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Show British Troops j Smig Up Against tie Scheldt River WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Oct. 30. (By the Associated Press.) 3 p. m. The victorious British troops In the Valenciennes -Courlrai sector were resting on their arms this morning with their lino for the greater part of tho way snug up against the Scheldt river and canal to which they had forced the enemy. On the other side of these natural defenses, tho unhappy , Germans aro still clinging to positions 1 which they hoped would afford them protection in a further withdrawal. In the meantime preparations for a retirement to a line further back was ' going on apace in tho enomyfcforward areas. nn |