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Show FRENCH REPORT OF RAIDS INDICATES NEW ALLIED THRUST With Victory Secure in Flanders and Huns in Full ( Flight, Liberation of Alsace and Lorraine L Is Now Proposed. : - - t ,i-ByiAo(td Press. - '""' PARIS, Oct 21, 1 p. m. Allied troops hare crowed the Scheldt river at several points in the region of Audenarde, .fifteen miles southwest of Ghent. Audenarde has been encircled and Its fall is expected momentarily. momen-tarily. German resistance is reported to be weakening on this ' sector of the' front s By United Press. "LONDON, Oct. 21. British troops are approaching St. A maricteiglit iiiiter-rrortrnrest of Valenciennes, Field Marshal Haig reported to3t Contact with the enemy is being maintained. The "British are alsoNiraring the line of the Scheldt north of Tournai. SvBy Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 21.-Jore than 3000 prisoners were captured cap-tured by the British yesterday ifKhe operations north of Le Gateau, when the Sell river was crossed a a wide front, according to Field Marshal Haig's statement today By United Press, v. Significance is attached to the raiding operations reported by the French war office in Alsace and Lorraine. UsuiHv extensive raiding precedes the opening of a drive and it my beHhat the time is approaching when Foch will launch his long expected IStust into the cnemv lines which border German territory from belo jVletz to the Swiss frontier: , " ALLIES TAKE MUCH BOOTY. By United Press. IXNI0. Oct. 21. The Omum have been hurled hark over the Lye river at three places end the allies are driving close to Ohent and Tournai. Field Marshal Hal reported today In a enecisl alatement nn the Flanders offensive. His, report made It evident that the attempt of the Oermana to i - H An the line of the I.ya river has been overwhelmed and that the allies are slready In touch with the next defense line along the Kacsut giver. . L V Hslg fleclsred the enemy had been .forced to withdraw on Its whole front io Belgium. The allies have reached .ltre. eleven miles west of fihent. the greatest road center In wealern Belgium, and have occupied aeveral villages on a line running northward to the Hutch frontier. The French have eelaMished bridge. Iteade on the eastern side of the I,ys between Orsmmene and Teteghem. I eleven miles southwest of Ghent and at a point near Oyghem. a few miles further south. Beyond Ulle the British have driven driv-en the (lermans . across the v border from France Into Belgium and have reached the outsklrta of Tecq. six miles north of TournaL Meanwhile, at the northern end of the battlefield., Belgian cavalry la pursuing the fleeing enemy. The Havre official statement declared that cavalrymen caval-rymen charged C.erman machine gun nests taking prisoners. Vaat quantl-tlea quantl-tlea of abandoned fJerman material were taken Including a battery of heavy guns on the coast. At Iugen-boom. Iugen-boom. the Belgians took the famous German long range gun. which for years haa bombarded I'unktrk. The British are at Denaln. five miles from Valenciennes, snd have taken the village of Haveluy. Juet north of Denaln. British troops hsve reached the line of Haveluy. Wandignea-Hamige. Wandignea-Hamige. Brlllon. Besuvry Two thousand thou-sand prisoners were tsken and some una. At their nearest point to Tour-sal Tour-sal the Brllsih are two miles from that J important Belgian city. . ALLIES 10 MILES FROM GHENT. y Associated frees. 'jUOKVOX. Oct. 21 Allied forces In telglum are within ten miles of Ohentj according to an official stste-' stste-' y (Continued oa page 1) MORE- MEN AND TERRAIN WON BY ALLIES (Continued from page iX ment Issued by the war office last night, which Bays: 'The advance' of tha army groups In Flanders continued throughout tha day. After vainly trying to arrest our progreaa along the Deyae-Eecloo canal and near tha Dutch frontier, the Germans Ger-mans have been forced lo withdraw over the whole front. "The Belgian army haa established Itself along the canal. Ita left flank la on the Dutch frontier and the army haa occupied the Important center, of Aeltre Adgehem, Bellem and Ureal (about ten milea weat of Ghent). "French forcea have thrown the enemy en-emy rear guarda ever tha Lya and. notwithstanding floods brought about by the Germans, have croeaed tha river and eatabllahed brldgeheada. One of thoae Ja between Granmene and peteghem and another Is eaat of Oyghem. 'The Second Brltlah army. In aplta of atrong reelatance, haa crossed the l.ya river along ths whole of Its front a. d advanced Ita right flank to the western outskirta of I'erq. tn the valley of the Kacaut. The Una now rune weet of Pees and through Ht. Leger, Dottlgnlea, Rolleghem. Vlchte, Do Klyck and Drieech. "Binoe October 14 tha Second army haa raptured Slot prisoners snd H guns." King Albert Reaches Bruges y United Prose. LONDON. Oct. Jl King Albert of therjjslsrrlvdnlrtrges. according to a dispatch from Piute. Holland, today. American and Brltlah eolonlal troops with heavy artillery have been observed la that neighborhood. neighbor-hood. It was stated. Huns Scuttle Ship In Ostend Channel By Aaaeelat.d Press. WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIUM, Oct. II. Before leavlnf Oatend ths Germans scuttled a large mall boat alonslds the old Brltlah warahlp Vindictive, which was sunk In ths channel there laat May. They thua made doubly sure that the channel chan-nel will be blocked for a long time. iThe only money found In Oatend and other liberated Belgian cities Is German. Many of the smaller children, chil-dren, especially In Oatend, uae German as thsir own language. Yanks Close In Around Brieulles my United Press. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE. Oct. II. American troone are steadily closing In around Brteullee, but ateady ralna and con-sequent con-sequent muddlness of the terrain have delayed the operatlona rlsrhting In the Arronne forest waa spasmodic. with occaalonal .eutburata of artillery fire and'machlne gun fire. At one place the Americans retired temporarily, but regained the loat ground neat morning. At the Bola da Kanpea and the Bola do Koret and near tne Meuaa our patrols pa-trols went allghtly northward on tha main line, meeting with ne realatance , whatever.. Allies Replace German Guard on Dutch Border my Aaseelated Pises. AMSTERDAM. Oct. II. Germaa guarda at the frontier poet ef Maaga van Gent, near Watervllet, otxteen miles north ef Ghent, were replaced by entente guards today. The poet at ftea-vaa-Ghent. seven miles further south waa being held by the Germane today, but they said they were leaving at once. French Raiders Take Prisoners Sy United Press. - PARIS, Oct. tl. Raiding" operations In Lorraine and Alaaoe reaulted In capture cap-ture ef prisoners, the French wsr office of-fice announced today. (This may Indicate that the allies are planning an attack ea the southern south-ern part of the weet front and are aeeklng Information ef uerman troops In that region). "Between the Serre' and the Alane. during the night, there was Increased artillery fir,' the communique said. "In Lorraine and Alsace our raiders entsred the German trenchea and brought back prisoners. Elsewhere the front waa calm." Enemy Suffers Severe Losses my Assealatad Preae. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN i BELGIUM. Oct. tl neuter's!. In the res ion eaat of Court rei the Second i Brltlah army today waa advancing on j a line of three and a half mliea along the Scheldt river. m.y had gained J this line by a great bound forward Sunday. During the battle which reaulted In ' this gain mors the a TOO priaonere were ' raptured and heavy eaaualtiea were Inflicted on the enemy. j Italy Reports Big Gun Activity i y Aeeeelated Pease. i ' ROMS. Oct. tl Active artillery ! fighting en the Aslago plateau In the ; Grappa region and along the Piave river Is reported today by the war i office. Prisoners were taken by the French at Sieemol. ' In the Krensela valley tire Italians dispersed in snecny outpost. Meccanoes, ths record keeper of I Banner Review No. 11 will be at lodge- i room Tuesday, Oct. I to I p. m4 for collection e Saaa ill. I j |