The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-10-12
ALLIES PUSHING
ON IN FLANDERS
Both British and French Make
Substantial Gains Despite
The Bad Weather.
LIVES MOVE FORWARD z MILES
P~oelcapeIIe and Mangelare Captured
With Many Prisoners and Muni-
tions-Naval Base Bombed.

London, Oct. 1O.--The British troops
have effected the complete capture OF
Poelcapelle and have advanced nearly
two miles TO the northwest of that vii
lage in their drive in Flanders today.
According to the report from Field
Marshal Haig tonight, the British p e
ations were very successful. All OBJ
j%ectiyes have been . gained and the
number Of prisoners already exceed
one thousand.
French Gain, Too.
Paris, oct. IO.-The capture of the
villages of st. Jean de Mangelare and
Veldhoek, with numerous blockhouses,
is reported in the French Official COM
munication tonight, dealing with the.
operations Tuesday in Flanders.
The total advance of the French
reached to a depth of one and one
quarter miles, to the southern out
skirts of the Houtholst Wood and on
a front Of mor than a mile and me
half.
Took Dominating Positions.
With the French Army in Flanders,
Oct. 10.-Amid one of the most ter
rifle hurricanes of artillery fire the
French army, cooperating in conjunc-
ton with the British, early this morn
ing won a brilliant victory which car
ried the troops forward to a depth of
half a mile along the front of about
a mile, stretching from Draeibank to
Wydendreeft. More than three hun
dred prisoners and a number of can
non and machine guns fell into the
hands of the French and their ad-
vance took them to a position where
they command the western border of
the forest of Houtholst.
The movement was a pivoting one
and as a result virtually all the OBJ
seryatories dominating the vast Elan
ders plain now are in the hands of
the Allies.
Naval Base Is Bombed.
Washington, Oct, 10.-Giant Cap
roni airplanes rained bombs last night
upon the great Austrian naval base al
Cattaro, starting fires among the
buildings in the navy yard and caus.
ing damage to Austrian ships in the
harbor. The Austrians were unable
to drive off the airplanes until nearly
daylight when the Italians withdrew.
without loss, to their own base.
Battle Field a Quaemire.
London, Oct. yesterdays rain
has turned the battle front inton a
quagmire, which it will take many
days to dry out, This does not mean
that military operations could not be
undertaken on either side, but there
could scarcely be more trying condi
tons for fighting. The soldiers EN-.
countered by the correspondent were
cheerful, Notwithstanding the fact
that they were drenched to the skin
with the biting cold rain. At one place
a number of men were sitting in the
shelter of a muddy bank for a resting
spell. They were wet, and by al
rights should have been unhappy, but
they were singing Justify away al
some popular song.
Other bodies of men of similar dis
position were seen All seemed i'm
mensely amused at the muddy condi
ton of the correspondent and the two
officers with him. often the soldiers
looked up with cheerful grins that sale
plainly: How do you like it? Now
you know what we chaps have to &c
through out here"
Nowhere on the western front has
the wal printed more cruel marks o.
devastation than in the wide zone cas-
Of Ypses where such bitter and sangui
nary fighting has been proceeding a
intervals since the British launched
their initial attack.
This whole region, much Of which
in peace times was prosperous farm
ing country, has ben turned by the ar
aillery fire into desolate waste OF vas
and deep shell craters which are 81
close together that in innumerabl'
cases they interlocked.
Farm houses have been pulverizeC
and plowed under in the ruthless
sweep OF the shells, and village site
are marked by little portions of WALL
where churches or other big building
once stood. Cottages are buried be
meath heaps of turned up earth ant
there is scarcely a vestige of grass o
other green thing TO be seen in mile
Of tramping.
Paris, Oct. 9.-French positions o.
the Aisne and Champaign fronts wer'
attacked last night by the German
without success, the war office ar
nounces. The artillery duel in Belgium
continues.
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