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Show W NEWS SUMMARY The Germans not only are' attempt lng an advance along the const of tho North sea to tho French ports, but havo attacked the allies nl many points on tho battle front from tho extreme north to the heights of tho Mcubu. In the north the Belgian nrm ' has hold Its ground with tenacity, wlillo at La Basseo around Arras, between Peronnc and Albert, to the east of tho Argouuo ami along the Mouse, the German offensive- has been repulsed., This Is the substance of the French oiriclal report nnd In a measure It 1b In agreement with tho urlln official rcpoit, which, whllo not attemptlui; any detailed description of tho battlu declares that the German forces havo met with strong opposition at tho river riv-er her, where tliu llulillug has con tinned since Sundu), but that other wise tho situation rather finors Ger ' muu arms, particularly In tho vlclu-: lty of Lll'u nt which point the French j have been, attackbig oCvS"'''''! with desJ1Jr4loifvuuJjJi &'tM pulsed wltii heavy losses. " ' j Thirty thousand Germans aro re-T ported to have occupied the const between Ostein) and Nleuport and to! havo dug trenches along tho dykes from Mlddelklrko to Westende, but later advices declare they have been repulsed near the latter town nnd that their guns aro now near Ostend, which they still occupy. Tho Russian commander In chief i announces tersely that there Is mil chango In the situation although the Russians are lu contact with tho enemy at various points In Gallcla and East Prussia. With this tho Berlin Ber-lin olllcinl statement agrees. A Rotterdam dispatch says tho German marines aro leaving Antwerp Ant-werp to Join the fleet nnd that tho ships at Kiel have been extensively provisioned, pertendlng possible activity ac-tivity on tho part ot tho Gorman nav . Vienna oifichU reports Austrian successes In Gallcla, oust of -Chyrow and Pneinysl. and adds that the Aus tio-Ucrniau armies havo repulsed a great cava'ry attack In Poland. Japan announces the occupation for military purposes of Important Islands Isl-ands in tho Marianne, Marshall, East Caroline and West Carollno archipelagos. archipel-agos. All tho Marianne group have been occupied with tho, exception of Guam, which was acquired by tho United States in 1898 j accordoncu wltli tho tonus of tho treaty terminating termin-ating tho Spanish American war. Peking dispatches report ou tho au thority of refugees from Tslng Tuu that the Japanese have lost several thousand men In their campaign against tho Gormun concessions in China. II in estimated that there n'-o hoi less than 2,000,000 Belgians outside tho borders of their own country ami thero aro at least fiUO.OOO wounded In Franco. According to a Rotterdam dispatch three Zeppelin dlrlglblo sheds nro being erected nt Brussels and four nt Antwerp. If this bo true, it may bo ii preliminary to tho threatened raid on England across tho channel. |