East of the Meuse, the Americans moved forward in Boise de la Grand Mon
tagne, the summit of which they now hold.
British Have Taken Ostend.
LONDON.—Admiral Keyes, of the British navy landed at Ostend this
afternoon, an admiralty statement announced. The admiral was preceded
by members of the royal air force who landed at Ostend this morning.
(Ostend has been, since 1914, one of the most important submarine bases
of the Germans, who have been driven out of it. Their retreat was cut off
by the allied armies in the rear and the forces holding Ostend went to
Germany by sea.—Editor)
German Issues Orders to Stop Destruction.
AMSTERDAM—(By Associated Press.)—The German army command, according to a Rotterdam dispatch, has ordered its armies to cease devastation
of places evacuated by them unless absolutely compelled by military necessity.
Hungary to Withdraw From Austria.
LONDON.—At a meeting of the Hungarian parliament a proclamation was
read declaring Hungary to be an independent state, says a Berlin dispatch
forwarded from Copenhagen.
Austro-Hungarian Minister Expects Peace.
Baron Burian, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, spoke in the most optimistic manner of the prospects for an early peace in addressing a committee
of the Austrian delegation at its meeting Wednesday, says a dispatch from
Vienna.
British Cut Lille-Duoai Railway Line.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE LILLE SECTOR.—(By Associated
Press.)—South of the city of Lille, the British are before the Lille-Duoai
railroad along its entire length and probably have crossed it in the neighborhood of Ouigies, about midway between the two cities.  Germans Admit Further Withdrawals.
BERLIN.—("Official.)—By withdrawals the German front line now runs to the east of Thorout, Coolscamp and Inglemunster and then behind Lys. 