Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-19 | Page 6 | Wedge Cuts Deep into Germans

GERMANS French Are Reported to Have Reached Ghent, Only Thirty-one Mile j From Belgian Capital By Aeeotlated Prate. GERMAN force in Belgium still are retiring eastward toward a new defense 'line, while ! the British, French and Americans Ameri-cans southeast of Camhrai are driving weda-a Into the German drfrnara north pf the Olae. Ghent, thirty-one mllea northweat of Bruaaela, the Belgian capital. I" reported re-ported to have been reached by French cavalry. Reporta received In IfoIUna-are trial th" Oeimalia tiaa hexun to remove their troopa from Bruaaela. evidence that the newde-fenae newde-fenae Una may be eaat of ttmT city. ALLIES ADVANCE. All alone; the front ln-Bellum from the coaat to eaat of t'ourtral the a-rtterl trmrnn aia lyfiualllim fin arci German unlta are-4enorted to be holding hold-ing out In Zeebrugaa, with Belalan troopa on fie caiml runnlnn eouth ' from Zretofiume to Bruirea. It would aeem tUeaa troopa will be cut off and either forced to aurrender or flee to HMland. . XEaat of Lille and T)oiial the Brltlah re movlnir eastward toward Tournal X and Valenciennea. and .nlready have , advanced more than alx mllea along I a front of more than thirty mllca In thla reulon. The Brltlah are approach-In approach-In Cherena-. leaa than elRht mllea weat of Tournal. Several acorea of vlllagea here have been liberated. -4200 PRISONERS TAKEN. Koutheaat of Camhrai the alllea fave made a wide breach In the Cerman line aloiiK the loner Hclle and the H:imbre canal and continue to flaht their way eaatward. The Brltlah and French war olflcea report the rapture. of more than 4?00 prla- onera In the fUthtlna; here and a acora of vlllanea. Includma- Waaalnny. Ha-uel, Ha-uel, llennappaa and Tuplmiy, have Veen taken. .- On the north the Brltlah are within two mllea of the Siimbre canal at Chatlllon. The French have taken Andle;ny foreat and have reached the anal on front of nearly nine mllea eouth of the foreat and beyond the bend In the Olae north of Noyalea, three mllea eaat of the railway Junction Junc-tion of Oulae. The allied wedire makea pocketa to the north and Id the aoulh. The C.ermane are withdrawing from the aouthern pocket, with the French In cloae purault. Eaat of Bethel the French have reached the Alane on m wide front and captured Ambly-llaut.