The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-08
Nothing Decisive to Report a.
Result of Twenty-hfth Days
Battle
Calm Settles Down
On Whole Line
Prevailing Note of French Com
munication Is Optimistic.
Germans Say They Have
Met No Reverse

Paris, Oct There Is reason
for satisfaction, even for citation, In
the governments reports Of tho
battle in Northern France. Ap-
prehenston born of unfavorabl0
news yesterday Is substdtug. Al
though the allies, in their thrust &
toward Belgium and their attempt
to cut Won kluck' communicates
have been pressed somewhat -
the westward and toward t110
coast. they have, nevcrthelcos, I
fought their way to within = seep
Of the Belgium frontier, maintain. Y
ing all the while an unhroken nno
along the German west Hank.
Attempting q counter 0Anksuo
movement. the Germans, with larGA
forces Of cavalry, sought to6Ay N
head Off the northern advance OF ~
allies and get between them and -
coast cities They struck ut Arwn4ns
teires and toward Lens but ween
halted by determined resistance.
+ While these cavalry ong0Heaneu1
were in progress between contend41n
canking forces. the allies rasln1oA ~
powerful offensive at the hinge 0f
the battle line north of the Disc, and
were successful In reoccupying grouud
lost in previous days There Wasso
forward movements by the Brttima
and French in the center OF the H1ao.
presumably from Rheims to the HdUo
OF the Argonne. In this quarter, the
Germans had weakened their forcoo
in order to support Won Kluck and ~
launch a thanking movement Of thA1r
own. There Is reason to suppose that
General Joffre Is now profitang by lAo~
scned German strength in the cea-
ter
In the entire eastern region Of
combat there Is nothing decisive 70
report. The French seem to be main.
tanning slow but steady advance IN
the Woevre district, while firmly
holding their positions along tho
Meuse. The barrier fortresses con-
tinue to protect the whole allied bat
tie line.
OhlciaI Report.
The government report tonight wA1
brief. but wholly reassuring. 1t Wa
issued at 1880 P. NJ. and was -
follows:
Section /. Except on the wings
where the Germans have been repulsods
calm Is nearly complete along the
whole line. On our left wing the Ger
man cavalry has been held north OF
Lille, to which point 1t was previously
repulsed. Between Chaulnes and Hoye
ground previously lost has been rev
taken. AT the center we have advanced
in certain parts. There Is nothing new
Ito remark) on our right wing.
Second There Is nothing new on our
right wing.
Third, NJ. Poincare and viviani. Gem
eral Galiennt. the military governor
of Paris, and GGeGneral Duparg yis-
tied the English capital installed In th4
Hotel Astoria this Afternoon and then
went to the American ambufance tn
the Lycee Pasteur. They were recetv.
ed by Ambassador Herrick and the
American surgeons They then went 10
Pagneaux cemetery and laid flowers
on the graves of the soldiers. They
proceeded to the Val de Grace hoapi.
tai where they were met by NJ. Mill
lerand.'
NJ Poincare will go by AUTOMOBILES
to Bordeaux tomorrow. accompanied
by NJ. Millerand.
The report of the afternoon indicated
the nature of the operations in tho
north as steady advance toward Hel-'
GUM in constantly widenly are.
Onicial and unofficial news Of the
twenty fifth day of the battle ID ~
favorable as can be expected when the
vastness of the field is considered. The
prevailing note Is optimistic. SniA1ls
but definite, advances by the alltea are
mentioned The most violent efforts
Of the Germans to accomplish two main
objects, to cut the communications s06
the allied armies with the coast ana
to break through the allied line neat
Rove, were as futile today as fof~i
merly