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Show FATE OF STRONGHOLD HANGS IN BALANCE I TITANIC STRUGGLE IN FRANCE MAY END ON BANKS OF TOE SCOELTZ II Military Fortunes of General Von Kluck and His One Armed Adversary Commanding the Allies' Cavalry Being Made Within Sight of the North Sea Long Left Tentacle of Allies Continues to Stretch Northward. I GERMAN SHELLS FALLING IN ANTWERP Damage Done by Incendiary Shells and Bombs on Citadel by German Howitzers and Aircraft Is Extensive Russian Army Again Invading East Prussia Montenegrins Almost at Gates of Sarajevo British Declare German Militarism Must Be Effectually Crushed. Paris, Oct 9. 3 06 p. m. The following fol-lowing official announcement was given giv-en out in Paris this afternoon: "The general situation has undergone under-gone no change. "On our left wing the two opposing oppos-ing bodies of cavalry are still operating operat-ing to the north of Lille and of La Basse and the battle continues along the line marked by the regions of Lens, Arras, Bray-Sur-Somme. Chaul-I Chaul-I nes. Roye and Lassigny. On the center of the Olse and on the Meuse, only actions of minor Importance Im-portance have been reported. "On our right in the Woevre district there has been an artillery contest along the entire front. "In Lorraine, In the Vosges, and In Alsace, there has been no change. "In Bosnia, Montenegrin troops have continued their advance In the direction of Sarajevo as far as the fortified line which protects the city at a distance from it of eight kilometres." kilo-metres." London, Oct. 9. 10:08 a. m. A dis-. dis-. patch to Reuter's Telegram company from Athens says It is asserted there that German officers have placed sorrve 42 centimetre guns in the forts on the Dardanelles and the Bosphor-ous. Bosphor-ous. Paris, Oct. 9, 3:10 p. m. In the re-cent re-cent battle along the East Prussian frontier the Russians took 10,000 prisoners pris-oners and forty cannon, according to a dispatch from PeVograd to the Ha vas News agency. Peking, Oct 9. The Japanese have mounted siege guns on Prince Henry mountain, which entirely dominates domi-nates all three of the Tslng-Tau forts, accordina to advices reaching Peking from Klao-Chow. These forts are named Bismarck, Moltkc and litis, and are between three and four miles from the mountain. Melbourne, via London, Oct. 9, 7 09 a. m. At the opening of the federal parliament today the government announced an-nounced that parliament would be Invited In-vited to make Belg urn a free gift of half a million dollars In recognition of her sacrifices. London, Oct 9, 3 50 p. m. The Evening Star's Antwerp correspond ent telegraphing by way of Amsterdam Amster-dam says that eyewitnesses of the Zeppelin flights over Antwerp Insist that they saw one such craft hit bv shells from the forts and fall to the earth. During the bombardment of Antwerp Ant-werp Thursday night It Is estimated that shells fell at the rate of twenty a minute. Many civilians were killed. In addition to the attack on courts and the museum which were damaged dam-aged by shells, fire broke out at many points in the city. The Hague, Oct, 9, 8 a m. Via Lon-doo, Lon-doo, 6:40 a. m. The bombardment of Antwerp's inner forts and the outlying outly-ing parts of the city started at 12:30 Thursday morning. At noon the city was burning in four placos. It is reported that the Inner forts numbers 4 and 6, have been silenced. i The exodus of the panic-stricken people of Antwerp continues. It is reported that the dikes have been opened. London. Oct. 9, 2'p m The military mili-tary fortunes of General Von Kluck and his oneirmed adversary commanding com-manding the allies' cavalry are being rapidly made or marred within sight oi me rsorcn &ca. wnicn geis a man. to the outflanking movements, the accomplishment of which for so long has been the supreme goal of the rival generals. The storm centre gradually has extended ex-tended northward. The battle of the Alene already has been merged Into the battle of the Somme and the battle bat-tle of the Lys and If the long left tentacle of the allies continues lo stretch out In Its present direction, the finale of the titanic struggle may be fought out on the banks of the Si heldt and may decide the fate of the beleaguered fortress of Antwerp now a prey to German howitzers and air craft. Fate of Antwerp In Balance. Whether or not the garrison of Antwerp Ant-werp will be able to stand its ground until the fate of the attempt to relieve re-lieve tlie fortress is decided, is im possible to foretell While some pictures pic-tures of the bombardment of Antwerp may have been oerdrawn, It is nevertheless never-theless fully confirmed that the damage dam-age done by the Incendiary shells and bombs showering on the cltudol from th German howitzers and aircraft 16 extensive. The aerial raid on Dusseldorf, presumably pre-sumably by British airmen. Is confirmed con-firmed by the German official com munlcatlon, which admits that the fcor of an airship in a hangar was demolished. Prom the same source It is ad mltted that the Russian army invading invad-ing East Prussia Is again back at Lck, the 6ceue of one of tho earlier Muscovite successes. Grand Duchess a Prisoner. The report that the youthful grand ouchess of Luxemburg is a prisoner of the Germans Is reiterated today, though official confirmation is lacking lack-ing The grand duchesH is declared to be incarcerated at Nurembnrg, Bavaria. Ba-varia. The Montenegrins, according to their own reports, are almost at the gates of Sarajevo the Bosnian capital. cap-ital. Their latest capture is ft hill named "Grog," a little way uortheasl of Saraje o Tin- renewal of hints from Washington, Wash-ington, that the subject of peace on the basis of a "drawn war," again is under discussion, Is met with an np parently Inspired statement In the Westminster Oazette Must Crush German Militarism This statement reiterates that, while Great Britain has no desire to crush or humiliate the German pr-o ple, there must be no mletike about the fact that she Intends to take whatever political measures are nec essary to crush German militarism "To the suggestions," the We6tmln ster Gazette says, "that we shall be content with a drawn war. which leaves the (Jerman empire under the same Influences and with the same policy and methods to disturb our peace and to threaten our safety until un-til eventually we fall prey to it, we can return but one answer. At whatever what-ever cost, we mean to prevent that-and that-and whatever means may be necessary neces-sary to prevent it we mean in the taithful combination of our allieB to take " (Continued on Page 4.) WARJEWS (Continued from Page 1.) London, Oct 9. 10.05 a. m So far as England knows this morning. Antwerp, Ant-werp, the lateBt of the cities of Be! gium to be beleaguered, is still holo Ing out against the German onslaught King Albert has withdrawn rrom the city toward Ostend where the admin istration is now fully established, but practically the entire Belgian field army has remained to resist as long as possible the fire of the great Ger man guns, the horrible effects of which were made plain at Liege. The nations opposing Germany hoped that the defenders could hold tut till the allies delivered some decisive' de-cisive' blow along the battle line in France, which has now almost reached reach-ed the North sea, and, taken in conjunction con-junction with the fighting which extends ex-tends across the Belgian frontier to the northward of Lille, makes a gigantic gi-gantic front sprawling like a snake half across Belgium and across practically prac-tically all of northeastern France. Desperate Efforts to Back Lines. The siege of Antwerp and the battle bat-tle of the Alsne are thus becoming more closely related and both Germans Ger-mans and allies are making the most desperate efforts to 6mash through the ever lengthening western wings. It is contended that the Germans failed in their effort to drive a wedge through this region and the latest Paris communication contends that the situation Is stationary though most violent lighting continues. Antwerp an Ingenious Barrier. "If Antwerp falls, it will prove the ineffectiveness of modern fortifications fortifica-tions against modern guns, for Antwerp Ant-werp Ir the last word in ingenious barriers, The situation on the East Prussian J frontier is becoming more like that in France after the German invasion I I and retreat. Being driven from Po-I Po-I land, the Germans are making a stubborn stub-born stand and, with reinforcement from Koenigsburg, will doubtless give a battle which will determine whether the Germans will again invade Russia Rus-sia in this region. . .u,nAftb0Ut jdipches , reaching London from Petrograd say that a new Russian army has arrived nt the frontier near Posen. while another is marching toward Thorn ll re ports of the surrender of Przemysl appear ap-pear to be premature, as were various vari-ous reports about the beginning of a battle at Cracow. Paris, Oct. 9, 5.50 a m Most of tii' b-tlers from soldiers at the from speak of the great battle that is "expected "ex-pected for the morrow" and will "de-elde "de-elde the struggle alone the Aisne and In the north." This shows that they, as well as the military critics, are baffled by the immense operations Big battles, here and there, constitute consti-tute mere details. Heavy fighting occurs every day along some part of the battle line, the importance of which cannot do gathered from the sober details of the official statements, and so it is impossible to assemhlp all nt the Simultaneous movements bearing on the general situation. As a consequence the views by the critics this morning resembled what they said yesterday and the day before. be-fore. All are agreed, however, that developments are favorable to the allies al-lies and all emphasize the advantage gained from splendid health and spirits spir-its shown by the army, which the war department is doing everything pos sible to maintain. Warm Clothes for Soldiers. It has just forwarded a million suits of under clothing, which supplemented supple-mented private contributions of clothing cloth-ing The department Is also sending sweaters, jerseys and flannel belts for the use of the soldiers in the winter campaign. While points of the greatest interest inter-est recently have been at the point of the elbow of the battle line in the region of Roye and on the extreme left, attention is called to the Importance Im-portance of the Germans retreating movement on the bank of the Meuse beyond Hatton Chatel which endangers endan-gers their last position in the region of St. Mihiel. It is not considered possible that the Germans can remain in this region and their retirement may entail a general retreat of the army operating between the Meuse and the frontier. Germans Holding Out. The sugestion is made In Paris this morning that the Germans are holding hold-ing out with the idea of taking Ant-werp Ant-werp first, and then retiring to a line of defence prepared in Belgium, as it is not possible for them to find rein-( - forcement-s to counterbalance the' iresh troops constantly coming to strengthen the allies, The transfer of the seat or the Belgian Bel-gian government from Antwerp to! Ostend was not made public in Paris ! I until this morning; but even the fail of Antwerp will scarcely shake French confidence, in the success ot the allies attempts to push the Germans Ger-mans over the frontier. Germans Make Careful Plans. London, Oct 9, 3:20 a. m. Telegraphing Tele-graphing from Ostend the Daily Ex-pr Ex-pr ss' correspondent sends the following fol-lowing "The German plan for the reduction reduc-tion of Antwerp has carefully developed devel-oped for many weeks past. The serl-- serl-- I ' bombardment will only be begun when, in the opinion of the commandant com-mandant he is in ;t position to take the city wiih little delay, Emplacements for the bip guns have hem carefully constructed at most advantageous positions These guns were brought from Narnur and MaUbeuge. The Germans have a large number of them at their disposal." dis-posal." Germans 3ombard Cathedral. London, Oct. 9. 2:15 p. m In rf (lispatcb Troni GhenL dated Thursday, the correspondent of the Star trans mits the following: "An officer whom I met states that the bombardment of -the Cathedra at Antwerp had begun at the hour he left the city, which was 10 o'clock Tl urBday morning Fire had broken out in many places. The Germans were using their 16-inch howitzers with terrible effect on the inner ring of forts, but guns of smaller calibre were being employed for the destruction de-struction of the city Itself. "The airship which dropped a bomb on the law courts was subjected to a terrific fire and must certainly have b( I n hit. "The burgomaster of Antwerp has declared his intention of resisting to the last." oo |