The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-18


Oct. 1S.-Belgian infantry forces en-
tered the city of Bruges today.
Zccbrugge Falls.
London, Oct. is (via MontreaD -
Zeebrugge the port of Bruges and the
second important German submarine
base on the Belgian coast, has been
occupied by allied forces.
Bruges, seven miles south of Zee
brugge, has been evacuated by the
Germans, according-to information re-
ceived at the Belgian army fleadquar-
ters
Turcoing. a city six miles northeast
of Lille. has been entered by the Brit
ish troops, according to the Evening
News.
Fires Near Brugcs.
Amsterdam, Oct. 1S.-Huge fires
have been seen in the direction OF
Bruges, reports from Flushing say.
The flames are spreading.
Evacuate Territory
London. oct 1S-The evacuation of
the territory of Serbia, Albania and
Montenegro by forces of the central
powers has been begun, according to
a dispatch from Vienna forwarded by
the Amsterdam correspondent of the
Central News agency
BeIgians Pursue.
London, Oct. 1S.-Belg.an cavalry
is pursuing the retreating enemy on
the Flanders front today with the OBJ
ject of cutting off his retreat to Client.
The artillery is following swiftly and
carrying out a vigorous bombardment
with the same object.
The town of Blankenberghe, on the
Belgian coast southwest of Zeebrugge,
was occupied by allied forces
The German withdrawal from west
EN- Belgium and the coastal region
shows no signs of hating. The allied
forces are pressing rapidly after the
retiring enemy and additional cities
nnd towns have been occupied.
From Lille southward. the German
retirement is not so rapid but the Brit
ish maintain pressure all along the
line east of Cambria. Further south
the enemy iT retiring from the angle
between the Disc and the Serre.
zeebrugge. the second and last of
the submarine bases on the coast. is
reported occupied by the British
forces, probably naval units.
Paris Oct. 1S.-General Won Ar
MINIS army is no longer strong enough
to sustain operations on the extended
front from the French to the Dutch
frontier. 1t is therefore reasonable to
expect that it's march across Belgium
will be rapid and that King Albert will
re-enter his pita1 earlier than was
hoped.
At the very moment the Flanders
battle was won another offensive was
started in the direction of iIirson and
Nervins by Anglo-American and
French forces. The object is to take
the armies of the crown prince under
shelter of the Hundingt line on the
flank and condemn them to an early
retreat toward the Ardennes across
the front of the powerful allied right
wing.
The way back to Germany lies thru
two bottle necks separated by the
Ardennes-the one between Liege and
Dinant and the other between MJnt
medy and Verdun. The latter is al
ready partly blocked. While it may
be admitted the Germans are fighting
well and conducting their retreat with
great skill. sober military opinion
here is that the great German military
machine is in danger of collapse at no
very distant date.
Franco-Belgian forces. southeast of
Thielt. are marching toward Deynze
(eight miles southwest of Ghent).
The British have overrun Coutrai
and the Germans, fighting hard, are
retiring toward Audenarde (thirty
miles west of Brussels).
Turcoing has been completely en-
circled and Roubaix virtually has been
taken.
The new allied drive in the Disc re-
(seven miles southeast of st. Quentin).
Once this town is taken, it will be easy
to push on to Guise. The Germans
are precipitously abandoning their
positions northeast of La Fere.
Paris shows intense but grave emo
ton over the recapture of Lille
Douai and Ostend. The boulevards
are decorated with flags.
Capture Ipel<.
Paris, Oct. 1S.-French and Serbian
troops invading Monte egro, have
captured the important town of Ipek.
tltteen miles inside the frontier. it was
announced by the French war office
today.
Additional progress was made north
ana west of Nish and the large towns
OF Novlbazar and Mitrovitza were oc-
cupled. Fully two-thirds of Serbia
has been recovered
Reach kalna.
North of Nish. allied troops have
reached kalna, and have occupied the