WESTERN ALLIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1918, Page 3

WESTERN ALLIES.

- - - —-»•** GERMANS GETTING OUT.

OF BELGIUM PORTS.

I JAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CADLE ASSOCIATIO> (Rocoived This Day at 10. do. a.m.) AMSTERDAM, October jo. Reports from Antwerp indicate tii Germans arc about to send Gorinai ships at Antwerp to Holland, for in ternment in Holland. There are othei signs of the evacuation of Ostend region A SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCE. fAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ABSOCJATI )P & REUTER, j (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) * LONDON, Oct. 16. The British have captured Alenin. The Allies advanced a mile on the whole Flanders front, capturing most important ground. Germans south-west of Lille are retiring upon Haute-Deule canal. We have reached the proximity of the enemy’s chief lateral railway from Thonrout via Thielt to Ghent. Consequently the Germans are thrown hack "upon the railway from Ostend-Bruges-Ghent Brussels, for lateral communications which are awkward, owing to the nearness of the Dutch frontier. The enemy’s Lys lino, north-east of Lille is j becoming very eirtieal anu an early j withdrawal therefrom is anticipated, j CONTINUED PROGRESS. j (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) j . LONDON, Oct. 16. j A British headquarters correspondent' writing on Tuesday evening, says since j ! Sunday morning eight German divi-! sions have been flung back broken, whilst probably all or most of the re- j serve divisions behind them had a i heavy gruelling. This has not been a. j battle of limited objectives, rather it j has been a drive. French light tanks j have done extraordinary service. The' Germans anticipated the employment of j tanks, cavalry and armoured cars in j the event of the Allies breaking through J for all the roadsido trees were felled j a'nd laid athwart the paths, and every I canal crossing was destroyed. j

A BITTER STRUGGLE. (Received This l)av at noon.) NEW YORK, Oct. IG. Mr. Edward James writes that the advance north of Verdun was made against the greatest concentration of

machine-guns that the Germans have vet utilised on the American front. The slippery sides of Hill 299, and the rest of Banthovillo on the Meuse, were scaled by Genonll Pershing’s men and held against the most bitter counterattacks. The battle for positions at Bois Echantillion lasted all day with heavy German losses. American observers flew at a- height of 300 yards over the enemy lines.

COURTRAICAPTURED

(United Service Telegrams.)

(Received this day ar, 1,30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 16. Courtrai has been captured .

THE ALLIED ADVANCE. LONDON, Oct. 16. Reuter’s correspondent at British headquarters adds that the Allies have advanced amazingly well, though the fighting was obstinate in places. The number of prisoners is expected to largely exceed eleven thousand, which was the total yesterday morniug and guns oue hundred.

ROLLERS UNDAMAGED. LONDON, Oct. 16. Routers was found undamaged. Twelve hundred inhabitants were liberated. AT ZEEBRUCGE. [CONDON TTMKS SERVICE—COPYRIGHT] I Received this dnv at ! MO p.rn.) LONDON, uetr 16. Silence reigns at Zeebruggo whence the" largest destroyers on a recent stormy night sailed for Germany.