Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-17 | Page 11 | Germans Start Retreat on Big Scale in Belgium

Germans Start Retreat on Big Scale in Belgium WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIUM, Oct 10. The Germans have started a retreat on a tremendous tremen-dous scale from northern Belgium. French cavalry is approaching Tliielt, seven miles from tho banks of the Ghent-Bruges canal. The canal Itself is only ten miles from the border of Holland. So fast is the enemy retreating retreat-ing that the French, British and Belgian Bel-gian infantry at least in the center of the battle front have lost touch entirely entire-ly with the enemy. The Belgians advancing astride the Thourout-Brugos and ThouroutOs-tend ThouroutOs-tend roads have defeated tho Germans, who are retreating rapidly. AMERICANS OCCUPY GRAND PRE. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct 1G. The American troops today occupied Uhe town of Grand Pre on the north bank of the Aire river, north of the Argonne forest