The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
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after Fort Camp de Romaines had been
silencsd on the 25th. and Fort. Les
TWO faetors OF the nay h sse
opened the road for n German ADVANCE
that the French ieft Wing 20 still liz gave ave
much trouble, the German general stan
t tSu l, not Soncsntrate Its efforts against
In the Verdun- Toul defense line
ANOTHER general movement, against
der,aRen by the French on s epfe
&c, when n large French force moved
as far. northwest as Bapaume. which
Germans claim to have been n much
inferior force. Rapid railroad trans
portation seems to have been of great
movements. that in the direction Of
Bapaume being entirely made possible
by 1t.
The activity of the French against
the German right obliged the latter
garrisons, and in forced marches add
vicinity of Nerdun to meet the en-
veloping manoeuvres of the French
Meanwhile. the losses or, both sides
monopolizing almost the entire rail-
road service of the two camps.
FRENCH ADVANCE
VIRTUALLY CHEShED
The herculean efforts of the French
left and German right continued, but
ON September 90 the French advance
was virtually checked along the entire
line. The French left wing has finally
become too attenuated to continue its
enveloping manoeuvres. a further eN-
tension OF the line might lead to a
break. and in that case tables would
have been turned completely. Other
German reinforcement had meanwhile
reached the vicinity. of Bapaume. and
the German right wing began to bury
itself in intrenchments.
On September 80 the German right
wing again rested on Albert. where on
that day it defeated large French
force, according to report OF the Ger
man headquarters.
The bombardment of the forts be
tween vsrdun and T9ui com dmIn' WIN hui
ground gained by the Germans on the
right bank of the Meusc had to be
surrendered again, according to French
official reports.
While the French gained some ground
in the Vosges. they do not seem to have
penetrated as far as the SUBMITS or
French and English official dispatches.
Nor, is it possible to find confirmation
tns aeP Se in Wper
That another Invasion OF German terri
tory was attempted from that direction
reports, but that it was effective is
denied by the fact that no operations
f from MT there rtp' On On October the Germans
repulsed a frontal attack on their right
wing at Roye. The Germans gained
the retreat of the French.
While the Germans made every CT
fort to break the Epinal,Toul-Vc rdun
Of verdun; WSgis strong intrenehments
Italian Observers have combined in
| elaborate and extensive character hive
ever been laid out by q modern army,
and the French operations of the last last
been abandoned rs hopeless to further
attack them. From German sources 1t
m"s Been mere ad e out besad
vancing German forces by working col,
umns of the ".Landsturm without arms
as the organization is known. This in
| stance OF remarkable foresight per-
mitted the retiring German forces to
carefully selected and prepared. in
which, In fact. .verything was ready
for most slr2porn defense 'd, arm Of
fcial dispatches. fighting, in the vicinity
Of Arras. Northwestern France. was In
there was lull in operations in the
Peronne district. Slight gains were
made mao" by The French in the neiFh9or-
man trenches were carried. In the
Woevre district, near Apremont. on the
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cesses. with German dispatches claim
F! ing the very opposite:
Several sharp attacks were made by
| the Germans on October 3 and on the
French positions between Craonne and
the AassG anieso forest Tho sems Of the
lost again on the 18th, but. on the whole
the operation appears to have been ad..
fighting on the German right and
French left subsidized considerably. the
attention OF the various commanders
! being occupied with an extension of
their forces beyond Arras. where on
the. following day the intermlnable
series of attacks. and .counterattacks
of the two opposing wings We're con-
tinued without decisive result. West
or Lille and west OF Lens collisions be
occurred. but these. like the lighting
! on the Arrag- Albert-Roye line led to
no definite developments.
SITUATION ON CENTRES
REMAINS ABOUT SAME
=, Meanwhile m the situation on the
manned the same. no fighting being re-
! ported from either the Disc Mouse or
Xerd HnsI BsfOrs lines The ., claim Of
vances in the Meuse hills is Indirectly
: supported by the German dispatches
dealing with the situation on October
! On October a new general engage
! ment had begun on the French left and
German right wings. French cavalry
metres northeast of Arras. bu: was
driven back, the Germans succeeding
! IN establishing their line. Contact
was established west of Ryssei and
! Lens. but the Germans. succeeded In
| holding the ground they had gained.
German positions at ATras- Aibert t ROVE owe
were withstood successfully, though a
counterattack of the Germans at Las