BELGIAN ARMY'S DEVOTION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 35, 5 November 1917, Page 6

BELGIAN ARMY'S DEVOTION

LINE IT HAS THOU) FOR THREE YEARS.

I'Vom an authoritative Belgian military "source Renter recently received information regarding the present condition and operations of the Belgian Army. "To-day our army," saiTT the informant, "is nruch stronger and better equipped than nt Ihe beginning of the wnr. Though no soldier has been 'withdrawn from tho army 7,one. the Belgian front lias been somewhat reduced lately, n step made necessary by changes in dispositions in connection with the Allied offensive. It used io go from Nienport as far ns Boosingbe, 20 miles farther south, an important sector. considering th"ir small strength and lack of reserves. This is ihe line which.

they never ceased tn hold, from lite end of October, IflH, till the recent changes occurred. "Our soldiers were able to eo-onerate with success in the second Ilattle of Tnres, where their counter-attacks nn the extreme left hplned io eomlnt the effect of l 1'" first Cfprman attack. "This sector of the Flanders front is one of the most: lively, and our trnops kive had since to rnnulse several enemy attacks, Such local incidents nre gener-

ally overlooked !> v the great iiublie. ami nM" nnlv briefly alluded lo in t''e official communiques. hut thev irnnly fresh sac-

rifipM. and them is not, a dnv when Ihe Hnlofian Armr lias not bravely rwid .its tribute In Hie war nirl taken ils share in the common sacrifice."