rt German repulse at one Antwerp fort
and at Termonde.
Oct. 3--Battle at Roye; Germans claim victory near Toul; Belgians near
Antwerp fall back.
Oct. 4--Berlin reports capture of Forts Wavre, St. Catherine, and
Dorpweld, and of Termonde; Allies defeat flanking movement and
battleground shifts to vicinity of Arras; Allies claim success in Woevre
and Soissons regions; British forces aid in defense of Antwerp; Fort
Walheim damaged; Germans take two villages on Dutch border near
Maastricht.
Oct. 5--Germans gain on right wing, take three Antwerp forts, and resume
offensive in Argonne district and along the Meuse.
Oct. 6--Antwerp warned that bombardment is near; desperate fighting on
the Oise; Allies gain at Soissons; German column near Lille; French hold
strong positions in Alsace.
Oct. 7--Germans report bombardment of Lanaeken when civilians attack
them; Germans closing in on Antwerp and have crossed the Nethe; fighting
near Ghent; Allies drive German cavalry back from Lille and gain at
Roye; skirmish at Ypres; Allies reinforced; Germans are still shelling
Rheims.
Oct. 8--Antwerp bombarded by German siege guns and Zeppelins; Germans
cross the Scheldt; Allies gain near Arras, which is being shelled by
Germans; Germans cut railway lines near Ypres; cavalry fights on the
Belgian frontier.
Oct. 9--Germans claim progress near St. Mihiel and in the Argonne
district; Germans report fall of Fort Breendonk; Antwerp aflame;
fighting around Roye; cavalry battles near Lille; Germans occupy
Courtrai and destroy bridges between Brussels and Mons.
Oct. 10--Antwerp surrenders, Belgian Army escapes; widespread ruin in
city; some British troops driven into Holland; fighting at Arras
continues; Germans bombard Lokeron; Germans report gains at St. Mihiel
and in the Argonne region.
Oct. 11--Germans occupy Antwerp; main British and Belgian defending
armies reach Ostend; fighting near Soissons; German attacks in Caronne
region repulsed; Allies win in centre; Arras free from Germans; British
official report tells how the Germans were routed near Bray.
Oct. 12--Germans enter Ghent; Allies fight to check German
reinforcements; fighting at Lasigny and Lens; Germans mass around Ypres;
cavalry fighting near Lille.
Oct. 13--Germans press on toward Ostend; severe fighting in Argonne
district; Germans take Lille and occupy Hazebrouck and Ypres; Germans
occupy Ghent and move on Bruges.
Oct. 14--Belgian Army leaves Ostend and jo
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