THE FIGHTING IN BELGIUM

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13847, 6 November 1918, Page 3

THE FIGHTING IN BELGIUM

DETAILS OF THE CONFLICT. 1

_ m «. •'■* i LONDON, November 5. | Sir I)ougiaa JJUiig reports: T!hc Fourth, Third, and First. British annies attacked between tba Saanbra cajwil ait Oisy and the Scheldt, north-' ward vl Yaleindennes, on the whole or' tihisi thirty mil a front. The Bri- • t-ish ;und New Zeaiandcirs broke"'in deeply iwtoi: the enetmy'si positions, j Oix the right of our attack "the first amd_ thirty-second divisionis a,t-' tacked in conjunction with the French southwards, and then these divisions, with great dash and yalla.ntry, storaned the formidablei line of the. Sombre oaniail snd overcame 'resistance, and reached a, depth of thate males eastward of the canal. I Tlia first division, under Gemeral Strickland, after oapturingj Caitillon,' forced, the passa-ges of the canal opposite Cii,it(illoxL, and near tihe lock two nxilea^ southwaird. At tihe latter' point, assisted by the engineers' anct Caraiea-opa, they ca-ossod the carnal in. six mantiltea. ''•'■■■ "■•*--^- i"^ ■' ■■;■5 ',■

■ Tllie.-first- division captured; Fomny,-J-la.utiieve ?( ;.La(ta*)|is<>< and! took prisoner 15Cfcj,,

'Vo, the left; tih« ithiirty-seciond digfrfaDj crowed the Ors canal, and aiitttt* seveiie tiglutiing; captured Ruedenliaiut, and cleared the line of the ckinjal' southward and' noirthAV&rd of tihis village. They ;eaptlii-ed Modieres, Lafolie, amd Saaxbd-etou. >:

i In; the cetsre> we: attacked tine western face of Fore Denomal with anfiaaitry and tanks, and drove the enemy from the, western outskirts. We captured Soyca-esi, Preuxaubcis, Hoog 1, Futoy, "• and Lauvigmiies'.

The twenty-fifth forced the crossings, of the Samibre canal opposite Laiiidliecd^si, - which, was captured.

Further nor% the eighteemjth and the fifteehSh divisions penetrated . tihe forest, arid a*e still advancing. The twenty-oighth division readied Les Gkan4 Espatures. v i

The seventeenth captured LooquigIjol in, the centre of the forest.

Thei"0 rwas severei figjhtingj at Le queenoy, .where the New Zeala/nders repulsed lasta-on'g oouiiteir' attack, iaiflictingi :• heavy.' losßes.-'•.'•■-We; passed south amd nort^jfjrf'thitei foi'tifiied; town, and are now several mile's eaist^yaird:of it.' , ' .'^" > ■ ";' We drore^e enoniy out of his new positions on Audelle rivei". The ; ICiuaird^'i ciapitm'ed Preux Au"sart. ■" s'-:: i ,"\_ '• ■;■ ; \ Tilue Vl tweinity-fouanth'' division capS.. tui^ed, ..Waa-gndeis ..Le Petltj, and .Warg_^d^_.^ie./l&rand/-,'•'.'■_'.._,..., '• ■ a i >"■ Tfe^" ©aTniadi'ains . progjre^ssltppi •• ■tile :i-i^ht-bainils.; rof the: w^heldt t aiad^ ipaesed 'bbyotid Es^Ereux and Oumaah^ii, ■- Our advance ■> comimues on' the whole bftttle fromb.' , . ' A message ! dated Nov. 5 states :■ Yesterday at noon, wei surroaiinded and captuired Itihe'.Vailed' town of Liquesiwy. tk^h^f ovei* lOOd' pirsoner's. The) tl;irt.y-siwen.tih and 1 sixtjv-seoci'nd diviisioins had ' haa'd fighting': soutihwnrd aii^d northward of Lequesriog*' and toclt many prdsone'rs. These division», after oTercomlin<r stroni<y divisions at t!he onitsefc, atoiit IxxiivignAes and Oraiinval. pushed forward imipidly on ihe flanks of the New Zealamder 1!? eosfiwaird of Lequesnor, advaihoitogl with theimi to «v depitih of betAveen three •and j .,fouir. miilesi, capturinaf the villages of .Toliarioit/. Lerond. Lequesne, F!i vai!spoy lo Pet;ti, atnd Maraiis. W« pro<»iresEiGd furtiher in the evetiinc in Mormal forest, and eastward of yalenciiemmes, claptuirfinc: villages. —A. and N.Zi. and Renter. . •