France

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 47, 12 October 1914, Page 6

France

FRENCH C A SfAL fW ! E AUt'R FOR THE FIGHT. (Received' 8.45 a.m]) PaHls, October 11;' Cavalry, ddtirig? the-'battle of the A isne, bored by I 'inaction'; petitioned General AllCiiby v - tc be allowed to serve in the'Htetiches. As their’carbines were usetes&V GCneraD Allen by armed' a third 0 of 1 the* cavalry ■ with x-ifles" and bayon'ets( similar ’to- 11 the mounted ! infantry in South' Africa. fv «V. 1 ’ ■' I■' ■ : -’•!’< ; / EBB ANDFLOW OPTHE CONFLICT (Received 1.0 p.m.) Paris; October' Hi A communique' states': German cavalry who seized passages on the Lys; east- of Airy, were expelled on Saturday, and -retired, into the Armentieres district. Thfe attacked very vigorously between' the Aisne and the Oise, but .did "hot make any progress. The Allies progressed somewhat north of' the especially north-west ‘ of Soissdns.'- ’ The Germans in a night attack 'betiveen' Craonne and Rheims xvCre repulsed. The Germans attacked violently iri the Apremont region and captured Apremont. The French re-took it and still hold it: There is nothing fresh at Rheims, on iiio Meuse, or in Lorraine or-the Vosges. WITH THE AIRCRAFT; • - - - • ■ : ■ ■' r ' ■ • BOMBS DROPPeO’ IN PARIS INJURED TWO PERSONS. Times and Sydney Suit -Services; (Received B"'a.m.)" Ldn'ddtf,' October 10. A Tatfb'e airship dropped two bombs in the outskirts of Paris and injured two ■ '