GERMANS ORDERED TO TAKE CALAIS AT ALL COSTS.
FORT WANTED AS BASE FOR SUBMARINES.
FRANTIC ATTEMPT TO PIERCE THE ALLIES' LINES.
Paris, October 25.
The Paris newspapers agree that the Germans are making a frantic attempt to pierce the allies' lines. The Gaulois states that the Kaiser ordered the army to reach Calais at any cost. He wants the port as a base against England.
Other papers point out that the town of Melezicourt. taken on tho French right wing, is itself unimportant, but the importance of its capture, lies in the fact that it dominates one of the few roads across the wooded Argonne, and prevents the junction of the army of the Grown Prince with that of General von Beringen.
Military authorities think that the enemy cannot gain possession of Dunkirk, but may make a supreme effort to reach Calais, which they desire as a base for submarine action.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15750, 27 October 1914, Page 7
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