IMPORTANT BRITISH CAPTURES.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14894, 17 October 1918, Page 5

IMPORTANT BRITISH CAPTURES.

OVER 8000 PRISONERS.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

and Renter.)

(Received Oct. 16, 7.40 p.m.) London, Oct. 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports at 10.45 a.m.:—

The British attacked towards Courtrai this morning and captured important villages. The total number of prisoners exceeds 8000, and six complete batteries with their teams were captured.

The Belgians and the French also taptured many important villages..

Allied airmen bombed hostile concentrations and trains, and machine-gun-Bed infantry.

British monitors assisted. Numerous fires are reported behind the German lines.