Show n DROP DRO BOMBS ON PARIS BIS THREE WOUNDED AlliES SLUES GET POSITIONS GERMANS r. r f HELD ElO l moo Numerical S Strength o of th ef Kaisers Kaiser's Army Appears Diminished Cavalry Operations Extend to the North Coast PARIS Oct S 8 8 1265 p. p m. m m. m.-A. A German German Ger Get Getman man aeroplane flying over Paris Pam and and- the tha suburbs of or and St. St D Denis at 9 a o'clock this morning dropped two bombs bombe one of or which wounded thre persons persona The other did no harm Hostile aircraft usually have haV av avoided ded Paris and vicinity early in the day because be- be cause of or the dangerous atmospheric currents cur car rents then present French troops stationed in the tho city and suburbs have havo been bean commanded not to tho the aeroplanes because of ot the tha dang danger to the public from falling bullets LONDON l. Oct S. S a. a ra The Th The Ostend corre correspondent telegraphs telegraph that tha t on Tuesday German troops were wens being bent rent to strengthen tho attack on the allies all Lett Tho tide of battle says tho the correspondent rolls fiercely In fr from ln Arras to Lens and beyond Roual which Voas was Tas attacked by the tho Germans fifteen days daye ago wa was captured on Thursday last last- All small Email in tho vicinity w were re destroyed J. J PARIS Oct 8 p. p m. m The m.-The The followIng followIng followIng follow- follow Ing official announcement was made In Paris this thle afternoon First on First On our left win wing In the region of the department of Nord the enemy has made progress at no point At t certain points he baa bas moved back particularly to the north of ot Arras Arms where r tho the fighting is la developing under conditions conditions conditions condi condi- favorable for tor us The operations of or orthe the opposing forces of ot cavalry are developing devel el at the present time almost as far tar faras faras taras as the sea coast on the north Between the Somme and the Olse In the tho vicinity of ot Rope Roe the tho enemy Is still In In force torce but we have retaken the major part of the positions we wo w were r obliged abUsed to give gl up To the north of the Aisne the numerical cal caI strength of the tho German troops seems to have hate diminished Second Second on On th the center between Rhelma Rheims and the Meuse there thera In to nothing to report On the heights of the Meuse between Verdun and St St. tho en enemy ene ene- my has drawn back to the north of Hat- Hat He still holds St 81 and some acme po positions positions po po- to the north of ot the St. St on on the right banks of the Meuse In the district tho the violent attacks attacks at attacks tacks delivered by the enemy to tho the west of ot Apremont have failed On our right wing Lorraine and tho s there has been no change In Russia along the line tine of ot East Prussia Prue- Prue sia sla Ia tho the Russian offensive continues Very spirited righting t is taking place on the frontier to tho the west wert of Entirely reassuring was the general opinion today of the tho last Jut news from the front as ne Indicated by tho the war office statement This Tills confidence was maintained main main- tamed In awaiting the afternoon official report on the gigantic battle battlo In the north of ot Franco As AB time pauses 1 tho the contest becomes become Increasingly In Increasingly In- In desperate and daring darinE exploits are arc dally daily dall recorded A recent order of ot the tho army tells of tho the heroic deeds of ot the tho thir y t regiment Of reserves which becoming separated from Its Us division durIng durInS' durInS dur dur- InS InS' ng a recent battle batUe made a n. march of ot lit lit- teen cen days day's across tho the lines of the enem enemy reaching its Ite own troops troops' with u. u loss OSH of ot but few men menThe The English and their native c troops ore are areal al also alo o distinguishing themselves frequently under the terrific fire tIro of the tho enemy Tho The battle on the left wing has bt become Como with the Germans a sort of ot frenzy frenz de- de de Glares lares Lieutenant Colonel Roul Rousset t the the military critic With all nil their the means a and energies c concentrated hero ho Ito believes 1 It Jt not probable that tho the Germ Germans 18 will win To Tn do so eo o. o the they would have hao to add to their attempt the tho element clement of e and this is 18 a what tho they thoy lack ho says bays ALL EYES NOW V TURNED ON ANTWERP ATTACK LONDON LOZDON Oct 8 8 8 10 1050 M a. a All Alf eyes yes today todar turned to Antwerp whose fat tat was wae regarded hero as aa Important out of a all aU proportion to tho the numbers of m men en n- n In n Its attack and ana defense defenso Ge Germany German r man into must not only k keep ep an open door Into France It tJ Li argued but hut must b be 1111 Continued on va Ua c 4 4 r tl ALLIES GET Continued from ra page c 1 pared to close the tIme hack back door to E Essen ien a most Important German military center The war has presented no picture ture of or greater desolation than that of or the time hosts of or refugees fleeing from tho the last Belgian Belgian Bel Bet gian ghan stronghold Great crowds of or the citizens of or Antwerp dumb with terror aro are fleeing toward England and Holland In such luch numbers that the hospitality of It these countries Is likely to be taxed to the utmost The flight of or the these e refugees es has been accelerated b by the time appearance over the city of or Zeppelin airships dropping de destruction destruction destruction de- de and anid death Tho The on only anly I ray of hope fron from the allies allies' standpoint is found round In the news that the almost exhausted garrison of or Antwerp has been reinforced b by fresh tresh troops and more guns tuns Up to the thc present only one great German German Ger Ger- man siege gun has baa been Into pla play and this piece of artillery Is fired infrequently Guns half halt th tIme the size of or tie the destroyers of ot Liege te and arul Namur Nomur are being used to batter balter the rings 0 of 01 forts which surround Both sides confirm the report that the Germans have crossed the River Nethie but the trenches trench s alon along the ScheIdt arc still holding out The German offensive o I movement is approaching the Inner ring of or forts torts and Berlin reports the capture In tho the open field neld of ot four heavy batteries two fifty field guns and as many machine gun guns As the net riet Is drawn rawn tighter about the city the efforts of its d defenders aro are re redoubled re- re doubled man many of or their sorties bave have been marked b by sanguinary fighting According to formal notification sent Into Antwerp b by the life German commander the active bombardment of or the elt city is II isnow isnow now noVo under way This Is confirmed b by refugees to Ostend In northeastern France on the allies allies' left wing the main posH positions Ions of oC the contending contending contending con con- tending forces reach within ten or fifteen miles of the Belgian border while beyond the points masses of or cavalry cavall continue to struggle over tho the frontier line a and nd into Belgium Along the greater part of the front however the antagonists seem content to watch atch each other without at attempting an any d definite movements movement New German effectives have appeared In tho the Lille district dis dis- dis- dis and the time struggle of at the three rivers nit riv era ers ma may decide the French campaign In the eA east cant t the Russians are battering away at which is said raid to he be suffering severe severely under artillery fire All 11 efforts of ot the AustrIans to relieve this fortress s are reported as as' as having ha been re re- re puts pulsed ad The Russian general staff stat reports that the Germ German ln orm army defeated d on th the river has retreated to the East Prussian frontier I where It R hi has hed Itself If and Berlin supplements tons information with the statement that the Russians have ha been heen repulsed with a n lo loss s of or OI prisoners and nine machine gun guns The fhe I Germans Germani claim also that In a minor en engagement en- en cement near I southeast of Warsaw Warea In tn Russian Poland they took prisoners onera Petrograd declares that the lie main conflict con con- filet alon along the Vistula river has riot not as asyet asyet asyet yet developed althou although h there have been preliminary en engagements ments between advanced ad- ad forces |