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Show ALLIES AIM AT U-BOAT BASES Railroads Supplying the Submarine Stations in Great Danger as En-lente En-lente Troops Advance. By Aeaoclatad Prsss. . I IN-FLANDKRS -id from the; - 1 Ow to the Meiute the allied -trrrops ' continue' their" vigorous Mown for important pains. As Jhe French press on in the Laon- 'T Ai"n region, the allied offensive In Belgium and the American operations west of the Meuse are being renewed j today with auccens. ... j - Rmasblng their way through the. . network of rnllwuys In western Flanders, Flan-ders, the Belgian. French and British forcea under King Albert are now within two miles of the important , rail center of Courtrul. The allies alH . dominate with their (tuns the railroad j running from Iiille to the Belgian roaMt b.- way of Court rat, and thus " hamer. If they have not cut off. all communication between Owtend and Lille. 08TEND BEING EVACUATED. The Gerrnn reslMtilnce In Flanders an pert rs to be onlv for the ptirpose of deluylua the nlliei until the evacu- atlon of Belgium can be completed. ; The enemy is reported to Imp evacu- j ting Ostend end to be Mending Urre boat loads of t mope a w tt y from t he , coAntal region. Between the lee and the Argonne the French are preftMing the enemy hard snd givtns him little chance to dig In. Kast of the Oiw the French are within a half mile of the Her re v along most of its length, and have advanced between five and six miles V , from Jaon. K.ven the Alsne Is fast being bst to the enemy a a means r.f defense. The French now threaten . Bethel, having caotured Nanteull-ur-Alsne. two and one-half miles west of Bethel and about the same distance east of Chateau Porceln. ' AMERICANS BATTLINO. j sW. Keeping step- with the American operatlona east of the ArRnnne. the. French are moving forward west of the foeest. West of Grnndpre. General fkiurnud has moved north of the -Alsne and .taken the towna of Ollsv Vnd Tennea. straightening out a bulge In the allied line. Between the Argonne and the Menael the Americans are buttling forward' today through the German wire en- j tanglements. Tanks have' been brought up. especially In the region west of Romagne. Aa on Mondoy, the . Germans are restating atuhhomly. but aatlafactory progress is helng made. I |