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Show GERMAN ADVANCE HAS BEENDALTED Enemy Short of Ammunition and Stores Preparing to Strike Heavy Blow. MOVING B I G GUNS Large Bodies of Troops Being Pushed Forward Dunkirk Faces German Attack. London, Oct 19, 3 15 a. m "The advance of the German force threatening threat-ening the northern French sea coast has been halted for the moment," says the correspondent of tho Chronicle Chron-icle In northern France. The Germans Ger-mans have suffered heavily in the recent re-cent fighting and are now short of munitions and stores However, they are preparing to strike a heavj blow-It blow-It is probable that they will attempt to penetrate the defenses of Dunkirk with the object of overrunning the French coast as far as Calais and Boulogne. The heavy siege guns from Antwerp are being moved toward the present German line, while large bodies of German troops are being pushed forward. A large force of Germans is centered at Thourout, twelve miles southwest of Bruges, Belgium. "Dunkirk is calm, although the city realizes it is menaced. Along the front of both armies the duty in the trenches is made more unpleasant b heavv rains and the ground between the armies is. In many cases, a bog The weather Is turning colder and the mists and fogs make the low lying country unhealthy. |