2 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 2

The Allies on the Western Front have made important progress

in the centre of their long line, between Valenciennes on the Schelde and the Upper Aisne near Bethel. The Allied left in Flanders has been advanced a little, so that the left bank of the Schelde .from near Audenarde southwards is in their hands. On the right the Americans, astride the Meuse north of Verdun, have continued to batter at the German fortified lines, very strongly held and stoutly defended, and have begun to shell the Sedan-Montmedy Railway at long range. The Germans-cannot afford to lose a yard of ground in this region, but they are being slowly pushed back by the American First Army.