The Archive · 1914

THE RUSSIANS " BLOWLY FOLLOWING

Berlin, Nov. 1.

The Foreign Office announces that the headquarters reported on October 31

Our army in Belgium yesterday occupied Ramskappel and Bint-shote. Our attacks on Ypres are steadily progressing. Sandvorde, Holebeke and the Castle of Walbeke have been stormed.

We have attacked the enemy cast of Soissons. He has been driven in the course of the day from several strongly fortified positions north of Vailly. During the afternoon Vailly has been stormed and the enemy repulsed with heavy losses over the Aisne. One thousand prisoners were taken and two machine guns.

The repeated attacks of the enemy in the Argonne forest, west of Verdun and north of Tou!, have broken down. The French have suffered heavy losses.

No decision has yet been reached in the north-eastern theatre of war.

The Russians are slowly fol'owing our new disposed forces west of Warsaw.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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