Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-19
(By The Associated Press.)

(By The Associated Press)
The Belgian coast again is Belgian.
Germany's dream of an invasion of
England across the North sea from
Calais is ended. Belgian Flanders is
fast being xacuated by the enemy
and his linSafom the Belgian front to
the Mouse river gradually is giving
way under the attacks Of the British.
French and American armies which
are demanding to be served with vic
tory. A haven Of safety in a shorter
and more compact line is being
sought by the Germans in order to
escape humiliation by their foes. Ev-
erywhere they are being whipped.
But seemingly they are still far from
defeat.
In Belgium the enemy is giving
ground hastily in order TO bring his
armies safely out Of teh trap which
menaces them: but from the French
frontier to the Mouse river he still
is fighting desperately 10 hold back
the lower jaw of the great Each PIN
Ger from closing in great converg-
ing movement and entrapping in it's
nav the German fighting force in
it's entirety. And thus far he. has sue
cessfully through the use of picked
troops and machine gunners who
L.. So al to- ant
the eliminating blow.
Zcebrugge, Germany's second
great submarine base on the North
sea, has gone the way Of Ostend. The
flag Of Belgium once more flies over
it. To the south Bruges has been
evacuated and Turcoing. Roubaix
and other towns have been deliver
, ed. Out of the great sack between the
North sea and the Lys river the enc
my is fleeing fast in an endeavor to
prevent capture or internment In
Holland. His hope is that he will be
able to reach Antwerp and there re-
constitute his line from the Dutch
frontier through Antwerp and Ma
muir to some point in the south, prob
ably Sedan or Metz, and stabilize 1t
IOr tnc I1OIleAt d iS1ol W viz ~'"A0
frontir
In France, east Of Lille to Cam
brai the British slowly but surely
are pressing forward, despite sup
RENE efforts of the enemy to hold
them, blotting out the big salient
which has Journal as its northern
and ValencienneS it's southern en-
envy head bases. To assure the col
lapse of this salient Field Marshal
Haig with whose forces are brigaded
men from tie United States. are driv-
in3 hard along the Bohain LIE Cdteau
front in a maneuver which is meet
ing with success and throwing VAL
enciennes into a dangerous pocket.
To the south in the sack, between
the Disc and the Serre. Rivers north
of Loan the Germans slowly are with
drawing toward Hirson, with the
enemy impeding their progress with
strong rear guards. Likewise in
Champagne the Germans are offer
ing strong resistance against the
French and Americans in their at
tempts to drive northward toward
Mezieres and Sedan. The French,
nevertheless. have been able to cross
the Aisne river near Vouzieres and
thus have made more secure the po-
sitions of the Franco-American fore
es in the valley Of the Allie at Grand
Pre-.
To the east the Americans on both
sides Of the Mouse river are slowly
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 be-
ing valliantIy defended to the last.
In the Macedonian theatre 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 allies forces have
been driven thirty miles north Of
Nish. In Syria the victorious forces
of Gen. Allenby now are meeting
scant resistance.