt |
three of her most important medical