Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-16
|A[uED DRIVE GOES FORWARD IN BELGIUM;
 MEN|N AND THOUROUT TAKEN BY ENTENTE
SixMile Gain and 10000 Prisoners-Courtrai Threaten edBoth Ghent, to North, and Le to South Must Soon FaL-French Advance in Champagne - Americans Are Fighting Hard

UNDATED WAR LEAD.-(By the Associated Press.) The entente forces in Belgium and France con before them. In Belgian Flanders the advance is somewhat rapid. but on all the sectors in France the Ger mans are fighting with desperation to hold back their foes.
 The great wedge that is being driven by the Belgian. British and French troops in Flanders now threatens seriously the tenure by the enemy of many positions in north Belgium from the Lys river to the sea, including his submarine and other bases along the coast, while to the south the Lille salient gradual ly is being enmeshed and doubtless soon will receive attention from the princers, which are being oiled for the task of retaining this important tract of territory as far as Valen- ciennes for France.
 Meanwhile the French and Ameri- can forces are struggling valiantly forward in their drive northward from the Champagne region into the coun- try over which the Germans must ef- feet a retirement to their own border in the event of a final debacle. As has been the case always since the offensive began. the Germans are vigorously defending their positions. using innumerable machine gun de- tachments in endeavOrs to hold their ground. Particularly vicious are the counter thrusts that the Americans are being compelled to sustain east and west of the Mouse, where the entire enemy front is threatened with immediate collapse should General Liggett's men crash through the line for material gains.
 Nevertheless. both the Americans and French are demanding that their arms be served and on various sec tors they are meeting with success. In the Romagne sector further gains have been made by the Americans in face of terrific artillery and machine gun fire and the natural defenses and great system of wire entanglements which had to be negotiated. Bad weather has fallen over the sector. and the airmen have been unable to
  to the maneuvers.
 To the west the French are slowly closing in upon Rethel on their way to Mezieres, being only two miles dis tant from the town West of Grand Pre- they have effected further cross ings of the Aisne. About 500 Ger mans were made prisoner in this fighting.
 In Flanders the British have taken the important railway center of Me min Thourout has fallen and the Thourout-C Courtrai railroad has almost been won. Numerous towns have been reeaptured by the allied forces and large numbers of prisoners have been taken. Many guns also have fallen into the hands of the allies. The capture of Thorout completely outflanks tn German submarine base at Ostend and brings the allied troops within ten miles of Bruges. whence the railroad line runs northward to Zeebrugge. Germany's other U-Ooat base in the North sea.
 Reports are to the effect that the Germans are withdrawing what is left of their forces in the north. both naval and military.
 In Albania the Italians have oecu- pied the Austrian naval base of Du razzo on the Adriatic. while in Serbia the allied forces are continuing to press the enemy troops north of Nish.