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Allies drive wedge into German lines from Ghent to Valenciennes
Allied forces including British French and American troops push east from the Belgian coast toward Tour nai Valenciennes and Ghent as German positions along the Scheldt Selle Oise and Sambre shift. Prisoners and guns reported, coast cleared, and Belgian forces reach near Ghent while fighting continues along a wide front.
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Belgium
Cambrai
Oise
Ghent
Brussels
Holland
Brussel
Courtrai
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Lille
Douai
Tournai
Valenciennes
Chereng
Tourisi
Lower Selle
Sambre Canal
French War Office
Wassigny
Bazuel
Hennappes
Tupigny
Sambre
Chattilon
Andigny Forest
Nogales
Quise
Bethel
Aisne
Ambly-Haut
Verdun
Flanders
France
Laon
Hirson
Charles of
Austria
Baron Burian
Copenhagen
Wilson
War Cabinet
Reichstag
Selle
le Cateau
Harpies
Valconnies
Agnes
Deyse-Becloo
Lys
Scheldt
Pecq
Albert
Avesnes
Berlaimont
Serre
Meuse
Gouraud
Germany
Washington