Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-18 | Page 8 | Withdrawal in Belgium Continues

UITHDRAWM III BELGIUM (CONTINUES , " , I .-4 , j Allies Preuing Rapidly ; .Alter Retreating Foe; -Stubborn Resistance in France Is Overcome jr Aewctat.n' Press. TEE German withdrawal'frora western Belgium and the eoaatal region shows no signs of halting. The allied troops are preening rapidly after the retir-IrUr retir-IrUr enetnr and additional cltlee and towns hare been occupied. Prom Utle eouthward the Orman retirement Is not so rapid, but tn Kru-leh Kru-leh maintain atrnns; preeaiire all alone the line eaat of rambral. Further south ' the enemy Is Ttlrln(r TronT" ttir -mtifte" bttvm tha Olae and the Herre. ZEEBRU00E TAKEN. -34irusst tha acond and laat of tha nhtnarlna baaM on tha roaat. la ra-, ra-, parte occupied by tha Brltlah forcea. probably naval unite, and the enemy ; la reported to have evacuated Brujrea, i which Belr'an cavalry la approaching. fn ha canter tha French and Belslana ' eontlaiia tn advance toward Ohent by 1 way ft Thlelt. Km at of Doual. Field ', atKrafeal Half la marching toward Va-' Va-' lenclennea. I BRITISH TAKE 6000, In tha operations of Valenciennes j Thursday tha Brltiah took S0O0 prisoner pris-oner The German retirement between the 1 Olae and the Herre was made neceaaary 1 becitqee tne enemy waa In a pocket, tha aides of which were belne preaaed In i by the French. Tha Krenh are ad-' ad-' vaacJns notrheaatward from tha Junction Junc-tion of tha twa rivere and have taken ' Ansutlcourt. two mllea east of the June aector. hut Oenernl Pershlng'a men have gained ground east of the Argon Ar-gon ne forest. I'ote t'hAtlllon. a dominating dom-inating height, has been taken und posit. one nenr It are solidly held by tha Americana. tfoa and north of tha Herre. FRENCH CROSS RIVIR. Worth west of tha Axgonna forest Geaeral Oouraud la natlllug fwwsrd againat stubborn resistance and the fighting front wast of Grandpa has been e tended to V ousters. In tha neighborhood neigh-borhood of V ousters tha French have cart red out an Important etroke by erfWiatng tha Alsne rtver. K violently tha French aim to advance riertheaat front V oust era, and outflank tha Oermana In tha Boult forawt. This woold be of great assistant to tha American advance east of live forest. TWO YANK ARMIES. From report It would appear that two American contingents are operating: opera-ting: m tha front eaat of Cambrat and fit. Quentln. One la working with the British and la aiding In tha ad-vane ad-vane into tha German defenses east , of jm Cateau. Tha other la with the i Franah and la 'materially assisting In the; attempt to smash In tha right flatolcof tha Oerraan aallent north eaat f lon, RAINS INTERFERE. Continued rains have .retarded tha American advance In the Argonne ,s:BB,BBB"a"MB"asa,BaMBBTara " ,,I,L