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Show -mimim v DEBACLE Oil j REIflEAT VVc Do Not Intend to De-; De-; fend Antwerp, It New Report. I By William Philip Simm T United Frees Staff eereapondent : PARI8 Oct. 11. r The news of the last forty-eight hours Is corroborative of Germany's Ger-many's Intention to fall back on the ehoet line from Holland, through Liege. Meti and Btraasburg to Swltserland. , n The eleventh hour arm 1st I re maneuver having failed to save them from disaster, r yon Hlndenhurg and Ludendorff are working hand lei glove with Berlin, playing play-ing for time. Meanwhile they are' playing to every variety of boche bllllken that something will happen to prevent a debacle. RAINY SEASON ON. . "' A pptPniiyhjraThy" ecaaon haa com- me need, holding out the hope that -"Gen aral" winter will grant the truee which the alllea refused. However, the battle IS rattling on. ' Ludetiflorrf'a general plan aeeme clear. It consists of refusing battle on the northern north-ern flank, while etubbornly holding on to the ponUlona In the center. Reports have reached Paris that Jhe Hune do nut Intend to ffrenflAnTwerp. Maaaes of bochee are pouring past Antwerp Ant-werp toward ttlege, llkewlee, much material., ma-terial., RETREAT IN BELGIUM. Military critics do not believe the 'Armani 'Ar-mani would have quit the Belgian coast unless they realised the necessity of giving giv-ing up practically all of Belgium. Things are also livening up on the Al-sace-Lrorralne front, where the Germane are very uneaey. Developments are es pected there, especially by tha enemy. Thus, while the precise gual of louden-dorff's louden-dorff's maneuvers can still only be surmised, sur-mised, the scheme of reaching It Is per- , fectly clearcut, |