The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-10-15
CLIENT CAPTURED
}Y GERMANS ON
WAY TO OSTEND
Huge Siege Guns to Shell Region
of Verdun.
HEAVY FIGHTING AT LENS
Repeated Assaults Of Teutons Re-
ported Repulsed by AIIies--kaisers
Men Said to Have Lost Many
In Battle.

London, Ost 13.-The city OF Client
is occupied by the Germans, according
to an Amsterdam dispatch. Uhlans
have arrived at Selzaete, a short dis
lance from Client, and the commander
announced that 5000 soldiers must
be quartered on the village The re-
port OF the occupation of Client was
passed for publication by the official
press bureau, which takes no RESPONSE
bility for It,
An official dispatch given out by the
ministry OF war in Paris said:
According to the latest information
received here concerning the situation
at Antwerp, the Germans Occupy only
the suburbs OF this city The "a forts
on the two banks of the River Escaut
(ScheldD are resisting with energy
This statement is received here with
considerable surprise and skeptlcism,
in view of the announcement OF the
British war officials that the city was
occupied by the Germans and the
unanimous accounts from correspond
ents to the same effect, together with
the Berlin statement that the invaders
took complete possession of the city.
London, oct. 13-The whole Ger
man front is preparing to take the Of
fensiye again along battle line no
less than three hundred miles long.
,lr,- hnu oIt W
in thirty miles of Ostend Client, &C
cordng to a dispatch to the London
Star from Rotterdam, has been cap
tured by the invaders; Uhlans screen
ing heavy Prussian force, have been
encountered all through the territory
west Of Lille.
Another report is that the allies still
hold Client
These are maneuVers covering the
establishment Of the new Belgium bat
tie line reaching out from and con-
Meeting with the German right wing
in France.
Attack Renewed on Disc.
Between Arras and the Oise the en-
envy has renewed his attacks with in
creasing fury; the plateau north OF
Scissors continues to be the scene OF
vigorous offensive movements by the
kaisers forces. and Verdun, for eight
weeks under almost ncessant fire from
the German guns, now Is to be made
the target OF the monster howitzers
that reduced Antwerp.
Belfort, too, is to be battered by the
monster siege guns according to Ber-
lin reports. The population of this
city Is fleeing in fear Of lombard
ment such as reduced Namur, Liege
and Antwerp.
The results of the series Of battles
extending from the Swiss border to
within twenty-five miles of the Straits
of Dover indicated by the fragmentary
reports OF activity in France and Bel
GUM are laden with importance.
The fall of Antwerp was essential to
the contamination OF far greater and
more stupendous plan of campaign
being initiated by the German staff. II
for no other reason than that IL sig
nailed the crushing Of Belgium, making
three-quarters of the kingdom solidly
held by the kaiser; it eliminated Ant
werp as thorn in the side of Ger
many, and lastly and most important,
It released 10000 men and the be-
sieging army's big guns, making them
available for active operations against
the more formidable opponent in
France which the kaiser could not
move
This force under General Won Bese-
Ter. it Is expected, will shortly swing
in the southwesterly direction, seeking
a junction with the army under Gen
eral Won Boehm, who Is supporting Won
Kluck just over the border in north.
eastern France.
Signal for General Attack.
The attempt of this Antwerp at
lacking army to effect this junction in
It's westward movement toward the
coast will be the signal, military ex-
perts here believe, for n general at.
tack along the whole German battle
front The concerted attacks at other
points Of the line are designed to keep
the allies SO busy locally that they
will be unable to hurl to the north
ward sufficient endorsements to re-
lieye the threatened wing OF the allies.
against which the Germans even now
are directing turning movement In
the region OF Lille.
Allies Concentrate at Ostend.
The French general staff has antici.
pated this strategy and during the
past week is reported to have concen-
trated sufficient troops at Ostend, in
Guiding the newly arrived British
forces, the Canadian regiments who
are reported To have arrived there.
and the Belgians, who have come to
Antwerp, to be ready to meet the new
German front.
In the meantime there are indica.
tons that General Won Boehm with
Mons al his base, is swinging his
forces, like IA great arm, forward m
the direction OF the oncoming Antwerp
yict0rs.
Everything indicates that the Ger.
Gets Bounty on Wolves.