THE WEST FRONT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 21 October 1918, Page 7

THE WEST FRONT.

ALLIES r BEACH DUTCH FRONTIER

y SIXTY THOUSAND GERMANS CUT OFF.

MUST SURRENDER OR WALK INTO HOLLAND.

GUARDS QUIT DUTCH FRONTIER.

FIFTEEN THOUSAND HUNS INTERNED IN HOLLAND.

8Y CABLE— PEESS ASBQCIA.TIOI*-COPrEIGHT

(Received Oct. 21, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20 (6.30 a.m.) The Allied line Eas reached the Dutch frontier eight miles east of Bruges. The Belgians entered Zeebrugge on Saturday, the Germans having evacuated the town when ThieUt was taken, blowing up tie batteries, including the great battery of Knocke, which had been used for shelling Ostend. The Germans destroyed all the floating docks at Bruges.

The Allied entry into Eecloo cute off sixty thousand German troops, who must either be made prisoners or walk into Holland, where they will be interned.

British troops in co-operation with Belgian cavalry followed up the enemy after the evacuation of Zeebrugge. The main ybody of Germans are many miles to the eastward, but we are regaining contact. |

England and France are sending vast SBTSdpSSg1 * !or th<! p4le °f -*% lies, re within twelv© miles o* Wient and five of Valenciennes " trerman newspapers put the best possible interpretation on the situatiosin Belgium. They point out that the retreat was carried out without hindrance W r!x, enein y.' the obiect being the tt 'SIT B^imum number of men. Nevertheless several journals admit n^SnfuT *** COBSt 1S oft the Germans has been compelled to slacken owing to bad but the Allies are advancing carefully m readiness for attack in the event nf %£"**%&■ £ nnyry' s of ?-Vt! ffSLi t c Belgians have now outflanked Tournai from the north Enemy movements.are sported eastward of Valenciennes. The German sentries on the Dutch | frontier hap departed. Peasants on both sides cheered the departure of the fe^ST '2ft *&***<& *he electriq fence, together with th 6 German flags j Sf BeSiaT^ iinmedia^ listed The Germans admit that thes French north-east of Vouziers have established positions on the east bank of the Aisne, where General Gour&nd'sasrmy has advanced two;or three miles . Correspondents on the French front consider it probable that the enemy owing to the severe blows of the past two. days, coupled with the dangerous position; m Flanders, will now be compelled to precipitate a general retreat •vie enemy'i resistance on the Serre and Oise lines involved the heaviest losses and his troops fought to tike limits of endurance, but were utterly hopeless. ,1116 battle is making extensive changes hi the war map. In the next'few days heavy lighting is certain nontih of Verdun, and between the Sambre and Meuse.

An Exchange Telegraph's Antwerp message tamed, 4.15 last evening, says that 15,000. Germans crossed ttte frontier, and were interned.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association,