MOST IMPORTANT GROUND GAINED
ENEMY'S RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS THREATENED.
FURTHER WITHORAWAU IMMINENT:"
(Beater's Telegram* )
(Rec. Oct. 17, 11.40 a.m.) _- LONDON,' Oct. 16. The British have'captured (Meriin. The Allies advanced! a mjJe on the whole front, capturing most important ground. ' . " The' Germans' south-west of Lille are retiring upon the Fautebulo Canal'' We have reached the proximity of the enemy's chief literal railway at' Thorout J viaThielt to Ghent. „ Consequently the Germans ..have, .been thrown 'pack' upon .the' railway 'from TSr,tend) to Bruges, Ghent, and Brussels fpr lateral communications, which is 1 awkward, owiqg to the noarnose of the Dutch frontier. I The enemy's Lys line, north-east of Lille, is becoming very critical," and an early withdrawal therefrom' ""is anticipated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 5
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