Freeing Belgium.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 October 1918, Page 3

Freeing Belgium.

RESISTLESS ADVANCE OF AiLl®E9

INBESGRiI B ABLE ENTHUSIASM,

Received, this Say, 9.45 a.m. London, October 18, 1.20 a.m.

A Belgian communique says: The attacks earned out by tlhle Fran-co-Belgians-since October 19 completely succeeded oil the whole front in Mandons. The beaten enemy continues to retreat, closely followed bw tflno Allied troops. On the left the Belgians crossed the Yser an pursuit of the enemy andl our infantry , entered Ostend in the afternoon; Further east we reached the line ©udenburg—Zedelghem—Ruddervoorde. Belgian cavalry hustling the enemy rearguards reached the outskirts of Bruges. In the centre the French advanced considerably "beyond Zweveaeele audi Pitthem. They carried Wyngene and reached tltoe outskirts of TMelt.

A French communique says: The French,- co-operating with the AngloBelgians, captured Pitthem, Gulebeke and "Wynghene diespite vigorous resistance. Received i' 1.35 a.m. this-day. " London, October 19. Southwards the Belgians have (reached the junction of the Handel: canal and the Lys and skirt t'h'e river to HarInd«pcribable enthusiasm prevails among the civilians in the recaptured territory. ' , ' Sir Douglas /Haig reports: The German retrfeat begun on "Wednesday under pressure of the Armies commanded by the King of the Belgians and continued on the wfhole front between tho North Sea and the I>ys. By evening the advance had reached a depth"'of 20 kilometres on a front of over iifty kilometres.