Antwerp Threatened Fall as German Siege Tightens
German forces press Antwerp with forts pounded and refugees flooding northward. Antwerp's government officials flee to Flushing while King Albert stays to defend a small garrison. British and Belgian troops hold the Nethe river line as bombardment looms, and the Niemen offensive ends with heavy losses.
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Antwerp
Cardinal Mercier
Oye
Flushing
Holland
Ostend
Albert
Berlin
Brochem
Kessel
French War Department Reports Local Front Gains
Paris dispatches note two official statements from the French war department. The first claims retaken ground between Chaulnes and Roye with calm on most fronts and progress on the center, while the wings see repulsed German attacks and a held cavalry. The afternoon statement depicts violent fighting on the left wing near Lenz and La Bassee, with no report from the Somme to the Meuse and failed German efforts in the Woëvre district and in Russia near Lyck.
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Chaulnes
Paris
Belgium
Lille
Lens
Roye
Arras
Armentieres
France
Soissons
Laon
Rheims
Berry Au Bac
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Antwerp
French War Department
Lenz
la Bassee
Somme
Meuse
Woevre
Russia
Augustowo
Wirballen
Lyck
German Army Reports Front Conditions Near Arras and Suwalki
Berlin dispatch summarizes Oct 6 German army statements. French outflanking fights press the Arras area while counters near Arras Albert Roye undecided. Russian advances near Suwalki checked, German gains displacing a Russian brigade at Opataw Ostrowiec with 3000 prisoners. Radom clash repulsed Russian forces near Ivangorod.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Arras
Lille
Lens
Albert
Roye
Oise
Meuse
Verdun
Alsace-Lorraine
Antwerp
East Prussia
Suwalki
Russian Poland
Garde Fusiliers
Opataw
Ostrowiec
Radom
Ivangorod
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