Show GERMAN ARMY HAS CAPTURED LILLE allies Ei Ea cuate town after a desperate avio tw 0 weeks fight the germans hair hac captured 1111 about which tb there re has ben in en furious fighting for the lie past to necks fill chis ia a admitted in paris on tuesday rone noe also has been occupied ti bv the germans armans i whose hose counter flink ng ino ement against th left nning Is reported to be gaining in strength until it ahrea threatens ens to seep swiftly sn ard the hie ci cist t 1 I his german advantage is counteracted 1 the marked progress record ed for the lilies in the region between aras and albert to tile the sout southwest liNest ot of I 1 ille ile lille was evacuated ludia b hi a detachment cl cf I 1 rench lei I 1 it irlis 1 ind I the geronin lorce force is le ported to llao liae numbered 4 UW a 1 lull full corps rhey nere mere the troops that hid been actie in the of lille seclin ciry C iry man inan and dollar douai ahl pencil french war office reports ap all pr credible edible progress at several points along the front on oil the left the preach french hae bane returned resumed the ol tensie in the re glon gion of haesbrouck Hae brouck and Bethur liet hunt if igal nit the caier and int inan ing from the vermin line extending iron from bailleul to li liase through Es caires in the fighting further furt lier to N nard ard fit tin 1 tanco I 1 algian border the I 1 ger gernigin ind n cana cad 1 13 corps corp has been loch lack to the north of the lie ls board Armenti erh and to ono other corps of lie iu luaders aders hie been stopped in ther between the lb and the I 1 11 I 1 bosse blasse call ia 1 severe en ere lighting his marked the engage eegao cine insults rits along the front of tile lie left wing nning of tile the allies vho aho to alter after haing bleu blen forced to gile ble ground bonard the end of list leek lae haie non re occupied their lost bosl eions and are declined tred irEd to he be mole moie than pier eier this ifft hake important beiring on oil the attempt to belt beit hack back the Gern gernen ilin raid on the sea coat as it all he be upon tins this arma arin of tire lie allied front that rein lorce mentis anvill liap liae to ti b dnn fron broin 11 in sudden emergencies ili alic battle on french soil lias has now non been in progress fri daas dai s the lighting being almost abe he neither either except tor for some borne chilli nights is ii cicil for exert even the llie in inn ii trenches hac ree oLied the damp spell iren 1 I dut i tile the alc P OD rations i la no thoroughly organized tile the dig ging an ali the time and the of the capoin cl c poin ip ap kioah to to loo loi lords aids of each other at some soine pi ili ices the rien nen in these ditches especially along the line from reinis reims to the meuse hae deen been inacone often during the ienn ien das and voices often ring out from abr calling upon one another to onie ome out and right aule isome ot of the men hae become ner er daring the life fire in burro barrons S nith the occasional turn at rille rifle birin bebla so monotonous thit go od lu in searla ot of adventure 1 I here Is not an inch of ground ove chich the great battle his been rag ing which does not show chov traces of the abul character of the bittle b ittle the toun of albeit is a mass inasa of ruins only a church steeple remaining nuis standing roe his disappeared under tinder constant con stani bombardment it vas as the center ot of the german effort to breilo through thio the illiad lines the german had taken adan tige of mini iii nines in the menniti linit ii nit where then the placed auns alch beyond the reach of the friench ai tiller |