GERMAN ATTACKS SHATTERED.
ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE MEUSE
FRUSTRATED
FRENCH PROGRESS ELSEWHERE
(Received Oct. 4, 2.30 p.m.)
Paris, Oct. 3
An official statement issued on Friday af. midnight states that a violent battle continues on the left, especially between Roye and Lassigny, where the Germans have concentrated largely. They delivered violent attacks which were shattered.
The enemy attempted to bridge the Meuse near St. Mihiel, but the French artillery destroyed the bridge.
It is reported that in the vicinity of St. Mihiel there are no Germans any longer on the left bank of the Meuse. A French detachment debouching from Arras has fallen back slightly. -
The French are progressing before Albert, and progress continues in the Woevre. Elsewhere everything is quiet.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13591, 5 October 1914, Page 5
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121GERMAN ATTACKS SHATTERED. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13591, 5 October 1914, Page 5
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