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Show FRENCH TROOPS PUSH10N0RTH Paris, Oct 5. German resumption of the offensive was slganalized in startling fashion today by the delivery ot two furious assaults. The flrBt was a series of massed counter attacks directed at the French and British line north of the Olse river designed to break the pressure which threatens the German lines of communication Into Belgium. The ac- tion In this vicinity was bo severe that the French were compelled to give I ground at several points This is not I significant, however, of a general retreat. re-treat. Rather it means that the French and British positions were assaulted and forced to withdraw to the mure heavily Intrenched and fortlfieJ ljne of the main body, where the big guns afford better protection. The battle in th6 region still rages furiously with no decisive result. Strength Developed. Second, the German left developed surprising strength in counter attacks delivered during the night and repeated repeat-ed at intervals during the day, but without gain to the enemy, the French line holding fast In the other sections of the battle front there were no developments of importance The return of the Germans to the attack, the first offensive activity shown by them since the decisive defeat' de-feat' administered by the French and British in the vicinity of Roye, probably prob-ably means that the invaders are making mak-ing a desperate effort to keep their offensive alive for the purpose of saving sav-ing the morale of the army, which has been forced to a low ebb bj the continued con-tinued reverses of the past tvso weeks. The continued resistance of Von Kluck's right flank also is necessary j to the German plan, as if the right j wing is forced to give way, tho French ' will swarm to the rear of the German center, and this army must be allowed to retire with the rest to save it. French Left Extended. General D'Amude, commanding the ; French extended left, has as yet failed fail-ed to overlap the right end of the German Ger-man line, although unofficial reports have it that an advanced body of the allied army has penetrated as far as j Douai. fifteen miles to the east and northeast of Arras and on the line through Valenciennes to Belgium, bv which Von Kluck has been receiving supplies Here heavy reinforcements have been rushed, according to the reports, re-ports, in order to smash thiB line and cut off the revictaulirig source so Important Im-portant to the continued resistance of I the Invaders. Despite the fact that the envelopment envelop-ment of the German right thus far ! has failed. General Joffre still art-1 heres to this campaign plan and fresh I rem.orcements with more heaw guns I are being hurled to the northward to I bring this movement to a quick and decisive result. Sticks to Plan. The general staff's persistent adherence ad-herence to this plan indicates that there Is no fear of the continuous stretching of the line, offering a vulnerable vul-nerable target for attack by the Invaders. In-vaders. Kven if Joffre is forced to cede ground in the south, this loss will be more than counter balanced by the distance gained in the north where the allies have made progress to within with-in two marches of the Belgian border. Experts even anticipate that even if this rate of progress is kept up, the French line may be extended so far in the direction of Antwerp that the army in Fiance yet may be able to serve as the relieving agent in raising the siege of the temporary Belgian capital. 1 This possibility Is as yet verv vague. 3. Sober analysis of the past two weeks forces ihe admission that the fond hope engendered in the glorious victory vic-tory of the Marne, that Von Kluck's right would ver soon be turned, is still far from realization and that the French, except for temporary gains which have little important bearing on the big situation, have not succeeded suc-ceeded in getting in the rear of the German line. It was frankly admitted today In official of-ficial circles that while two weeks ago the French occupied Lasslgny, just west of Xoyon. the Germans now hold it. Also last week Roye was occupied oc-cupied by the French, now a German possession. The fighting at St. Quen-tin. Quen-tin. to which point the French had forced their advance ten days ago. now Is being carried fully thirty miles to the westward. Counter-balancing this, however, these same authorities point out that the French line has been hurled further fur-ther and further to the north and that day by day. marked successes hava been gained in this direction. oo DIVORCE GRANTED. Brovo, Oct. 5 Lucy Mauwill or Spanish Fork was granted a divorce by default from Albert Manwlll on m tho ground of failure to provide The Manvvills were married at Logan, October Oc-tober 23, 188G. |