The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-25
HUNS LOSE FIGHT
ONBELGIAN COAST.
ZEEsRUGGE AND PORT OF
BRuoEs FALL AZ BRITISH
CAPTURE TURcoiNo.
MANYpaISONERSTA
ALLIES TAKE DOUAI, OSTEED
AND LILLE AS ENEMY FlEES
TOWARD ANTWERP.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
With the Allied Armies, Oct. "a
British troops in smashing through |
the formidable German positions along
the Sele river, north of lie Cateau,
captured more than 1900 prisoners
The Germans were forced from posi-
tions of great natural strength on a
wide front, and the British gains were
maintained. Notwithstanding enemy
counter attacks. The British now
hold the heights between the Selle
and Harpies rivers, and are in posi-
tion 20 outflank the Moral forest and
cut the railroad between Valenciennes
and Avesnes.
Farther north the allied forces CON
tinue their progress through Belgium
and French Flanders from Denain to
the Dutch frontier On the north the
Belgians are approaching Ghent, while
in the center the British are marching
on the Scheldt river and outflanking
Tournai, an important railway juno
tion. Both towns have been made use
less TO the Germans.
The Germans have flooded some of
the country, but this has failed to in
terfere with the progress of the
armies commanded by King Albert.
London. Oct. 21-British troops
crossed the Selle river, and captured
1000 prisoners. Victory crowns the
allied arms on every battle front.
Northern Belgium is being rapidly
cleared of the enemy by British and
Belgian forces. Belgians have occu-
pied Zeebrugge and Meysty, have
crossed the Ghent-Bruges canal and
on their left have reached the Dutch
frontier, where $4,000 Germans, cut off
from their retreat are reported TO have
withdraw into Holland, where they
were interned
Basel, Oct 19.-Baron Burian. the
Austrian premier, has resigned, ac.
cording to Vienna newspapers.
Copenhagen. Oct. 19.-The Czechs
are masters in Prague. according to a
Berlin dispatch TO the Berlingske tt
dende. Czech money is in circulation
and the Czech flag waves over Hrad.
schin castle.
The Belgian coast again is Belgian.
Germany's dream of an invasion of
England across the North sea from
fast being evacuated by the enemy,
and this line from the Belgian from
tier to the Meuse river gradually is
giving way under the attacks of the
British, French and American armies
which are demanding to be served
with victory.
A haven of safety in shorter and
more compact line is being sought by
the Germans in order to escape an,
Inhalation by their foes. Everywhere
they are being whipped. But seem
ingly they are still far from defeat.
In Belgium the enemy is giving
ground hastily in order to bring his
armies safely out of the trap which
menaces them.
Zeebrugge, Germany's second great
submarine base on the North sea, has
gone the way of Ostend. The flag OF
Belgium once more flies over 1t. To
the south, Bruges has been evacuated
and Turcoing, Roubaix and other
towns have been delivered. Out OF
the great sack between the North sea
and the Lys river the enemy is fleeing
fast in an endeavor to prevent cap
ture or internment in Holland.
His hope is that he will be able to
reach Antwerp and there reconstitute
his line from the Dutch frontier
through Antwerp and Namur to some
point in the south, probably Sedan or
Metz, and stabilize it, for the moment
at least, TO the Swiss frontier.
To the east the Americans on both
going forward Between the great
wooded bastion and the Meuse picked
| troops have been chosen to fend the
blow northward toward Sedan. All
the ground that is being won is being
valiantly defended to the last.
In the Macedonian theater the
Greeks are now in full possession OF
Greek Macedonia. Albania is fast be
ing cleared of the enemy and in Ser
bia the Teutonic allied forces have
In Syria the victorious forces of Gen
eral Allenby now are meeting with
scant resistance.
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