The Washington times., 1914-10-18

PARIS. oct. S-Fighting of the most
yer character continues all along the
nrthern battle lines today despite the
.tuyy, cold rains which are now again
-ldging the north country. The. Ger
ans are reported making a desperate
tort to break through along the coast,
=, It'll Dunkirk as their objective.
The presumption here is. that they
ant Dunkirk for use as g.. submarine
ase. This is one of the most i'm
ortay2t military harbors on the north
est coast. 1t is strongly fortified. 1ts
arbor works are on the most extensive
ale, enormous sums having been spent
on them. =,
II Is learned that the German naval
IAN plans the movement of submarines
rrom the naval base by way of Aix-la-
Dhapelle and there is nc duobt left OF
the German coast objective. Ostend
would be worthless as naval base.
IuInkirk. an the CONTRARY would be
and once in the Germans pos
ions, would present a distinct
olem for the Anglo-French fleet.
ne FRENCH general starr. however,
Lies fully as we'll as does the Ger
n the importance of holding Dun
X. end itAsfs. admitted That very
onS&e odfes of -rc-enf0Tcements have
n hursSed TO the north. Despite
ans. of the Germans that they have
eady aepened their attack on Dun
k. the military headquarters here to-
declared that the Kaiser's troops
We no crossed the Belgian frontier
s.: Of point directly north OF Ar
'nentieres.
The allies are steadily driving the
Ge-mapl, eastward in the vicinity OF
hrment; Sss and Lille, eight miles to
10 the sS6theast. -
So far the general battle line is con-
.s.rned. it is now nearly 400 miles long.
star 'nc at point near Wastende, just
soutn of -Ostend on the North Sea, II
wings eastward through Roulers anc
zen in a southerly direction through
pres to Menfn on the Belgian frontier.
he line than runs wave shaped IN
morally -southeFlv direction through
Armentieres and Lille to the west OF
ems and Arras, swings west again 10
>lbert, and then-rsns-abeut- half way
tween Amiens and Peronne through
Oye and Lassigny. curving into the tri-
ngle formed by the Disc and the Aisne
rvers north of Compeigne and scissors.
II then runs due east to Craonne ana
hen again turns southeast through
5erry-au-Bac to a point north OF
Rheims- From here II curves always
astwards to the Mouse line. which IT
'ollows. with gaps here and there-es-
.ecially near st. Mihiel-to Beaumont,
rom which the line continues to Metz.
LONDON. Oct IS.-Teiegraphing from
'openhagen under date of October l6,
the correspondent Of the Daily Mail re-
'ates that Q Norwegian sea captain who
las arrived there from StavarPcr, Nor
way, saws. that while be vas crossing
ne North sea in trawler, he saw a
feet Of about twenty cruisers and some
transports. Viewed from a distance. it
ooked as IL these cruisers We're cover
lng the voyage of some commercial
hips which, in the opinion Of the cap
ain, Were undertaking q trial e&cur-
ION. The feet. was moving slowly.
Information has been received here
nat during the past week German Cruis-
rs and torpedo boats stationed south of
'alsterbo stopped eighteen Scandinavian
learners and searched them for contra
and. None was found. These vessels
were on their way to Russia, England,
md France. Falsterbo is a Swedish
tort on the Baltic. not far from Mslmo
NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-'The onslaught
4 the Zeppelins on England and the
English feet. which is now the one
"vershadoWing subject OF conjecture in
Europe, will take place within the
next two, months said Henry Wood
house. OF the Aero Club OF America
esterday Mr.. Woodhouse has JUS
cceived Some authoritative information
rom the other side throwing light or
the possibility OF a Zeppelin attack and
he preparations that have been made
a Germany since the war began for the
collection OF a great dirigible fleet.
AccordiPg to Nj. Woodhouse, the
zig Zeppelin factories at Friedrichs.