Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-25
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London. oct "a (9.sa y. m.)--With
Germany hurting fresh troops esti-
mated as high as 100000 men, into
the titanic conflict raging In north
ern France the Paris war office to-
night claimed all attacks. from the
sea as far as the region TO the south
ot Arras, had been repulsed
The lighting between Lille and
punkrk is described in Berlin as
the greatest battle of the campaign
and upon It's outcome Is said 10 hinge
the fate of the war
Around Nteupoft. whore the
French. English fleet aided the allied
land forces. the battle is snd to have
been massacre Of the Germans
many bodies az that point atill being
washed upon the beach hy the waves
Because of the deadly fire Of the ma
Val guns. the invaders are declared
to have left the coast clear IN an
effort to work around Dlxmude to-
ward Lille a Berlin report claiming
success on the User canal
Heavy iicinforcmcuts.
In their supreme effort to break
through the allies lines, the German
are reported to have stripped Brus-
sells and Antwerp of their garrisons
and 10 have even drawn reinforce
lments from the line before Rheims.
zeppelIns also are declared to have
been used In bomharding the allied
line after having praeticed dropping
bombs at targets from height Of
/ T. 900 to 5000 feet
The French commander-in in-chlef IN
the only one to admit reverses in the
western thenter OF the war and he
does SO onlv in cryptic sentences. It
Is difficult to Judge therefore, how
the battles IN France and Belgium
are progressing, but il Is certain that
lup to this evening none OF tho arr
mics has succeeded in pushing It's
offensive Var enough TO bring APP
lpreclably nearer the end Of any OF
the engagements that have been go
Ing ON for 50 many weeks.
No Decisive Results.
/ The Germans have taken the Of
fcnsive against both the right wing
OF the allied army, which rests on the
sea, and that portion Of the French
army which IS defending the line OF
I fortifications between Nerdnn and
lToul in the former operations. In
which every German soldier Mt the
command Of the officers IN BELGIUM
lis taking part, the French report ad-
Units that the Germans have made
progress at some points but declare
that at others the allies have been
lust as successful
II is evident that along the coast
the Germans have found it difficult
4 to advance in the face of hard light
Ing forces drawn along the User cas-
nal. aided by The British and French
lships which are homharding them
from the sea II probably is the most
picturesque battle ever fought On
shore the troops Of five nations are
lighting the Austrians and Germans
on one side and the French, Belgian
iand British on the other.
BattlesLips suffer Little.
At seat British monitors gunboats.
destfeyers and submarines are fight
ing side by side with French war
ships. while at the same time they
are heiug subjected to attack BY Ger
man submarines and airships.
thus far the warships have had
the better Of It for while they are re-
ported 10 have inflicted terrible losses
Ion the Germans trying TO advance
along the coast. theg themselves have
suffered little or no damage and have
varded or attacks hy SUBMARINES,
The British admiralty has issued
an interesting account oe the opera
tions of this fleet, in which 1t is cx-
plained that the ships have fred upon
the German batteries in the vicinity
of Ostend. II probably was This which
led 10 reports from Holland that the
Germans have been driven back IN
that direction and also to the state
ment that the allies had reeecupied
Ostend
Bitter struggle Continues.
Round about Lille which the Ger
mans hold, there have been unusual
fluctuations. The French gaining In
one area, and the Germans IN another
not far distant There has been SO
much hghtng here as we'll as fur
.iher south IN the direction of Arras
and Koye. that oven the accounts of
train loads II wounded being taken
daily 20 ihe hospitals cannot be ex-
aggerated
The same eaa bs sad OF the district
between the fortresses of Verdun and
Tsul where two armies have been