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ON THE LEFT WING FIGHTING IS MORE VIOLENT COMPARATIVE CALM IN THE CENTRE OPERATIONS IN EAST PRUSSIA
Officially it is announced from Paris that the characteristics of the situation in the western war area are unchanged. On the Allies* left wing, northward of the Biver Oise, the action has become increasingly violent, in the centre there is a comparative calm, and on the northern heights of the River Meuse some ground has been gained by the French and British. A German attack in strength near Lassigny failed; between the Somme and the Oise there have been alternate advances and retirements. Meanwhile the fighting front on the Allies' left wing is extending 1. It appears to be taken for granted in Russia, despite the German claim, that the battle of Suwalki was a decided victory for the Russian forces. It is described as being destined to live in history as one of the fiercest of the war, and also one of the most important in view of the ntimbers engaged and the results achieved. "The moral effects of the Russian victory are 'incalculable.'* Near Suwalki further fierce fighting is in progress. German reinforcements are being hurried to the scene. German attacks on the outskirts of Antwerp have been successfully repelled by the Belgians. From Ostend comes news that the Germans are clearing the fields in the neighbourhood of Brussels and sending the food crops to Germany by special train's. Our Japanese allies have not been confining their endeavours to the capture of Kiao-chau. They recently appeared at Jaluit, the capital of the Marshall Group, captured the fortifications, and released the British ships detained in port. Canada is showing her patriotism in very handsome fashion, as may be gathered from the fact that she has decided to send a second expeditionary force to the front. The Federal Labour Ministry also proposes to ask Parliament to vote £100,000 as a present to the Belgian Government for the relief of distress. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 86, 8 October 1914, Page 7
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