Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-17 | Page 2 | Great Hun Retreat in Belgium, Report

Great Hun Retreat In Belgium. Report By United ress. jLONItON, Oct. 17. A great Cerman retreat Is reported to be under way In Belgium. The enemy la said to be retiring ao rapidly at some points the allied forces have lost contact. British troops are unofficially reported re-ported to be In Lille and Courtral while Tourconlng and Kmibatet are In imminent immi-nent danger of capture. - French cavalry la approaching Thlelt. Increasing the Isolation of Bruges, Os-tend Os-tend and Zeebrugge. The Belgians are advancing north-i ward from Thourout along the roads to ostend and Bruges. I To the southward the British. French and American pressure continues east ! of 4'amhral and Ht. Juenttn. j The French and Italian advance In the .Jjon region has become slower. I but the cap turf of Gran dp re by the Americana has permitted enlargement I of the operations In the Argonne-Meuse regum. t'ontinaed advance la also being be-ing made by the French and Americans Ui the Champagne. Ths allies are rapidly extending their I victories In the Balkans, marching I northward In Herbla and pouring west-; west-; ward Into northern Albania. Capture of Horns, in Asia Minor, has brought the British within 100 miles! of the great center of Aleppo, which Is one of the principal defenses of Con- i stantinopl from the south. . I