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Show THE ALLIES STILL CONTINUE THEIR ASSAULT UPON LILLE Germans Still Hold Place Fighting Centers Cent-ers a Few Miles Southwest of Ostend Belgian Army in Thick or the Fight. London, Oct. 20. The plunging Gorman attacks on the allied lines near the Belgian coast between Nlou-port Nlou-port and Dlxmudo; similar tactics hy tho allies In Franco between Arras aU-UJJoy, WS?J, Progress Is claimed; claim-ed; a' continued allied assault on Lille, Lil-le, still hold by the Germans and Btuhhorn lighting In the vicinity of St. Mihiel, where for days tho allies have beon attempting to drlvo tlin Germans from their southernmost lodgment, were, tho acute points to day In tho battlo area of Franco mu: Belgium. Tho communications Issued In behalf be-half of tho allies last night enabled Britons to vlsuallzo for tho first time In ten days tho approxlmatn battle lino after crossing tho Belgian frontier fron-tier and Bhowed how tho allies, during dur-ing the days of censorship were throwing their forces westward to meet tho Inevitable Gorman, advance which followed tho taking of Osteud. Tho lighting Is now centorlng only a fow miles southwest of that city and tho Belgian army, heretofore reported re-ported as having repulsed tho Germans Ger-mans on tho banks of tho river Yser, Is again In tho thick of tho fight, being be-ing credited with bending back tho Gorman lino as far as Roulers, Bel-glum, Bel-glum, thirteen miles northwest of Courtrnl which point they nro holding, hold-ing, according to tho latest reports available when this dispatch was written. Allies Said to Have Retaken Ostend A dispatch dated merely "North or Franco" says thnt tho nllles havo re takon Ostend, but this Is not coulltm od and Is ut vnrlanco wjth tho Cler-mnn Cler-mnn contention that thoy havo reach ed tho neighborhood of Dunkirk, whoso Inhabitants, as well as those of Boulogno are In a state of panic If the Belgians nro holding Roulers It Beems Incrcdlblo that tho Germans havo advanced so far, as Unit would mean a complete bonding back of tno allied left, which rests on tho coast west of Ostond. Rams Make Country Sea of Mud lorrentlnl rains have boon falling recently near tho sccno of tho const I of lighting, rnuklng tho lint country I a sea of mud, ami this with tho net I work of canals, makes tho movement of Gorman guns extremely difficult. The Germans, howovor, nro still bringing up reinforcements, u mes-buKn mes-buKn from Amstordnm saying thnt troops of nil arms are steadily mov-'In,'; mov-'In,'; wcstwnrd between Vottoren mid IV monde, toward tho French fron tier It was added that tho men 10 of all agos and were accompanied accompan-ied by heavy guns, supposedly for, Ontend. London Press Halls German Failure Tho London press Is unanimously hnlllng tho German attempt to sweep through Belgium to tho north Franco coast towns as a failure. It may bo tro that tho progress from Ostend has been slower than the usual impetuous im-petuous Gorman rush, but' It scorns premature to say that thoy havo failed fail-ed until something moro decisive occurs oc-curs between Roulers and tho coast or ono sldo or tho other strikes a slurp blow to tho south. Nows from tho cast shows no not ,ilil" clinngo. Tho Russians content that tho Germans nro still ho'.d on 1 ,. Vistula and Snn rivers. French Completely Destroy Battery On tho Battle Front, via Purls, Oct. 20 On tho eastern wing nlong tho Mouse heavy lighting Is Incessant Inces-sant ami In this thu French artillery artil-lery Is playing a moBt Important part. Tho concentrated . tiro of soveral Trench batteries at St. Mlhlol Monday Mon-day destroyed a complete battery of heavy Gorman artillery which had bceu causing:' great annoyance. It was duo to tho clover work of a Fronchl artilleryman that this was accomplished. Carrying a portable tolophono ho hid himself for two Jays noar tho Gorman position and Informed Inform-ed his comrudcH In his rear of. tho positions of tho German guns and tho direction in which they should lire. This information rondorcd tho Ger man position untcnnblo and whan his work was dona tho bravo gimiinr returned re-turned sufoly to tho 1' reach lln.m. Scenes Behind Line of Battle Tho scenes behind tho battlo llncti denotes thu characteristic of '.ho iu-rlous iu-rlous nations eugnged, The French soldiers nro very gay, singing when thoy return from tho trenches ntid always seeking to Icnni nil tho news from any now jirlwil (Continued from pngo four) THE ALLIES STILL CONTINUE THEIR ASSAULT UPON LILLE (CoaUnued from rage one) from the rear. - , The Belgians are spmewhat the same In character, but the recent damage to so many cities of Belgium has .rendered them rather gloomy, though they are' stilt full of fight and sure of eventual victory. The British appear to be ready to' seize the slightest opportunity to play some game when off actual duty du-ty ""They aro always clcaiily shuv-en shuv-en and love to plunge Into a creek or river. Behind their trenches uVe, many kneading trough's cnpt'.ired from tho Gorman commlssarla and now turned Into tubs. Indian Troops Msjntaln 8len;e i Tho Indian troops maintain n calm silence except when in. action. Then they utter wild cries In their Eastern Eas-tern languages as they enter the fight. The Moroccan auxiliaries, knuwn as "Goumlers," maintain all their African Afri-can Iiablts. They( pjiparentiy, nre always ready to rest anywhere 'that they may find themselves, 'but sleep with the bridle over their arm au'l spring into action at tho slightest movement or noise. Tide of Battle Not For Germans London, Oct. 20. Nothing has been received up to tho present from tho German intelligence department to counteract the British Impression conveyed in tho news, both olilclnl and unodlclal published here that the tide of battlo both In tho eastern aud the western theaters Is not for the moment flowing In favor of. Germany. Tho pictures, however, continue ro blurred that It is impossible 'except for tho commanders on the Buot, i.c-curately i.c-curately to guage the effect of tho momentary changes on. 'tho ultimate result, so It may woll be that the German "great general stafl" when it considers the tlme right, will present pre-sent a scene of an entirely different aspect. " j The Belgian minister nt Loudon has' no confirmation of the story (hut tho nllles have re-occunled Ostond.i but in -any case the German .hojd on that seaport must bo somewhat pre carious if the allies still retail, Jthe positions assigned to them In the latest la-test French ofllcial statement. Shou'd tho allies push their wedge beyond Itoulers, where its point rested rest-ed yobterday, Ostend would be Jn con-sldorablo con-sldorablo dnnger of being cut off from tho rest of tho German army. Tho Germans nro making great efforts ef-forts to break through their oppon cntn' lines In the neighborhood of Arras, where, as General Joffro's stutcnient pointy out, tho flghtlnj has proceeded for ten duys without a ro-spite. Conflict Along the Vistula News of tlio conflict of millions of men along tho Vistula river in Hus-, slan Poland, Is mostly of a negattvo character. Each of tho vast armies claims that its opponent Is on tho de-fensyo de-fensyo and nolther protends, to havo secured anything like a permnnent advantage.. The Austrlans, for tho moment, "nro claiming far moro success suc-cess against tho Russians than are the Germans, but. oVen admitting tho oorrcStnesiTof tholr claims, their forces, for-ces, whitlVare alleged to 'be driving the Muscovites out 'of the Carpathian Carpath-ian mountains, still' aro nt ieast 170 miles south of both Przcmysl and Lomberg. Furthdr'-to tho southward 'the Servians Ser-vians aro utilizing all theliaKvallablo strength Iri'-a Beno'rai"a8ra6lt on' Sar- oyevo. They especially are desirous of being In possession' of the Bosnian Bosni-an capital before tho court has given giv-en its decision in tho trial of Gal rio Prliizlp, whoso assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Ana- 4 trlan- heir aparent, wns the dl cct fe excuse for the war of the nations Canada Will Send More Troops That slgniflcuuco nttnehes to the announcement that Canada will Keen sending batches of volunteer u-m forcements, each numbering lo.or 1 men, so long as tho war lasts, is Nl ly appreciated In comments hc-arl both In London nnd on the contln it |