GENERAL HAIG’S REPORTS
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< BRITISH ADVANCING. LONDON, October 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We crossed the Ilaute-Deule canal on both sides of Pont-a-Veiulin, and captured Estevelles, —eurchin, * ‘Rauvin. Further north we progressed in the neighbourhood of Haubourdin. ALLIED progress. ON BELGIAN FRONT. ■ AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABI.E ABSOL lAT]Ot> & REUTER.] (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 16. At 4 a.in., General Haig reports: The Allied forces under the King of the Belgians continued to attack. The Belgians have reached the approaches to Wynendaele Wood and Tliourout. The French have reached the outskiits of Liehterveldo. Further south, despite lively resistance, they pursued beyond Roulers to Liehterveldo railway. Southward of the canal the Belgians captured I.endelide. The Second British Army has reached Ledeghem, and captured Gulleghem and Louie, reached the outskirts of Courtrai, and occupied Alenin and Crouneq, where we gained a footing on the right bank of the Lvs.
Since the 14th, the Allies have prisonered twelve thousand, and captured over a hundred guns.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1918, Page 2
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