BRITISH OFFENSIVE TOWARDS COURTRAI

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 5

BRITISH OFFENSIVE TOWARDS COURTRAI

OVER 8000 PRISONERS.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) and Renter.)

LONDON, Oct. 15. ,Sir Douglas Haig* reports at 10.45 a.m.:—The British attacked towards Qourtrai this morning and captured important viiilages. The total number of prisoners exceeds 8000, and six complete batteries with their teams were captured. The Belgians and the French\- also' captured many important villages. Allied airmen : bombed hostile concentrations and trains, and machine-gun-nedl intf antry.

British. monitors assisted. Numerous fires are reported behind tlie German lines 1 . .. .

HAUTE DETJLE CANAL CROSSED.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, and Reuter.)

LONDON, Oct. 15. Sir Dlouglas Haig reports :-—W>e crossed the Haute Deule canal on both sides of Pontaveiidin, and captured Esteyelles, Meurchiri, arid • Bauvini. "•' Further north we ■ made progress in the neighbourhood of

allies two: MILES FROM

COURTRAI.

{Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

, .LONDON,. Oct. IS (noon). Tlie Allies are '. tyro, miles, from CJourtrai. The Allied artiliery is raking the communications; between, Lille, (Cburtrai, and Thorout. Tlvis means that we dominate the link of the connection between Germans in the Lille and Ostend■'■s' jrs. I C'.RMANS ADMIT. FLANDERS

rAufltraUan and N:Z. Cable Association and Renter.)

(Admiralty per Wireless Press.)

LONDON, Oct. 15. A German official report says :—The enemy in Flanders renewed' "the attacks on a wide front ' and captured Roulers, Handzaeme, and Cortemarck.

! FLANDERS MUD LEFT BEHIND.

(Published in The Times.)

LONDON, Oct. 15

Mr Perry Robinson writes :—The British and Belgian advance everywhere swept over the objectives. The advance takes us beyond the quagmire region, and ,we are now' oii fairly firm gouig'. Many prisoners declare that armistice talk induced them to surrenderOne officer explained his spick and span attire by saying, "-I have my peace clothes on."