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Show LILLE EVACUATED I FOR THIRD Til I Allies Capture of Laventic and , Estaiers Forces Germans to Hasty Retreat. ENEMY FALLING BACK if Kaiser's Army Not Defeated But in Position of Ex- I treme Peril. London, Oct. 19. 2:03 a. m "Lille has been evacuated by the Germans fcr the third time," says the Tele- f graph's correspondent lu the north f ! ot France "This evacuation was ' mode necessary by the allies' capture H ot Laventic and Estaiers. which forced the Germans hastily to leave the plain between Hazebrouck and Lille "Every where along our left flank we have been successful and the Germans are falling back under pres- ' sure. It is not even certain that they will hold Ostend. Refugees tell nn thut there were no Germans In Ostend on Friday. "The German army has not been defeated in the western theatre of at tlon, but its position is one of extreme ex-treme peril The allies took Bailleul, 17 miles northwest. b; west of Lille on Thursday " |