"Paris, Oct. 18.
fresh troops into the Western Front..roads ten to twelve miles to the rear Trains rumbled up to terminals behind it line electric lights twinkled d as officers and men fumbled for positions in man mans reached the line of real resistance near Apach village, 24 miles beyond Sierck, they were everywhere checked, French circles claim.
German losses are believed to have been c ble for the shallow gains. It is significant, French quarters point out. that the Germans were checked wherever they met with resistance. No tanks or aeroplanes were used. tinuous fire.—Reuter.
Monday's Push Described Paris, Lavnched with heavy a and massed lines of soldiers, the first real German offensive of the war progressed a short distance and then was checked and thrown back by a wall of shell fire, reports from the front stated last night. Two large-scale attacks made up the German offensive, which was launched at dawn on Monday. The first attack under way along a six-kilometre it immediately east of the River Moselle. The second and greater attack was made along a 30-kilometre front east of the Saar. In both
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