Germans Repulsed

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 127, 22 October 1914, Page 5

Germans Repulsed

GERMANS DELIVER VIGOROUS ATTACK. FIERCE FIGHTING IN NORTH FRANCE. ALLIES REPORT ADVANCE AT VARIOUS POINTS. BELGIANS WITHSTAND GERMAN ATTACKS. Received 21, 10 p.m. Paris, October 20 (evening). Official.—We have made detailed progress at various points. The Belgians, despite violent attack?, maintain their position on the line Yser. Furthur fighting has occurred in the Yprc3 region. The Hermans continuo strongly to hold the advances to Lille, in the direction of Armentieres from La Basse.

On the Meuse the enemy vainly tried to repulse the Allies, who debauched on the right bank in Romancamp. Paris, October 21 (morning).

Official. —Germans attacked along the. whole front from La Basse to the Meu?.-, being particularly violent at La Basse. The attack was everywhere repulsed.

THE NEWS CONFIRMED. Received 22, 12.55 a.m. Paris, Ostover 21. An official communique states that the Germans made an effort along the whole front. The Belgians held their ground remarkably at La Basse, where a violent attack was made. Other main efforts were made at Mamctz, between Albert and Peronno; at Vanguois, on the east of Argonne; and finally on the heights of the Mouse and in the region of Champton. All the attacks were repulsed. GERMAN MOVEMENT UNDOUBTEDLY A RETREAT.

CAUSED BY OUR SUPERIOR GUNNERY.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 21, 6 p.r Paris, fctober 20.

The Pigaro says that the mo-n-metis of the Germans towards Northern France has all the. appearances of retreat, primarily due. to the splendid French and British heavy guns, which made the German lines untenable. The Germans are finding Antwerp another Moscow, for the German army is not benefiting by its occupation. The citizens are required to feed 150,000 Germans daily. success of french artillery. German batteries destroyed. Revived 21. 10.':> p.ii. Paris. .Or-tehe;- »i). A battery of To-ccntimetre guns destroyed lifti-i-.i Vlonnni! mitrailleuses tit Vermellcs, and a hwivy battery at St. Mihicl. THE WORK OF THE CAVALRY. CALLS FOR INITIATIVE AND CUNNING. I THE ALLIES PROVE SUPERIOR.

Received 21, 10.30 p.m. Paris, October 20.

A wounded officer states: —The public have not realised that the Allied cavalry's work in the north-west of France no longer consists of massed charges, therein thousands meet the siiock, but 'the engagements in detail, wherein ruse and initiative play a prominent pare. Cavalry which penetrates the enemy' 3 lines and gains ground without arousing attention does much to ensure •victory.

The lAllies in hand-to-hand fighting ilways have the advantage, despite the unconcern with which the German generals sacrifice life.

GERMANS' COASTAL RAID BLOCKED FORGES THREATENED WITH E£TINGTION. Paris, October 20. The Germans planned to march with a luge force across the Nord and Pas-de-Calaiß Departments and engulf the sca'hoard towns. Their defeat at Lille smashed the plan, and the, German troops in the coastal districts are threatened with destruction. A French stuff officer at the Aisne, interviewed, emphasised the great change in the spirits of the German troops since the battle of the Marne. Many of the officers were unnerved and prisoners attested that the long and indecisive struggle on the Aisne had told severely on the troops. The Allies fought tbeir way forward house by house at La Basse, and also completely defeated a series of German efforts to break through the line between Pcronnc and St. Quentin.

GERMAN ONSLAUGHTS" FUTILE. SLEDGE-HAMMER LOSES ITS FORCE. SMART FRENCH CAPTURE OF lARTILLERY. TABLES TURNED ON CAPTORS. KEEPING AIRMEN OFF PARIS. London, October 20. Tho Daily Mail correspondent says that Arras suffered nearly as much as Louvain. At Rheims the town hall, museum and theatre have been gutted, and most of the buildings in the centre

of the town are in ruins. The famous belfry of the cathedral is severely damaged. A shell struck the kospital, killing a number of wounded and nurses. The Telegraph's correspondent, who visited the battlefields in northern France, says there is every indication that the German sledge-hammer has lost its power. Onslaughts are futile against the Allies' centre, and the German avalanche in the north-eastern area is daily weakening. Paris, October 20. During an engagement on the Frcnc'l wing the French were unable to locate the German machine-guns. Two corporals and a private volunteered to discover them and crawled within toa paces of the German trenches. Half the enemy had gone to fetch their mid-day rations and the others were seated at a distance from the guns. The Frenchmen leaped the trench and fired two mitrailleuses. Tlio enemy lied, accompanied by two reserve companies, an.l the French artillery completed the destruction of the retreating men.

Last week a section of French infantry, who were reconnoitring, lost their way in a fog and were taken prisoners by German captors, who stacked their rifles and, while waiting for the fog -to disperse, beguiled the tedium by insulting the prisoners. With a rush the latter broke the Germans' square, seized their rifles and bayonetted many. The remainder surrendered and were taken prisoners. French aviators who arc guarding Paris have warded off several Taubes' which were approaching the capital.