Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-11-04 | Page 9 | Allies Arrive Close to Ghent

i ALLIES ARRIVE ARIVE i CLOSE TO ClIENT GHENT I French Belgian Forces Are Arc Vi Within lin Five Fife Miles l of or Flemish Cit City y With 1 the Allied Armies In France and Belgium Nov So By 3 3 J-B J By the Asso Asso- I elated Pre Preas The Press The s-The The Franco Belgian troops this morning morning- had reached I a line within five Che miles of ot Ghent French cavalry last night were reported at St St. penis Penis Westrem railway stations which Is about three miles southwest of or the city In the meantime French and American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean forces occupied Audenarde further soth loth Americans had battled their way across the between Heurne and Eyne to tho tiro north of ot Audenarde I I The Tho allied line in front of or Ghent at latest reports lay Jay approximately north I to south through east cast of or I and 11 St. Laethem-St. t th St. em-St. Martin with cavalry alry advancing ad toward to Ghent I from the southwest Valenciennes was virtually free this morning morning- of ot German gunners who wt were rc left behind to fight rear guard 1 actions nelsons when wh the enemy withdrew Friday night and toda today lay well behind the tho I consolidated British line which ran approximately approximately bet between WE-en WE St St. ant and Pr es a both bolh of ot which places were captured captured cap cap- yesterday yesterday Five thousand civilians had remained behind Jn tn Valenciennes throughout the 1 fighting the tho remainder about Were evacuated e by the Germans Germane erman during durin i tho past week v principally to Mons Ions A number of ot tho the residents yesterday and la last t night lo lost t th their fileti h lives lI as ts a result sult of or a. a l i. further enem enemy bombardment lIt with I t hl high h explosives and J g gas s U shells