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THE BRITISH FRONT.
STIFF FIGHTING ON SENSEE AND BELLE RIVERS.
OBSTINATE ENEMY RESIST- ANGE
LONDON, Oct. 11, 11.55 p.m.
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
zeports
LONDON, Oct. 11. Press Correspondents state that the most interesting sight in the wonderfully rapid advance was, the
Between Bohsia and Solesmes Cavalry's sweep along the Roman the enemy is strongly resisting on- road from Vermand to Le Cateau,the line of the Selle river. capturing the outer defences at full gallop and then advancing Tore caitions cast of the Selle, in ther We repulsed attacks against our slowly into the outer suburbs, where neighbourhood of Le Cateau, and machine-guns punished the took possession of Brinstre.. horses,
The 08th Division assisted. In the angle between Halle and the Cavalry and captured the "out- skirts of the town, which is in fair Iway and progressed on the rising the Scheldt Conal, we captured
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ground enst of it, and repulsed strong assistance of Tanks in this area..! counter-attacks, "delivered with the
West of the Canal-de-Lescaut we captured Fressies.
Following our deep adyance, south of the Senseo, the enemy is hasbox;" Ing his Withdrawal from the strongly In this connection the Daily fortified positions north of that river. Chronicle's Correspondent us French We have driven the cremy's rear- Headquarters says that no fewer guards from the northern portion of than nine German Armies are the Drocourt-Queant line, between peril, namely, those of Generals von the Scarpe and Quiery-la-Motte, and Below, Marwitz, Hutier, Bochin, captured Sally-en-St. Bevent, Vitry- Carlowitch, Eberbard, Mudra, Einem en-Artois, Izel-len-Quarchin, und Gullwitz He adds it would be court and Fouquieres. rosh to expect a sudden debacle, but the development of events is so rapid and upon such an immense seale that even that is possible.
GERMAN BARBARITY. Moving accounts are given of German barbarity, cruelty and bestiality in the regained villages a the eve of the retreut. The enemy mashed the furniture, befouled and booted everywhere, and destroyed all the embroidery frames on which the living of the villages deponded. The speel of our advance saved many villages, the inhabitants greeting the deliverers with telirs and
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BRITISH ADVANCE ON SENSEE RIVER.
LOCAL FIGHTING ON REST
FRONT
LONDON, Oct. 12, 13.55 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
reporta : —
On the evening of the 11th we' continued to advance north of the Sensee river.
We now hold the villages. with Hamel, Brebieres and Caincy. laughter they showed the unex We are cast of Heniniaard mad ploded mine bömbs, beneath their are on the western outskirts houses and cellars. A pricet saved may
his village church by severing the There is local fighting at certain mino. wires prior to the Germans points on the remainder of the front. departure. The villagers say the English prisoners had been horribly treated since the retreat was content- plated. Some were shot, while numbers were sent to Germany.
VERY DIFFICULT ENEMY'
· SITUATION.
EVENTS - MAY: TAKE DECIDED
TURN.
LONDON, Oct. 11... Reuter's Agency leads that the chemy's situation at present is very difficult of bandling. The line next
to the line of retreat behind Laon
AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
CONTINUED BOMBING OF
RETREATING
Oct. 11. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporting on aviation, states
Despite the weather, our low-fliers continued to harrass the retreating enemy.
We dropped 12 tons of bombs. German aircraft were insotive. Britisk machine has not returned.
Wa destroyed two seroplanes One
Night-fying was impossible
DOUGLAS HAIG CAUTIONS THE
TROOPS.
running roughly behind the rivers Serre and Sissonne has been turned SIR from the West,, the British having le advanced well to the rear of the right| Anak on this line. It is pretty cer tain that the enemy will evacuate the St. Gobain massif almost îm- mediately and must straighten out his live between Lille and the Scarpe
CIRCULATION OF RUMOURS OF PEACE.
-PARKA, Oct. 11, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig,
on the 7th, issued an Army Order
In the Douai sector the situation calling the attention of the officers
is very interesting. Undoubtedly and men to the circulation of false events will very soon take a very rumours to the effect that peace decided turn.
THE BELGIAN FRONT
LONDON, Oct. 12
2.10
A Belgian communiqué stated :——— There was great activity by hostile
ne our couman fter a viole
at hand, with the endent object of discouraging the troops and to divert them from
task of OTÉT- throwing their
Field Marshal Sir Doup urged the troops to resis
our energie
sive and Iappy
WAS
Haig