BRUGES WILL FALL
A MATTER OF DAYS. [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] PARIS. Oct. 17. The rapidity of the advance in Belgium is engrossing attention. It is ponted out that the loss of Courtrai means the severance of the knot of railways radiating from Ostend to Ghent and Lille. It is.,expected that Bruges will fall in a few days. The enemy cannot much longer remain there. It is officially announced that the Germans prior to the evacuation of Belgian villages were throwing grenades into cellars where inoffensive inhabitants were awaiting delivery.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 14016, 19 October 1918, Page 5
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