The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-21
DEFENSE HOLDS
ITS GROUND WITH
WALLS OF STEEL
Paris War Office Reports
Repulse Of Desperate Of
fensive Movement.
LITTLE BELGIAN ARMY u.
STANDS FAST NfNORTHz
Advance of Kaiser's Army Along
Coast Thus Far Has Been Il
Effectively Halted. 4
SUPREME STRUGGLE IN WEST
Both Sides Are Rushing Reinforccs.
ments in Attempt to Strike
| Decisive Blow.
L y Z
STRUGGLE IN WEST
Both Sides Are Rushing Retnforcos.
ments in Attempt to Strike
Decisive Blow. ~
German Offensive
Meets With Repulse'

HE Gcrmans not only nrc itr;
tempting nm advance along. thee
North Sea eonst TO French, portaye
but have sittnckcd the allfes .it n,nuyG
points on the battle front from the
extreme north to this heights OF thu
Mcusc. In the north tic BeiEiau
army hua held Its ground tenacious -
]ly while mt In Bnssc, around ArrRs.,t
between Pcronnc and Albert, To the
cnst OF the Argounc md along the
Meuse the German offensive fi;a;..
hecn rebulscd. This ia the substance
of the French official rcpurt. and In
measure IL agrees with the Berlin
Official report which. while not nt-a
tcriptinE 10 describe the bnttict In 4
detail. declares the German fosccsS
have met with strong opposition ae-
the River User. Fighting there it,
addS. hns continued since sunday
hut otherwise the situntion rather
fnvora German arms, particularly I'm.
the vicinity of Lille, where the
French have been attacking tics-2
peratcIy. for several days, and hive
been rcpulscd with heavy losses,
Thirty Thousand Germans arc re-
ported TO haze occupied .the S constS
ssbetVcer Ohtend nnd & NfenpoTf, .hnsI}
4 to- shaseFs q fisneiies q iiipas the
dykes from SIfsidc kirEe o. gSyes-
sShAsASt pus AhacTAuNStCcH bueCIHrehlney4
have Sbecn rcpulsed near Wcstcndc,
and TINT their guns now nre I, near
ostcnd, which they sfili occupy.
The Russian nscommander-ip.chie
nnuounccs stersely that there is no
change I'm the situation, although
the Russians are In contact with the
enemy mt various points in Gnlicfn
and East Prussin. With this the
Berlin official statement agrees.
Rotterdam dispatch snys Ger
man marines nrc leaving Antwerp
TO join the Acct, md That the sI,ips
at Ktei have bccn extensively pros
viaioned, portendlng possible ne
tiyity on the pnrt of the Germans
navy, which Inns been at anchor for
the past two months fin Germnny,s
( we'll protected harbors.
Vienna omciaIly reports Austrian
succcsses in GaIicin cast of Chyroyy
and Przemysl, and adds TINT the
Austro-Gcrman armies hnve re-
pulsed great cavalry attack In
Poland. s,Atte Nod
Jnpnn announces the occupntions
for military puypoxcs of important
islands I'm tho tNInrinnnc, NInrshnil,
EAST Caroline md West Carolina
group have been occupied except
Guam. which was acquired byl the
United Stntcs In 1908. ~
PckinS reports, ON the authority
of the refugees from TsinEchau,.
that the Japanese have lost ssycrai
thousand men In their campaign
against the German conccsxion in
: China.
3 2 . s.H Il q D..
n, It is estlmnted that there arc not
lcsS than 2,00n,00O Belgfans outside
the borders of their own country.
and TINT there arc mt lcnst 100000
wounded In France.
According to n Rotterdam dis
patch, three ZeppeIln sheds are bcfnr.
erected MT brussels and four Mt Ant-s
werp. II this is true, IL may be i.
preliminary to the threatened rnfd.
ON London across the chnnncI.