Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-17
AMERICANS IN
GENERAL MOVE
Capture important Position
Northwest of verdun-- Huns
Evacuate Belgian Cities
ADVANCES IN FLANDERS
British, BeIgians and French
Make Big Captures of Towns
Men and Booty
ADVANCES IN FLANDERS

Lille has been captured by the
British.
Allied pressure on all sides of the
salient of which Lille was the center
compelled the enemy to give up the
CITY, the largest town of France cap
tured by the Germans and for four
years an important unit of the en-
emy's positions.
The fall of Lille came almost SIM
ultaneously with the launching OF an
offensive by Field Marshal Haig
against the new German defenses
south of Talenciennes. Troops today
are storming forward south OF lie
Chateau across the Selle river where
they were halted last week.
In Flanders the allies have gained
new success while from the Disc to
the Meuse. the allied pressure is main
tained strongly. In the angle north
or Laon the Germans apparently are
retiring from between the Oise and
Serre rivers.
Since the beginning of the week
there has been little action in the area
southeast of Cambria, where the Brit
ish and Americans made such rapid
strides last week, after the capture of
Csmbrai. The Germans have resisted
strongly on the line of the Selle and
1t Is possible that the British and
probably the Americans, under the
South of Boheain the southern point
Of the attacking end. the French
troops are reported in contact with
the Germans along the whole Oise-
Serre sector.
On a. front of more than twenty
;;,,siies'.s IN Elanasrss y asi thallllnns.
french - Bl.rfr .Ta- : .Inue 20
Thourout, important railway junctank
on the flank of the attacking frthe
have fallen TO the Belgians and Brul
ish while in the center the Frencr
have taken Ardoye.
On both sides of the Meuse the
Americans maintain their ipressure
which resulted "wednesday in the cap
ture of important ground north AMI
northeast of the Argonne Forest. East
Of the river the Americans have gained
important high ground.
BIZ Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Oct. IT
I'm it's successful advance north of
the Argonne forest today the Ameri-
can first army reached Champaig-
muelle, one mile north of st. Jubin.
A little further eastward toward the
Meuse they gained important POSI-
tions East OF the Mouse the Ameri-
cans pressed through theHBois and
Grande Montague, the summit of
which they now hold.
Gains I'm Flanders.
Rv Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 17-British forces
yesterday captured Courtrai, accord-
ing to statement issued by the war
office today. over twenty villages
were captured by the Allies in Bell
gium during the day. The statement
reads: "On the sixteenth, despite tho
storm, Belgian, British and French
troops continued their attacks between
Dixmude and the Lys river.
The British swept over a stretch or
eighty-one mHes and they advanced
an average of over three and ore-half
miles. The Belgians crossed the User
river north of Dixmude and occupied
Schooreeke The British crossed the
Lys and pushed on beyond Menen. to
q depth of several kilometers on the
right bank.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Oct II:
After having taken Grand Pre- tho
Americans today advanced their lines
to the eastward and occupied Moulin
sur-Patas. They surged forward un-
til they had gotten control of Logea
wood, one and half miles north OF
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