GERMANS FALL BACK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11207, 13 October 1914, Page 1

GERMANS FALL BACK.

FOUR BATTLES IN FRANCE. All WON BY THE ALLIES. GAPS I GERMAN LINE RIGHT WING MUST SOON CROSS BORDER. ENEMY OUT-MANOEUVRED AND OUT-FOUGHT. VICTORS ADVANCING WITH FLAGS WAVING. THIB MORNING'S CABLEGRAMS CONTAIN FURTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SIEGE OF ANTWERP, GIVING DETAILS OF THE WORK OF THE BRITISH NAVAL BRIGADES. OTHER MESSAGES THROW LIGHf ON THE POSITION ON THE ALLIES' LEFT, PARTICULARLY ON THE FIGHTING AT ROYE AND LASSIGNEY. THE CROSSING OF THE SOMME IS

IN CLOSING A DESCRIPTION OF fHE FIGHTING IN FRANCE, A LONDON MESSAGE SAYS:—-"THESE FIGHTS MADE A GA§ IN THE GERMAN LINE, WHICH EXTENDED TO WITHIN TEN MILES OF ST OMER, THE CLEARED STRETCH OF COUNTRY REACHING TO ST MEUEN, OVER THE BELGIAN FRONTIER, NECESSITATING PREPARATIONS FOR A RETREAT ALONG THE VALLEYS OP. THE SCHELDT AND THE LYS."