STOP PRESS NEWS THE HARASSED HUN

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13894, 21 October 1918, Page 4

STOP PRESS NEWS THE HARASSED HUN

RAPiDLY-ADVANCING ALLIED LINE. (■,(1000 lIKHM AXS PUACTICAU.Y ( ;A! < in r. TliK I.oSS lll'' THE COAST. P \iM'l IJ.Y FEET IN OHKMAXY. i;EBM\X SEXTHIES \\ l'i'l 1 i N. rHii.M 'l'll 10 DI TCH FIiOXTIEU. l'HKi '.IIMTATE KETUEAT l'K< iBABEE. (Australian ami X.Z. Cable Assn.) H. i-, i\ t October :>i, ii.in. 1,(1X1 Mix. Oct. 20, (•>.;{o a.m. The Allied line has reached the Dutch frontier. miles eastward of Hi ii-' s. The lieliiians entered Zeebrugge en Saturday, I lie Ccrmans evacuating the town when Tliielt was taken, lijowing up the batteries, including the great battery at Knoke, which bad been used for shelling ostend. The (iennans destroyed all the tloating docks in Bruges. T!ie Allied entry into Eecloo cuts off GO,OOO Herman troops, who must either bo taken prisoners or walk into Holland, where they will be interned. The British troops, in co-operation with Belgian cavalry, followed up the enemy after the evacuation of Zeebrugge. The main body of the Germans is many miles eastward of Kecloo, but we are regaining contact. England anil France are sending vast supplies of foodstuffs for tin' people of Lille and i )stend.

'['lie Allies arc within 12 miles of i ilient and live of Valenciennes.

The Herman newspapers put the best possible interpretation <in tin* situation in Belgium. They point out that the retreat is being carried out without hindrance from tin; enemy, the object being to lose the minimum of mem

Nevertheless several journals admit that the abandonment of the coast is most painful.

The pursuit of the Germans has been compelled to slacken owing to the bad roads and the destruction of the

railways, but the Allies are advancing carefully i;; readiness for an attack in the event of reaching the enemy's line."

of resistance. The Belgians have no'v outflanked Tournai to the northward. Enemy movements aie reported eastward of Valenciennes. The German sentries of the Dutch frontier have de-

parted, and the peasants 0:1 both sides cheered. The Germans removed the

electric fence, together with the German flags, and the peasants immediately hoisted the Belgian. The Germans admit that the French north-eastward of Venders have established positions 011 the east hank of the Aisne, where General Gourand's army advanced two or three miles.

Correspondents on the French front consider it probable that the enemy, owing to the severe blows of the past few days, coupled with his dangerous position in Flanders, will now he com. polled to precipitate a general retreat. The enemy's resistance on the PerroOise lines involved very heavy losses. His troops fought to the limits of endurance, but it was utterly hopeless, the battle making extensive changes in the war map. In the next few days heavy fighting is certain northward of A erdun and between the Sambre and the Men so. An Kxchange Telegraph's Antwerp message, timed 4.1.5 p.m. yesterday, stating that 15,000 Germans crossed the frontier and were interned.