The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-07
ENGLISH LOSSES ARE Light
During Last Two Weeks Fighting in
France-Russia Claims Steady Vic
tories but Germany Is Making coun.
ter Claims. -

London, Oct. 6.-10:10 p. m.-The
siXty-third day of the great European
war saw repetition of what the peo,
pies of all the countries concerned
have forced themselves to expect. per-
haps for months to come-nosSe ecisive
conflict on land or sea.
From Berlin to London came moth
ing in the way of German claims to
prO'2ress or reverses. From Petrograd
came what has flowed without inter
ruption for weeks-consisten claims
OF progress for Russian arms.
From Paris at the usual midafter-
noon hour, was issued the usual COM
munication so-called, Interpreting the
situation along the battle line of the
western theater of war in the light of
those opposing the German invasion.
There we're in the closely worded
statement, cryptic to an extent as az.
operations than it ordinarily contains.
Above all stood out the presence of
what was described as large masses
of German cavalry near lille. hardly
ten minutes from the Belgian frontier,
as the crow flies, and behind them
German forces moving on a line be
tween Tourcoing and Armentieres.
the latter points right at the Belgian
border.
At the same time the official com
t.os,t I ,,1o
lies have not been idle and have been
extending their lines on the left wing
more and more widely Blow for blow
evidently is being dealt around Arras,
the scene of Jsanguinary fighting re-
Gently The same may be said of the
region between the Somme and the
Disc. for it is noticeable that the
allies have claimed nothing there to-
day except a see-saw advance and re.
tirement. They do maintain they
have repulsed the enemy near Las
sieny, upon which the Germans made
a violent attack
At scissors, where the allies re-
Gently cleared the German trenches.
according to the announcement they
have pressed their ADVANTAGE by max
ing Slight advances Noyon forms
the elbow from which the allied line
sweeps eastward. Some advance b,
the allies also is reported at Berry
au Bee.
From Belgium comes nothing to in.
dicate any change in the situation
before Antwerp except a brief line
tucked at the bottom of the Paris CT
ficial statement asserting that the
German attacks along the line of the
river Rupel and the River Nethe have
failed.
The press takes occasion to EN-.
Ihasize that while the battle of the
Aisne holds first claim in the matter
of sentimental interest. the gigantic
operations of the Russians. German
and Austrian armies in the east may
bring the solution of the war first.
Petrograd official statements con.
tinue to repeat in a general way what
has been accepted here as a fact for
days-that the German army along
the east Prussian frontier has been
routed more or less and cut to pieces.
but as this is only small portion Of
the front it is exceedingly hard to get
anything like a clear cut prospective
of the conflict
Today's Petrograd official state.
ment deals entirely with the German
stand on the east Pruss'an frontier,
making no mention of the situation
either in Galicia or Hungary. The
much heralded battle of Cracow.
which it seems all the correspondents
anticipated. yet has to be recorded as
a matter of history.
From Budapest-not often heard
from as a source of war news-comes
a dispatch saying that though no bat
tiles in Hungary had been decided yet,
the invaders were being repulsed.
Whether it can be accepted as true
or not, Bordeaux special dispatch