IN FRANCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 15 October 1914, Page 8

IN FRANCE.

UERMAN AND FRENCH ACCOUNTS

OBSTINACY OF FRENCH RESISTANCE ADMITTED.

(Received Oct. 15, 12.30 p.m.)

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 14.

A communique received in Berlin from■ :hea,dquarter« in France states that the enemy's violent attacks eastward of Soissons were repulsed. There was heavy fighting in the'Argonne, where the Germans are advancing in donse .underwood and very x difficult ground with siege guns for use against the French, who offer a most obstinate resistance, and are firing from trees where machine guns are mounted beside rifle pits, which the French have built at strong points to support them.

" The communique concludes: The French attacks at St. Mihiel were repulsed, and Etain is still in our possession.

PARIS, Oct. 14

The French on Tuesday resumed the

offensive at Hazebrouck and Bethune. The Germans seeking to cut off the

Allied forces from Belgium, having

failed to capture Lille by surprise at- * Hack, rushed, up 40,000 and crushed the resistance of the territorials.