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Show I. BELGIANS KM Fifteen Thousand Germans Driven Over Line and In- I terned in Holland. I LONDON, Oct. 20 Fifteen thou- jsand retreating German soldiers have 8 been Interned in Holland after being cut off by Belgian troops moving northward from Eocloo, according to I xoports from tho frontier reaching Am- 2 stcrdam and transmitted by the E.v- k . change Telegraph company. I Belgian soldiers took charge of the Dutch-Belgian border last night and ! were received enthusiastically by the populace. IH Gernran Report of Retreat H BERLIN, via London, Oct. 20 The bj official communication from German 5 general headquarters today says: I "In Flanders, in continuation of the t-j operations announced Friday wo evac- uated Bruges, Thielt and Courtrai and J have occupied new positions before 5 which lively forefteld engagements S, have taken place. In the evening the nj enemy was southeast of Sluis on the v Belgian -Dutch border, j . "West of Maldeghem and Ursel, near I Poskel and Marckeghen, northeast of i Courtrai, he partly pressed forward over the Lys rivorV' I S Germans Fighting Desperately. PARIS, Oct 20. (Havas) The Germans are fighting desperately to hold their positions on tho north and south of LeCatcau which has an important im-portant bearing on the situation elsewhere else-where between the Meuse nnd the isorth sea. On a front of forty miles .tho Germans have massed forty divisions divis-ions in an effort to check the allies. This is said to be a new record of density den-sity for defending forces. Tho general attack of the British, Americans and French yesterday resulted re-sulted in extensive breaches being made in the enemy defenses. Along the , Aisnc General Mnngin broke into the Ilundlng line. A large number of prisoners pris-oners and a considerable quantity of Xfrar material were eaptured. Belgian Flag Flying. AMSTERDAM. Oct. 20. The. Belgian Bel-gian flag Is flying over the town of m Iloucke, just across the frontier from jf tho Dutch town of Sluis. A dispatch j J dated at Sluis Saturday says that cn-I cn-I tente sentries were expected to ar-21- rlvo momentarily on the Belgo-Hol-1 land frontier. K oo |