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Show PARIS GIVES OUT ROSY VIEW OF WAR Pari6, Oct. 21 The following official offi-cial statement was issued tonight: "On our left wing, from the North sea to La Bassee. a violent battle was delivered today along the fronts from Nleuport to Dixmude, from Ypres to Menln and from Warneton to La Bassee. Bas-see. According to the latest new-; the allied forces were holding their (Warneton, which lias not been mentioned in previous reports, is a frontier town of Belgium, eight milea southeast of Ypres. on the River Lys. La Bassee is in France.) "There is nothing to announce from the center of the right wing ' In Russia the German army which was moving against Warsaw was forced forc-ed yesterday into a precipitate retreat. re-treat. Tho enemy Is abandoning the positions which he had organized defensively de-fensively The Russians are in pursuit pur-suit and are taking many prisoners. ' oo |