WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 November 1918, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT IN FLANDERS.

Received 9.15 a.m

LONDON, October 4. The Daily Telegraph’s Rotterdam correspondent states the Germans in North Flanders are in full retreat towards Antwerp, apparently retiring to the Meuse. GERMANS’ MAIN LINE OF RETREAT CRUMBLING. Received noon. PARIS, October 4. French headquarters reports on Sunday evening: The French and American armies functioned near Autho, five miles north-east Bazahcy. The' enemy ’s position oh the Meuse, which is the main line of retreat for his armies between the Meuse and the Oise, is beginning to crumble. BRITISH OPEN OFFENSIVE SOUTH OF THE SCHELDT. Received Noon. NEW YORK, Nov 4. v The British have opened an offensive on a wide front south of the Scheldt. AMERICANS NEARING SEDAN. ■ Received Noon. ! WASHINGTON, Nov 4. The American troops are with; thirteen miles of Sedan. -