al Summary, Dated Oct. 27.]

The Official Bureau makes public today the story of an eye-witness,
supplementing the account issued on Oct. 24, and bringing the story of
the general course of operations in France up to Oct. 20. The arrival of
reinforcements, it says, enabled the British troops to assist in the
extension of the Allies' line where the Germans advanced from the
northeast and east, holding a front extending from Mont Descats, about
ten miles northeast of Hazebrouck, through Meteren, five miles south of
that point, and thence to Estaires, thirteen miles west of Lille, on the
River Lys. The statement continues:

"South of the Lys the German line extended to three miles east of
Bethune to Vermelles. The Allies encountered resistance all along the
line on the 12th and 13th, when the enemy's right fell back hastily.
Bailleul, seventeen miles northwest by west of Lille, which had been
occupied by the foe for eight days, was abandoned without a shot being
fired.

[Illustration: GEN. VON BUeLOW
Commanding One of the German Armies in the West
(_Copyright, Photographische Gesellschaft, by permission of the Berlin
Photographic Co., N.Y._)]

[Illustration: CROWN PRINCE RUPPRECHT OF BAVARIA
(_Copyright, Photographische Gesellschaft, by permission of the Berlin
Photographic Co., N.Y._)]

"On the 14th our left wing advanced, driving the enemy back, and on the
night of the 15th we were in possession of all the country on the left
bank of the Lys to a point five miles below Armentieres. The enemy
retired from that town on the 16th, and the river line, to within a
short distance of Frelinghien, fell into our hands.

"The state of the crossings over the Lys indicated that no organized
scheme of defense had been executed, some of the bridges being in a
state of repair, others merely barricaded, while one was not even
defended or broken.

"The resistance offered to our advance on the 15th was of a most
determined character. The fighting consisted of fiercely contested
encounters, infantry attacks on the villages being unavailing until our
howitzers reduced the houses to ruins. Other villages were taken and
retaken three times before they were finally secured.

"The French cavalry here gave welcome support, and on the evening of the
16th the resistance was overcome, the enemy retiring five miles to the
eastward."

Describing an incident of the fighting on this night, the narrative says
that the important crossing of