Show DOES ANTWERP S FAll MEAN ATTACK ON ENGLAND ENGlAN 1 LONDON Oct 10 in 1030 a. a m in Ant mAnt Ant won worp the ln heat t and strong strongest t citadel cHadd o of B Belgian hRS has fallen allot b before rom th tho th rain o ot of othuS huS huge nh which th the a Germans German bc began an throwing Into Inlo tho the eIt city at midnight o of last lut Wednesday Tho The civilian population of 01 the city has hn In large JarKO o part lIed fled tho the 8 sea sear at ator of or the Belgian 1 Government has b be been en moved to Ostend and tho Germans ar arIn are arc arcIn In occupation Because of ot the thc chaotic conditions durIng durIng during dur dur- Ing tho thin last rem few en d days 8 In the beleaguered d city and tho tIm Interruption of or telegraphic communication there has hIlS boon boen much dela dolay do de- dolay la lay In tho transmission tr of ot news now from Antwerp rp to England Nevertheless England Eng Ene land hns has been expecting and dIscounting tho tim fall all of ot the Bol Belgian position po and newspapers newspapers news O papers are speculating on what strategic uso use the Iho Germans will make of or It now that It is in their hands hand Tho battle lino line In lii France Is now not e elong so 60 long long forming forming as nB it does a 1 rough curve cun o or of orISO ISO aSP miles mlles miles from Lorraine to lo tho Belgian frontier that frontier that the Iho battle batlle of or the Iho Aisne and tho the operations before Antwerp Ant had be become be- be como come oo no closely closel knit as to be DC oe from th the tho military r point of vies view Inseparable The hope o of the allies to deliver a crushing blow against tho the German arm armIn army anny In France before belore tho the occupation of ot Ant Ant- worp crp by the thc enemy Is now of course cours a thing of tho past The Thc German rl right ht wing wine under Genera General von Kluck apparently JH is still Intact anthe am an arid the thc oC official cla communication given Ivon out 1 In Paris last night recorded no change chance li In inthe the thc situation merely morel emphasizing that tha there thero wa was sharp fighting In the region o of Roye Roya nearly miles south of th the tho northern extremity of ot the fighting line where opposing bodies of cavalry were clashing almost within sight of or the tho North Nort sea Tho The opinion was was was' generally expressed that should ti th the allies later attack Antwerp Ant Ant- worn there thero would be a repetition of or what wha already has taken place that Is lIS to ea say the German Gernian garrison could not riot hold ou out Ct against them th the Dispatches attempting to analyze German plan pIAn of or campaign with Antwerp In their hands declare tho the German purpose purpose pur pur- po pose e I Is Ia to lo sweep over northern France Franc with the tho object of possession o otho ot of tho the channel por ports and thus bring brine th the tho warfare nearer England It t Is 6 said her hero that German newspapers are the use of ot this northern nothern Belgian position as a base bae for tor operation against England Is doubt doubt Ant Ant Antwerp Of on onn thing there thero no suffered terribly from tho the bombard bombard- bombardment I ment and the losses losse among the civilian cl I population have have- been heavy The city was cro crowded not with Uh Its normn normal population of ot vcr gr r persons but bu with other thousands who bad sought cough refuge there on account of ot the GermanI German I ova isbn All All stories coincide In relating the terrible ter- ter suffering and mental torture o of these unfortunates struggling to leave heave tho the danger zone Many lan are said Mid to have been marooned b by the th destruction of a at aJon Jon toon bridge over tho River ScheIdt While tho the vast bulk of or tho the refugees or ar are now burdening Holland thousands later hater wll will come to lo England where other thousands already BIO are being cared red for Just Jus t how much damage has hag been done to to Antwerp particularly to the edifices of ot historic Interest It will take toko some sometime sometime sometime time to determine Some Som of ot the tho refugees of ot Notre Dame sa say that the tho cathedral has been badly damaged d. d while others ta this is not so 20 All reports a agree ree that the Germans entered entered entered en en- the tho city by way a of or the suburb o of Berchem With Antwerp taken the Germans will in now bo be able to detach the considerable force torce used during the siege e of or the city tHy and transfer these men to their right wing near the French Belgian frontier which has been sorely pressed The rho morale of or the thc fall o of 0 Antwerp Is not minimized in England The city was called by Napoleon a pistol pointing at atthe atthe atthe the heart hoart of England The seaport long has been one ono of tho the greatest of or Europe resembling In a sense Liverpool and the Mersey river river- It Is estimated here that there are no fewer than Germans In Belgium t today a The ts ta that the Austrian city of ot is on fire lire lack hack confirmation The Austrians insist that tho the Russians before this position arc being repulsed |