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BILLIONS OF TREASURE
IS BEING RECOVERED

LONDON. Dec. Toothbrush Wire
less. )--Frcnrh and British plck"ts under
tho direction of TIC paymaster genera!
Of the French army and in III" presence
Of German nff!c"rv IN civilian clothes
hnyr been. sent 10 On" various banks 81
brussels notably tho Compton National
p'EScumpicdc and the credit l-y"naissc;
in the last TWO days. and haH" removed
large numbers of chests which we're
rlaccd thcr" by III" Germans about inc
middle Of 0ctnbcr.
These chests. says the Reuters cor
rcspundrnt at Brussels. contain strong
boxes and securities taken from towns
in northern Franco. including Lille. Rnu-
hRix, TurruinE, NalCinnncs. St quentin
and Cambria other cases placed ny
III" enemy III tho banks at l.ieEc are said
10 contain securities to tho value "l
billions uf francs.
These yalIahlcS will hr returned 10
tho financial institutions and banks
from which they were lakcn. except IN
the case of towns where tho banks have
hccn destroyed. as for instance. 81.
Quentin and Cambria In such eases
tho securities will hc deposited in Paris.
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GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
Continued from Page one.)

Cologne through long days and nights.
listening % trampinE feet and tn" rrIi
ii wheels. w!ll gain some acquaintance
with tn" majesty of the British army.
AZ present u stranger might come ana
~. through II aad not b.. made aware
Of anything uuuS,ili afpot. II he reach
~ New market. he would sec tn" nun
drcG German ammunition wagons ana
Kun carriages parked there as Il hostage
for us lust III front of the hron%"
sts;Ii" IL Emperor Frederick William
iii Il long SlN-inrh gun tipped on iis
side les IN The street. Otherwise CO.
lognr * rn"rc civilian than ever because
No. German officers IN uniform are III
thr< streets. Though Il certain amount
IF fi"Id-=ray uniforms are seen In IN"
crowd az worn and diShLndcd soldiers
"vor;, man has taken eff his military
buttons and other badges OF his r"gl-
mcHt and s"rr!"r.
Crowds 20 uy and down the streets.
all ,a:"!t "n their unusual affairs. For
H.. rur, of more than an hour l. walked
along In" full length Of Haupr street
and other main lhnr"uEhtarcs. ON" was
conscious every moment of being tn"
object II scrutiny by scores Of eyes.
bur they were curious rather thau un-
friendly, pnr asked and was told the
way that on" might II any unfaml! lar
toxin in England. As an officer Of
rpn0nnr3nG army. ono walks tn" streets
Of this occupied town much like
tourist.
Th~ streets orF Cologne ar" thronGcd
is .."r. IN" shops arc brilliant and
luNriI!"l:S % look at.
our ur,,"i;gni;iti IONS; arc not vet on tho
walls hut liner" is on from III" burS"-
master written in the usual terms and
telling the population I" h"irtrc them
selves ard refrain !ruIH disorder or any
shameful! acts. for which h" says tn"
.ili..ri tr"Tps hay" a% great distast" as
NJ. ';rrniruS themselves. Also ivory
wl."r., * another larr" placard. border
- with = wi,i. band "f red. pr""iHiln-
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LEGAL NOTICE.
PROBATE OF WILL.

Office OF tn" Clerk. County Court, ONO
County, State rf West Virginia.
In tn" matter NJ The Probate of inc
last Will and Testament III Jucstlna
kirSvhk". deceased
Thu, object OF tn" petition filed in TINS
matter" on The 9Th day "t december. lSls.
j. To- HAY, admitted to probate the paper
writing purpurting to h" the last Will
and testament If .lurstina klrschEc. de-
ceased. bearing dat, on the Sth dag ot
October 1918. And it appearing from
AN affidavit mad" 10y :. O. Boycc, attor-
nry for thu petitioner herein. that. Au-
gust kirSrhkr and I.uui:Y kirSchi". heirs
a. law Of said .Iu"Stina lt:rSchk". de-
r,.aSrd are now in tho United states
Army. somewhere in France or Germany,
liprn whom service rannut hr had II Is
ordered that they tln appear AT my oiilcr.
IN tn" city Of Wheeling. III the county
and state utorcsait. within or" month
after tho day nf tho first publication
hereof. and do what is necessary IL pro-
toe, their Interests in said matter
TIL" hearing Of said petition ~ set for
tho l4Ih day Of January. 1919. at ~
o'clock Il. III.
Published first time December !, i'iS
JOHN Il WELLS
Clerk County Court. uni" County, state
al West Virginia
Anton t'ilrkaSka, Petitioner hE
:. -. Bryce. Attorney.
d-lI-IS-"J-ja ia |.
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ONLY "a VESSELS OF
The AMERICAN NAVY
LOST DURING The WAR

WASHINGTON. Dec. l0.-only Al
vessels eli tn" navy. lnrludlng army and
cargo transports manned by naval
crews. were lost from the declaration
Of war. April i. 1911. until hostilIues
ceased November II. and only l.: oI
these were destroyed by enemy suhirla-
rIne$.
This Is revealed rs an appendix TO
the annual report of Secretary Daniels
made public today. only three OF me
- ships tnrH"d"ed wcr" war craft: Inc
destroyer Jacob Jones, sunk December
t. 1917. with "A loss al i" lives: tho coast
guard cutter Tnmnlco sunk September
6. 1915. with 4 loss If ~ lives. and
tho armed yacht Alccd". Which carried
down 81 mcn.
Three shps lost by mines included
only one warcraft. lhr armNrcd cruiser
San Diego which went down OF flrH
Island. New York. last July. 1915, with
a loss Of so liv"S. This WAS tn" only
loss of life on ships destroyed by mines;
shlps were drowned or killed by en-
plnsions. These included 40 mon on
two ships. the TRANSPORT Mount Vernon
and cargo carrier W"S, Bridge; which
were towcd to port and repaired.
Fifteen ships including III" destroy
ers Chaunccy and Shaw. the submarine
FL. four submarine "hascrs, III" coast
guard cutter Mohawk. tho cruiser
Schurz. III" yacht Wakiva II and the
patrol boat Tarantula. wore lost col
iisions. Tho other vessels "t$ IN" !.
were cargo carriers. The Total loss "'
ilfr was -.
Fourteen vessels. including tho collier
CyclorS. w"r" given under ,hr head Of
miscellaneous SinkingS. These included
three submarine ch1s"rS. two irawl"rS.
two PATROLS. two yachts AMI two Jugs.
and the total loss az lie" was $40. Tn"
Cyclors was given in tho list ms 'myS-
tcriuuSlv diSa ppcar"I. On" Of TN" pa
trol boats was sunk Ivy German sA"'"
batteries while ono Of tho submarIn"
chaerrs was "sh rllnd by mistake.
Two Of ;hr ships wrr" destroyed ny
internal explosions.
4 total "f III American merchant
vrs-ols w"-c lost between August 1919.
and Nny II. 1915. Submarines account
cd for 10 "f th"S" mines fly" ana "n"-
my raiders seven.
Naval casualties in tn" enlisted rcr-
snrn"l from April Il. JAZZ. "a, last No
vrmbor -. were l.l@l. including :" men
Of tho L. ( s. Scorpion :Ef"rrcd at
CnnS;antinori". TIL" summary shows:
Dead SOC: injured ia. missing -. nriS-
nncrs s. unarrnunt"d FOR .. HEd IN hos
pital. condition unknown lns
Tho"r were "5l casualties among the
c0mmiSsi"~cS personnel: s. officers wore
killed in actual combat with tho enemy:
81 died Of accidents. collisions. cite. and
"2t died Of natural causes.
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tspecia! Cable dispatch - ropyriSh'

tSpecia! Cable dispatch - Copyright
1915. by Public Ledger CoInlhny.I
LONDON. Dec. lQ.--AgcncY dlSpatcR'S
today are contrary. bat indicate that
Berlin is still in Il great stat" al AL
tatiou. and in addition TO the counter
revolutionary coup in Hamburg. whith
failed another such movement is re-
ported in progress III IotSdam: IN
creased attention is given Primo" Henry
prOrlapatiun uf 4 royallSt party. IN"
red IA. is reported tn has disappeared IN
Potsdam, where Il secret movement OF
troOus is causing excitement in Hcrlin.
In an article entitled another German
protest" the Times nf Tuesday says:
Tho ink IL hardly dry on Germany ;
signature Ia III" armistict before Shc
began To Glamour against III" terms Sh"
har 50 prudcutly accepted in order |"
save her defeated armies from d"Strnc-
ton. She has continued the process
ever since without regard either Tor mcF
own dignity or common truthtulncss'
The article points out that the DC
mands of Admiral Browning wer" III
entire harmony with tho written tcr'n%
Of the armiStcc, as Il close pcruSal
immediately indicates. The Times arU-
clio concluded:
such mixture Of buster and whim-
pcring us Gcrnany's attitude is not rrh-
dent. She should remember her position
which she brought on herself she can
not bully any longer and would excite
more sympathy If she bore her disgrace
with something like the manly and rct,
cent self restraint that France cNhloltcu
in 1871"
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Of Preserving
Peace Among the Latins

WASH N,;TON. Dn". l1.-Information
reaching III" stale department .irday
Indicated ihnI III" situation with r"&p"ct
10 chill. and Peru. growing on uf tn"
disputed provinces 0t Tacna ANA .Nri"H
is m"r" hopeful. The United States has
urged upon both countries that every
step hr taken Ia rrrS"rvr amIcahlc rria-
tiuns ami it WAS said that the offer Of
:" American government 10 adjust tn"
DISPUTE" which was made with ~ Wow
Ia preserving peaceful relations
throughout tho American continent.
Peru has accepted the offer of III"
United States. hut no official word has
como from Chile. She. accordingly.
showed great interest in press dis
patches to-day from Bucnos Aires shy
ing there is Il Tendency in chill" 10 aC-
C"rt tho Argentine OFFER and rcfuS" tho
tender IF good offices Of tho United
States:
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FOR SALE

POE SALE-6OO finest singing canaries.
males and females. talking parrots.
cages, seeds, etc. Geo. W. ArbauGh,
20 81. DIN ST., Martins Ferry. o.. phon.
I3o-j d-5-t-ja-l4
FOR SALE-Frcsh COW, also two regis
tered jersey hcifcrs. F. y. Gibson.
W. Va. dim
FOR SALE-Tcn Made Over Rcnins-
ton visible machines just received
Ideal Christmas presents. Time pay
n;cnts II desired. bennington Type
writer Company. lGll Market st. Phone
SIS d-"-t-@f
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How II Happened.

Or,, n year the ncw*h"ys Of certain
district az London arc taken for an out
Ing UP the Thames by E"n'l"man VI
the nriChhorilrod. when they can hH'hc
t. their hearts content.
As one l;tlr boy Was getting into the
water a friend observed. L say. liil,
ain't yer dirty"
Yes" replied Bill. II missed the
train larst year" Bits.
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ZOE SALE.

TWENTY TEAMS AND HARNESS.
THESE HORSES ARE JUST OUT
OF HARD WORK AND ARE SOUND
AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION;
THEY HAD THE BEST OF CARE;
THEY WILL AVERAGE ABOUT
400 LBS. EACH. WILL SELL
ANY TEAM OR ALL OF THEM.
THESE HORSES ARE TO BE SOLD
AT ONCE. INQUIRE STONE
WEBSTER, CARMICHAELS,G GREEN,
COUNTY, PA, OR TAKE A TRAIN
TO HURON, PA, ON THE MoNoN-
GAHELA DIVISION OF THE p. &
L. E. r. b. DIP
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DICTATORSHIP.
III GERMANY IS
NON DEMANDED

tLondon Times rth!"--C"ryrtEhi. 1917
by Public Ledger t"mpary.'
THE HAGUE. Dec. l".--'icrman sol
dicrs returning from tn" front /" Frrlln
express themselves as feeling they need
Il Dictator. Whether III" soldiers arc
acting IN r":'pUns" |" militariSt kalS"r-
rrur' suggestions. * not clear. II IS
thought that probably these elements
prompted the soldiers /" Offer tn" pr"sl-
ucurv In Ebert. The opinion seems l"
hn WidcSpr"Hd in Berlin. that If tho CN-
rrrmiSts could once he we'll beaten. all
other desiring "A return /" tn" former
statr Of things would rally I" amy form
vi government which promised r!'t"c-
ton to property. whether m"nitr'hI'a! or
otherwise.
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Charles W. Foyer.

Special DISH IN IN In" ln;"liCcnc'r.
AETINSnrRG ". Va. l'"r. IL
Charles w. Boyer. prominent E"rkcl"y
county orchards; and former owner ~
.,hn Nartinshurg Statesman. di"d ut his
hnmn in this county. to-day. following
long illness. He was i" %rars Of aE".
Surviving are the widow and three chll-
dTrN.
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PLEAS FOR IRELAND.

NEW YORK. p",. 1h.--h resolution
"a hr sent by wireless Ia President Will
son on hoard The TRANSPORT George
Washington. urging HIM To- work AT tn"
peace Cnnfrrcmr" for III" self Gcr"rnina-
non nf ireland. was adopted tonight ut
AN Irish self determination" mass
moC. ing 1T Madison square Garden.
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MODERATOR ELECTED.

HNI;I;l;;Il ~. Ia. Doe. ~. -- Tho
E.l. l'". ,;'"rr,. M"uIg"ln'rE If fItts-
hur@h wa. tonight ,l.r'"d m"d"rat"r Of
M. ltunsyll ANA synod nf III" Freshly
irrlru church, Sur'rriInE th" Rec. Or.
". prank l;'.v"r II itm'ilnr. ONO.
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FOR REM

FOE RENT-Splcndid room 60 by 20
fort. sky lights. steam heated; suitable
for a photograph gallery. or other bus!-
ness Located in business district close
20 depot Apply to Peter Boyd. Wheel
ing lnt"lligcncrr. 1905 Market street
Wheeling. d-o-tL
FOR RENT-Thrcr chair barber shop.
complete. good location. Apply B')ou
Dairy Lunch. o-o-l
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INSTRUMENTATION GOES ON.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1N.--.tmcrirHniZa-
tiun nf enemy owned property Will b."
continued until peace - proclaimed. ana
purSIhiy durin;: an extended period oil
timr. declared \ Mitchell Palmer. alien
property rustu,llHn. IN AN address her"
tuniEhl At II meeting umlc r auspices ri
ihr New York l!ar association.
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS .
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MISCELLANEOUS
w A N r E D

LABORERS-By Ohio County
Road Department. Apply to Fore
man on Fulton Hill job. Best
wages paid. d4 =.
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or Female Help.

WANTED-Tcn students to qualify Cor
we'll paid positions. operating Bnr-
roughs Adding. Bookkeeping and Caleb
lating machines. Phone, write or call
Burroughs Adding Machine School. 30s
Schmulbach Bldg. d-2-tf
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W RsE EVERYTHING s sea

VIE HAVE 100 single white enamel
beds. springs and mattresses, complete.
at $50 each: 50 oak wash stands, in
good condition. at $500 each.
TWO cash registers. SIS and $50 each.
ONE moving picture machine at S6a.
TWO pool tables. $50 cacn.
ONE physician's operating table. in
good condition.
ONE lot Of Mason Jars at SC each.
ONE lot Of crooks at SC.
ONE Angle Dial scale. $40.
ONE talking machine /and eight rec
ords S25.
ALSO a large line OF new and second
hand tools and machinery and automo-
bile supplies.
SEE our large line of gas and coal
stoves.
TOOL STORE,
1881 AND 1893 MARKET STREET.
Telephone 3o13-J.
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LOST AND FOUND
WANTED-,Agents

wANTEp-hgrnts Territory WcclinS.
salary or commission. or bnih, STEADY
employment 10 right party. Call in per
son W. A. Henry. S44 Main ST. d-s-l
wANTEp-Three COCO agents to cell
household necessities on the INSTALL
ment plan Best Of goods and best OF
commissions. We pay weekly. c F.
Adams Co.. 1l40-1142 Main st. rnr-12-tf
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DIED

RHhTZER-On Tuesday. December TO-
1918. at 40 o'clock n m. in the Paul
Apartmruts, 1l=3 Eoff street, ROY
kKSTIEll
Funeral notice hereafter.
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LuTz-On Tuesday. December 40. 1918.
M : o'clock Il. nl ut the Wheeling hos
pltal. EARL W. LCTH. son OF John J.
l.utZ.
Funeral services at the Mcndel Co. par
lorS. 1@l2 Chaplnc street. Thursday
morning 1T 10 o'clock. Friends in
vL,cd. Intcrmcnt. private IN Green
wood cemetery.
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--i;UY WNI, SAVINGS STAMrS-
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--RUY WAR SANlN,i STAMPS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-07
HUN SHIPS SEIZED.
COMPANY TAKEN OVER BY
GOVERNNIENT.
Germans and American Traitors OPP
Grated Ships Under American Flag
to Supply German Raiders and Sub
nanies-Plot Finally Uncovered.

Washington. Sept. 4-On th2
ground of German ownership, the
American Transatlantic Company,
which until its shops were comman-
deered by the United States shipping
board in October, 1917, operated in
ocean trade Of II steamships iyins
the Stars and Stripes has been taken
over by a. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian.
Richard G. Wagner, formerly Of
Milwaukee. an American born citizen.
head Of the concern for three years.
deceived the American government
with truly Prussian arrogance" as
well as British and French prize
courts as to ownership Of property,
according to Francis p Garvan, in
vcstigator for the custodian. who
made public tonight summary of
Wagener's activities.
The ships were in fact bought with
German gold and the company was
organized eight months after the out
break Of hoStilities with funds which
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador caused 10 he sent Tor
Wageners benefit Wasener. under
the examination Of Mr.. Garvan. pro-
tested the ships were American
owned until the last. but finally own
ed up before the weight Of evidence.
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WAGE INCREASE
MILLION RAILROAD MEN RE
CE1VE ADVANCE OF $23 A
MONTH.
Director General Mc:Adoo issues Or
der Affecting Mostly Railroad Enl-
pIoyecS Receiving Less Than S1G0
Per Month.

Washington. Sept: 5.-Nearly a
million railroad employees. including
all clerks track laborers. mainten
ance way men to receive a wage in
crease Of $25 4 month. the equivalent
OF a dollar a day or twelve cents an
hour over pay they received last jan
uary under the new wage order is
sued today by Director General Nc
Adoo.. Advances are effective Sep
tember LIST.
The order affecting half the rail
road men in the United States and
adding approximately one hundred
and fifty millions to the payroll. IS
the second largest aggregate wage in
crease ever granted in American in
duStrial hiator.- Most Of The men
covered by the order have been MAX
ing less th"a a hundred dollars a
m mOnth
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Consolidated Aug. Q, 1881.
COTTON PRICE Fixing.
WILSON TO APPOINT CoMMl24TEF,
TO CONSIDER STABILfL-
ING PRICE.
Chairman Baruch OF War Industries
Beard Makes Statement Concerning
Stapfe-Short Crop Creates Prob
lem.

Washington, Sept. 4.-The war in
dustries board, with the approval OF
President Wilson, is soon to appoint
committee to consider the desirable
itv and feasibility of offering a sta
biljzation of cotton prices and other
matters corrected with handling the
crop. This was. announced tonight by
Chairman Raruch.
The announcement Of another short
crop of cotton, said Mr.. Baruch's
statement, raises in acute form the
problem of satisfying the needs OF
the nation as we'll as those OF the al
les securing an equitable distribution
for the purpose Of winning the war.
Involved in the distribution is the
problem of bringing about a reason
able stabilhation of prices in the IN
teres. of both the producer and the
consumer"
MIR. Baruch said the corTaittee to
be appointed will study the present
cotton situation. the problems Of dis
tripution, the marketing Of low
grade cottons and the desirability and
feasibility of effecting a stabilization
of prices.
The committee, the chairman ad-
ded. will begin activities as soon as
possible and will hold hearings at
convenient points in the cotton pro-
ducing States and at such other
as may be found necessary, SO that
interested parties can present their
views"
l.
Announcement by the department
OF agriculture yesterday that the Sc
we're drought n July and August had
reduced the production forecast from
1925, 900 equivalent 500 pound bales
as of June 25 to 11,137.000 bales as of
August 25 was responsible for the
boards decision, which was under
stood to have been approved to the
supreme war council.
After the departments forecast
was made public, the price Of cotton
went up more than SO a bale on the
principal cotton exchanges of the
country and the advance was largely
maintained today.
Proposals to fix &c price Of raw
cotton have been advanced from time
to time since the government under
took voluntary price fixing with rep
resentatives with various industrials,
but strong opposition has been Offer
Eaf isessFescg esaectssaf grow
ers and members Of congress from
cotton growing, States.
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FRENCH DRIVE CONTINUES. !.
HUNS BEING STEADILY DRIVEN
BACK ON A1SNE FRONT. ss
Advance Last Night and Today Made
Steady Progress With Important
Results. -.

Paris, Sept 4.-rhe French yes
terday and last night continued to
push back the Germans 10 the east OF
the Canal du Nord and between the
A:lette and -Aisne rivers, it is officially
announced. 81
The French took Capitre Wood:
northeast of Chevilly. and approach7
ed the town of Crosilles, three miles
north of Noyon. IS,
North of the Ailette they reachea
the outskirts of Coucy-le-Chateau and
Justencourt.
South Of the river they drove east
ward from Leuilly and attained the
suburbs of Clamecy and Bray. ~
On the Aisne Bucy-le-Long was
penetrated. Fifteen hundred prison-
ers were taken.
On the Vesle parties of French
crossed at several points.
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SEED PRICES FIXED.
Average Recommended by Producers
Adopted After Conference With
State Food Men.

Washington. Sept. 4.-The stabiliza-
ton of cotton seed prices at the av-
erage recommended by the producers
has been adopted by the food admin
istrator after conference with the
State food administrators today.
The prices of cottonseed in South
Carolina is $72 in car lots, $50 for
wagon seed.
The price Of meal in South Carolina
will be $50.
The food administrator has applied
to the war industries board to re-
wise the price of linters and any in
crease in prices of linters will be ap-
piled te reduction Of meal.
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around their guns which they had
blown up. Others complained that
they had had nothing to eat for four
days because Of the great disorgan-
:zation at their rear.
The lack OF German she'll fire was
explained in many instances when
gunners captured say they had no
ammunition. Many times, they de-
clared, they could have fired with
open sights into the advancing Brit
ish. but they had no shells and could
not get any.
The fighting this afternoon seems
to be more vigorous along the north
ern part Of the Hindenburg line than
elsewhere The British are sweeping
along astride it from the point where
it joins the Drocourt line az Queant.
considerable prog"es'., is reported ard
:..rgc numbers OF Germans have been
killed CT taken prisoner. Thousands
OF prisoners are coming into the
cages. One army had 5000 Ger
lrans in it., cages this afternoon. How
many machine guns were captured
viii not be know:l Tor many days.
hut there were thousands.
The prisoners were of all sorts. in
clldins cavalrymen. who had been
disnounted and fought as infantry.
The nara pressed German command
crs took men from anywhere. no mat
ter Whit they We're supposed to he
doing. ard put them IN the line with
rifles a,:d machine guns in an effort
10 stem the tide.
How many there are it is impos-
Sihle % cen estimate.
The German formations which op-
posed tie British hive been literally
torn 20 pieces and the tearing still
continues along ;ha Hindenburg line
and TO tLe north.