Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-03
BELGIAN.

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BELGIAN.
October I'm spite of fierce re-
s'stance by the enemy, the Belgian
army during the past day has i'm
proved its position by local thrusts
! on different points of the front.
Gen. Plumer's army. after sharp
eombats, realized an important ad-
vance in the direction of Menin by
/ capturing Ghelywe. North and in the
immediate proximity of Armentieres
+! this army has taken LIE Bizet, and
| north OF Houplines has captured the
snaii La Flanque farm.
British aviators destroyed nine air
| planes and two balloons of the enemy
| during the day.
GERMAN,
| October 2 (night)-There were vio-
lent partial engagements in Flanders
and Champagne. Before Cambria the
day passed quietly.
| Day.-In Flanders, on both sides of
Cambria and in the Champagne we
! Warded off violent enemy attacks. In
quiet sectors of the front near St,
! Quentin, northwest of Rheims and
| west of the Argonne we withdrew
| parts of our salient lines to positions
| in the rear.
North of Staden (Belgium), warding
| off enemy attacks, we captured about
| 100 prisoners. The enemy attacked
on both sides of the roads leading
from Ypres to Roulers and Menin and
obtained a footing in Ledeghem We
| by a counter attack.
Enemy partial attacks south of La
Bassee were repulsed.
The fifth day of the battle of Cam
brai again ended in complete failure
for the enemy. North of Sancourt
ha 1f -
enemy. which he renewed seven times
Further south the enemy pressed
forward temporarily beyond Aban-
court. Bantigny and south of Blecourt
toward Cuvillers. Our counter attack
threw the enemy back beyond Aban-
court and Bantlgny and saved the
brave Wurttem berg defenders of Be
court from being surrounded by the
enemy.
At Cambria and south of it enemy
assaults broke down. Rumilly re-
manned in the hands of the enemy.
Between LIE Catelet and the Disc our
front since the night before last has
run east of St. Quentin to Bertheni-
| court. on the River Disc.
In the course of the day enemy at
tacks developed against the sectors OF
Estrees. Joncourt and Lesdins. The
sides of Sequehart. but a counter at
| tack threw him back again.
st. Quentin, in which only recon
noitering detachments were stationed
yesterday, has been occupied by the
! enemy.
There have been outpost engage
| ments in the region between the
| Ai'ette and the Aisne rivers.
Northwest of Rheims we withdrew
our troops from the River Vesle to
positions in the rear. The enemy fol-
lowed with weak detachments in the
evening and occupied the line of
Vente1ay and Villers-
In the Champagne the French re-
| sumed their united attacks In the
foreneen these assaults were directed
| against the front from Ste. Waris-a-
f! Ply to Monthois and in the course of
the day against the line between
Somme-Py and the Avre. The attacks
broke down. Local breaches were
cleared again for the most part by
counter attacks.
The new position taken I'D the night
before last on both sides of the River
| Aisne runs from Monthois. beyond
Challerange. to the Bots d'Autry. to
| the north of Binarville and straight
across the forest of Argonne to Apre-
! mont.
/ Advanced guards several times re-
| pulsed enemy attacks before these
lines. In local raids we threw the
americans back and out of the Bots
des Okona and adjacent lines.
Yesterday we shot down 27 enemv
alrplanes and three captive balloons