GERMAN GRIP ON BELGIUM COAST MENACED.
STRIKING ADVANCE BY BELGIANS AND BRITISH. FORCES NOW WITHIN THREE MILES OF COURTRAI. , ENEMY RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS SEVERED. Australian and N.Z. fteceivad 11.10 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 1. The British and Belgians continue to make progress. In the centre they have crossed the Roulers-Menin and the Roulers-Zarren railways.. The British are three miles from Courtrai. A further advance has been made towards Thorout, 10£ miles south-west of Bruges, where the progress threatens the enemy's hold on the seaboard. Mr. Percival Phillips writes : The Australians resumed the attack this morning between Bonne and Joncourt, captured Estrees, and are threatening Gouy. The New Zealanders entered Orevecour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16971, 3 October 1918, Page 5
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