Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-16 | Page 2 | Capture of Zeebrugge Probable

CAPTURE OF MAKE PROW With British at Edge of Courtrai, Communication Communica-tion of Bruges Is Cut From South by Allies By Unite Preaa. . . , LONDON. "Oct. 16. The British are in the outskirts of Courtrai Cour-trai and have rut the communications communica-tions of Bruges from the south, I Kiel.. Marshal Haig's night report on the Flanders operations Indicated. Beyond Bruges Is Zee bru rare, the submarine bane, now In Immfnent peril of capture. I Hals announced capture of Menln land the taking of 12,000 prisoners and i-w.r-t than 1 flfl tfnn. , , ,, I The statement follows: "The Kelfrians ' have reached the i approaches of Wyjnendaale wood snd I Thourout. The French have reached the outskirts of Uchtervelde and have pushed beyond the Roulers-Lslchter-velde railway. The Krltlsh have reached Le Chat on the Courtrai-Inarelrnunster Courtrai-Inarelrnunster road. BRITISH REACH LYS. "We have captured Oulleghem snd Heule and advanced to the outskirts of Courtrai. The British have also 1 occupied Menln and Vervlcq, reaching the right bank of the Lys. "Hince the morning of October 14 we captured 12,000 men and mora than 100 guns." Haig's report also showed progress north of I.ena.where the British took Ketevellea. Meurchin snd Bauvln. He announced gains In the neighborhood : of Haucourdin. three miles -weet of Lille. Th night report of the Belgian war office at Havre shows uninterrupted progress. CAPTURE HUN STAFF." "Belgtans and French continue to advance on the whole front," the 1 communique said. "The Belgians progressed several kilometers north of the Una of Hanseeme, Cortemarcq. French troops captured the whole plateau of Hooglede, Oils and Olthe-berg. Olthe-berg. French cavalry crossed the Boulers-Thourcourt. road and advanced ad-vanced toward Uchtervelde. "Belgians and British captured Wlnkelheocke and Lendelede and reached tha Courtral-lngelmunster railway. Our prisoners here total 7000, with eighty guns. A complete ! regimental staff waa also captured. Our airmen are bombing tha enemy concentrations." I