The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-07
ANTWERP MUST SOON SURRENDER
RANCE

Y II - II
| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PARIS, Oct. THE fighting in the
north continues without change. This
was the only information obtaInabIe
at military headquarters this morning.
/ No details had been S,ived Of the
movements Of the NJ .erman force
reported In the vie Of Lille. 1t
Is everywhere now .pted that this
force plans raid ne British IInes
Of communication ugh the western
seacoast towns. 8 .is also accepted
that measures s been taken TO
check Il but q .essity no Informa-
tIon along tn Articular line 10 OBJ
tainabJe.
The reports that the presence Of
this particular force had been follow
ed by 4 siaekening Of the attack on
Antwerp are characterized here az alb
! surd. These forces are first line
troops; part Of them are said to be
Austrlans, and they entered the field
! Of action, according TO the reports Of
the aerial scouts, by rail- from the d.
rection Of Cologne. II 10 possible that
they have been drafted from the east
or that they may have come from
Lorraine, where operations are at q
standstIii because Of weather condi-
tions. Information available here says
that the borbardment Of the Antwerp
fortiHcations Is Increasing In violence.
The German guns are being served by
naval reserves. IN fact for the last five
weeks there have been no first line
troops in Belgium. All operations
! there are being conducted by tho
landstrum and Iandwehr. The battle
line on the northwest 10 constantly
extending and In consequence It has
been impossible for the allies to re-
gain the territory heretofore saeri-
feed to the Germans for strategic
reasons. But It 10 understood here
that new movement against the ex-
! treme right Of the German centre 10
now progressing rapidly and will,
i~sirera .5Dnspietsd, materially change
the entire sItuation and give the ~.
Hes distinct advantage.
| CHECKING THE GERMANS.
[By VIM. Philip simms, United Press
STAFF Correspondent.
! PARIS, Oct. The German at
tempt to outafink the allies on the
J; left continues unchecked. Try a. they
will, the French and British columns
have been unable to check the Ger
| man offensive in the northwest. They
| have been compelled to give way fur
ther in the neighborhood Of 6ouai
and have fallen back to the neighbor-
hood Of Lens. The fighting now con-
tinues with the greatest violence, ae-
cording to the latest official reports,
all along the north and south front,
extending from the vicinity Of Com
peigne nearly to the Belgian border.
At no point, the military offscials hero
insist, have the Germans broken
through the line. They have succeed
ed In forcing back the French to new
positions, It Is very frankly admitted,
but these positions held fast and the
Germans have bean unable to COM
pIete their encircIlns operation or TO
drive wedge through the allied limo
which would enable them to isolate
the army operating on the north and
overwheIn II. To Offset the success
west, the French continue to drive
the Germans back In the Woevre dis
trict. The French movement north
ward 10 Increasing hourly in rapTdity
and before long II should be reflected
in the west as the Germans will have
TO withdraw part Of their forces to
reinforce those operating In the
Woever region or else suffer serl-
GUS reverse that will imperiI their on
tire campaign.
CONTINUES WITH VIOLENCE
PARIS, Oct. THE Germans con-
tinue their enveiopIng movement In
northwestern France, according to
the official three o'clock conmunique.
II states that the battle continues
with great violence on the French
left and has now extended to the vi
eInity Of Lens and La eassee.
La Bassee Ia In the department Of
the Nord on the canal la Bassee and
Is midway between Arras and LeIle,
while Lens Is six miles further south.
The battle here is declared to be
prolonged by enormous masses
Of cavalry who arc said to be cen
tered at Armentieres, near Lille.
In the Woevre district It is stated
that the Germans are trying vainIy
to check the French steady advance.
Elsewhere, It Is announced that the
situation is unchanged. The complete
text of the official statement was as
follows.
ION our left wing the battle contln-
ues with great violence. The oppos-
ina fronts have extended into the re-
eion from Lens to La Bassee and the
fighting is prolonged by the masses