Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
Special Cable 10 Erening Public Ledge
Copyright. i9is. by N'ic i."k Times 'o'
With the nriiish Armies. Oct. l6.

Copyright. i9IS. by N'ic wv Tu'S '"'
with the British Armies, Oct. 10.
The battle in Flanders. which began
Monday and is continuing in the dir'c-
tion Of CourtraL is being fought 10y COM
bincd Belgian. French and British armie"
under the supreme command ut NiuH
Albert
The British Second Army under cen
eral Sir Herbert Plumer. is on the right
of this group Of armies, with the Bel-
gians on the left between Roulers aud
Menn aud the French iu the center
around Roulers itself which they had
the honor Of taking
This international action has gained
important success along the whole line
Of attack. and II is interesting In that
the number Of prisoners captured were
almost exactly the same for the troops
Of each nation. amounting to about
1000 Monday. which brings them up TO
some 1000 in all The British troops
"a so captured some fifty guns
In describing the scenes wh,n the
British and Belgian troops marched
along the same tracks and eucampcd side
ny side I'm the same fields uf those four
old Flamish battl,hoid- and came back
together along the tracks or walking
wounded | was unable to include the
French soldiers in this forhiddinE picture
OF war. because they "er" sun an or
hcial secret But the color or iheif SKY
blue uniforms. the long i'ah "t ,neT
nIue 'ar's over tNe helEhiS "t lasS'I H. IT.
aAol'' anu tnel' c''nmnS "t guns su'uE
forward TO the battle line were intrr-
woven with the masses Of Belgian in
fantry moving forward to their ohlcc.
tivcs and with tho khaki of the English.
SCOUTS" ana ir'sh ba''alo'lS.
French Army Pageant
went into the Frepcb area and
while the battle was i'm progress stood
by French officers who were watching it's
p'u res "S Ldr as any ''ue 'pu'u W
bstrboe of rr;snna,, c,,,,, ,,.,,dg;,,g isc,,
and iirbtl,i ,youndcd ,,o, 80 co,,,'rr,
irtn tbs 0ojl drassirg stations
Tbouyopds or rra,,.,, sJldia,y r,s.ol
and naes,d rot.ovod t, tbcir iigbt
trarsn,r and il vos . nagaant or mon
vim hard brnnzed f.rc. onJ a veteran
looI, ,inde- ,befr etanI c3e,uas Act,r
rour ye.,,- or ,yar in nory feIds or hat
ito ,ba,. arc e,orner and sravar Iool,in,.
f., r,ag, tb,,, ,he E,rgIish sGIdiers who
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we are getting on II al! goes VEL
We snail soon nave hah OF Belgium.
II the enemy does not get OUT We shalI
drive him out.
Enemy pus L, Fight
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heavy fight for IT. have already told
how on the British line Of attack he
held his front far more strongly than
usual. putting his weight Of men there
rather than in the main line of resist e
ance further back.
II was the same on the Belgian and
French front. There was severe fight
ing before The German troht ines couid
be broken around Roulers, WiulJcl. 81.
Eloi and other places with Flemish
ldiItSs Hdih w w Nv "l'N ~ T''s' ~
tween Rou1ers and Thourout This
country between the Flanders ridges is
in flats cut up by small canals and
hedges and diicheS ana avenues "i lIIl
poplar trees, and the enemy had made
use Of thesc natural features Tor de-
Iensire purposes.
The enemy machine suhnc'S' n"eu
the dltches uhder cover OF t"e heuEv
and had cut down many poliurS "
make barrlcadrS or tree tIuihs a'losl
the roads. ana shaaheu plluseS iv anU
cahaIs. mere "Tre n'S" MAJ -,
boxes eNaCtiy sl,'llar " .rsSo ,d pn
sheierS ptloW t.,l, s'',1 -, ha -,
kthl' NI'l'H ,"' y, '''3u ,V, Llandar.
mus u" u az" j" '''
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Fire From Tiled Roofs
The German nlacnlhe gunner II. W
rom 'le ".'' - r,I, h,c,, into the vii
p1'l uoN,' , ,,.,.,d ,,o ti,tIe Flemish house,
'dstS al'O ~ ,a,,f, as machine
Wl,u s,,, ,,.hioI, ,he,, fred at clos,
10, t,a Relqion French an,
raItEe r 'ei,;o,' forced their way int,
pr pi ''.a,. -,
''e - =, '...,, o. po,tars which the Freucl
..',i,,toI Ntondav morning. and at Win
'.", g. t,lJ ,,n,ur-, nv the Belgians
Goo,,ish hattalious on thei
guns were silenced ana the Gerhlah gar