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Show ATTACK 01 OSTEND IS FORECAST Germans Sweeping To- ! ward the Sea; Dunkirk Also Is Awaiting a Fight; Teuton and French Cavalry in a Confused Engagement. FRENCH AGAIN INVADE ALSACE Report From Basel Declares De-clares Germans Are Defeated After Losing 37,000 Men While Storming the Vosges Passes. LONDON Oct, 11 2Mb- mt A serious German check is reported this morning (October 11) at Qua-trecht, Qua-trecht, near Wetteren, east of Ghent where according to an Ostend dispatch dis-patch to the Exchange Telegraph company 20 000 Germans have been repulsed by French and Eussian troops (Spe al Cab bj Arrangement vlth London Da J Te .graph and In erna onal hewn Serr oe ) PARIS Oct 10 Violent engago ments were fought at three separate po nts of the front in the battle of seven rivers today according to the off cial bulletin issued at Bordeaux at m dnight and despite the furious at tempts of the Germans to relieve the constantly increasing pressure the al lies line held fast The two rival bodies of cavalry both in groat strength have been in almost constant contaot to the southwest of Lille wh le In the Arras region on three sides the north the south and the east fierce fighting continues. To the east the Germans have made a series se-ries of vigorous attacks on the French positions along the heights of the Heuse with no definite results re ported Moving Toward the Sea. The great overshadowing fact of the day s development is the attempt of the Germans to carry the fighting seaward. sea-ward. W th Antwerp In their hands and Ostend predicted as the scene of an imminent encounter the kaiser s forces are now reaching out toward Dunkirk the channel post at which the British expeditionary force de barked Fighting today was reported as far to the northwest of Lille as CasseJ, wh ch is but e ghteen miles from the channel coast Between Cassel La Bassee and Arment eres several engage ments were reported wh ch were of an intr cate nature because of the char acter of ground over which the two opposing flanks are maneuvering On the line from Tourcowg to Ar mentiereB however, the Germans have been driven back fifteen miles toward the sea, defeating the r purpose of threatening the northerly extens on of the French left It was reported dur Ing the day that a force of E00 Ger mans had occupied Courtrai, just over the Franco Belg an border twenty six miles southwest of Ghent and thirty miles from Lil e These probably are the retreat ng detachments from the Tourco ng lino Retire North of Lille. The retirement of the Germans north of Lille followed the delivery of a number of violent assaults by the en emy ail of which were repulsed with great loss to tbe Invaders The war off ce reports the situat on n this region re-gion si satisfactory to the allies. Uhlans have been reported to the south of Ostend and it is believed, are screening an advancing column of Ger mans Large bod es of Belgians are In this vie n ty and a strong army of Br t sh re nforcements is reported to ha e Id 1 tbe c A lsathfon Laso today report e 1 that the French bad resumed the of f ns e in Alsace with great d saster (Continued on Page Twelve ) GERMANS ARE SWEEPING ON TOWARD SEA Attack on English at Ost-end Ost-end Predicted, French Are Said to Have Advanced Ad-vanced in Alsace (Continued from Pago One ) to the Germans The kaiser s army is reported to have lost 37 000 men trying to storm the pos t ons of the French in the Sehlust Bonsomme and other passes in the Vosges A shell fell in a group of German staff off cers and all were annihilated The war office today confirmed the German capture of Antwerp but de clsred that details were lacking |