Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-10-25
TRAP GERMAN ARMY
IN BELGIUM, PLAN
Of ALLIED FORCE
Cavalry Seeks to Catch Foe Nea
Holland Line.
LILLE AND BRUGES TAKEN
Seventeen Divisions of Huns in Flight
ALLIES Win U-Boat andy Rail
Bases-Belgian King and
Queen Enter Ostend.


has been restored to the Belgian peo-
pie. Allied troops have occupied Zee
brugge. The fall of this port cost the
kaiser his most valuable U-bOat base,
and broke the German grip on the
coveted North sea littoral.
Germany's dream of an invasion of
England across the North sea from
Calais is ended.
BrugeS, seven miles south of Zee
brugge, also evacuated by the enemy,
was occupied by the Belgians.
Reports state the allies are now
eight miles from Client. The Germans,
rolled back from the coast, are retreat
ing with great speed toward EecloO
and Client.
The enemy is giving ground hastily
to bring his armies safely out of the
trap which menaces them; but from
the French frontier to the Meuse river
he still is fighting desperately to hold
back the lower jaw of the great Foch
pincer from closing in a great cOnverg-
Ing movement and entrapping in its
NAV the German fighting force in it's
entirety.
And thus far, through the use Of
picked troops and machine gunners
who know defeat only in death, he
has warded off the eliminating blow.
Dispatches from the front reported
the French and Belgians nearing Dew
NE, eight miles southwest of Client.
The French have captured Thielt,
west of Client.
Belgian cavalry Is pursuing the re-
treating enemy with the object Of cut
ting off his retreat to Client. The ar
tillery is following swiftly and carry
ing out vigorous bombardment.
Belgian infantry forces entered
Bruges, seven miles southeast of Zee
brugge.
The Germans are preparing to mum
date the lowlying lands south of the
River Scheldt in eastern Belgium,
Central News dispatch from Amster-
dam reports. The inhabitants have
been ordered to abandon their homes
Immediately.
A Havre dispatch says the German
high command fears an uprising by
the people of Belgium while the Ger
man armies are retreatiRg. The Ger
man military authorities have been
comforting with the civilian authOri-
ties to enlist the latter's aid in sup
pressing outbreaks.
In the center of the attack in the
northern area the British are advanc-
ing east of Courtrai. The Germans,
falling back toward Audenarde, 80
miles west of the Belgian capital, are
trying to retard their pursuers by stub
born machine gun resistance.
Turcoing and Roubaix, two bases
northeast of Lille, are in British hands.
East of Douai Field Marshal Haig
is marching toward Valencinnes. In
the operations south of Valencinnes
Thursday the British took 1000 pris-
oners.
The Germans are retiring between
the Disc and the Serre to escape a
pocket, the sides of which were being
pressed in by the French. The French
are advancing northeastward from the
junction of the two rivers and have
taken Anguilcourt, two miles east of
the junction and north of Serre.
Northwest of thes Argonne General
Gouraud is battling forward against
stubborn resistance, and the fighting
front west of Grand Pre- has been ex-
tended to Vouziera. In the neighbor-
hood of Vouziera the French have car
ried out an important stroke by cross
ing the Aisne river.
Evidently the French aim to adj
vance northeast from Veuziers and
outflank the Germans in the Boult for
est This would be of great assistance
to the American advance east of the
forest.
Fires Beyond Bruges.
Amsterdam. Oct. 19.-Huge fires
have been seen in the direction of
Bruges, reports from Flushing says.
The flames are spreading.
1t is also reported Zeebrugge is part
~ In flames. The outbreak of the
fires was accompanied by terrific ex-
plosions, indicating the Germans are
uGSlIOylLS QQAuHS anu
ars.
King Albert In Ostend.
Paris. Oct. 1S.-king Albert of Bel
GUM and Queen Elizabeth entered
Ostend.
With the Allied Armies in Belgium.
Oct 1S-Belgian patrols have entered
Bruges and cavalry is operating on
both sides. Belgian guns are now firing
from south of the city.
Under pressure of the allied armies,
the Germans are abandoning the en-
tire Belgian seacoast and are seeking
refuge behind the outer defenses of
Antwerp.
Meanwhile to the SOUTH in French
FLANDERS. the British completed the
capture of Lille, the last of the great
ibastions which for four years main
5tained the German defensive system
from the North sea TO Switzerland.