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Show ALLIES MAINTAIN PRESSURE AGAINST CRUMBLING BOCHES BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Nov. 5. (Renter's.) (Ren-ter's.) The Third and Fourth British armies ar-mies and the First French army maintain their heavy pressure against the crumbling crum-bling enemy defenses. The British this morning were nearly two-thirds of the way through the forest of Mormal. the infantry belne east of a line through LOcqulgnol and Les Grnndea Patures. This advance meant that the British had got through the very formidable fringe of defense along the western side of the forest. Before them they now have only hurriedly improved machlnc-gun posts. A great feat of the battle was the taking tak-ing of Te Quesnoy by the New Zealand-ers. Zealand-ers. This town had immensely strong ramparts, with deep moats. The New Bealanders surrounded the fortifications, while the airmen joined in the attack, wheeling over the town and attacking the garrison with their machine guns. Under cover of a smoke screen the New Zealanders crept up to the gateway gate-way which the Germans were keeping open as a line of retreat. Then followed fol-lowed confusion and desperate fighting-and fighting-and the entrance was secured. More than a thousand prisoners were taken. Meanwhile the British advanced to a. line three miles east of the town. A remarkable re-markable sight was the spectacle of several sev-eral German field batteries, with teams harnessed, their drivers and grunners all mounted and sitting smartly at attention, atten-tion, njaklng their way back to the prison cages. The great capture of guns was due to the rapid advance over at least two points where the enemy artillery had been concentrated. |