Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-15
2,53O j. S. MEN FREED
FROM HUN PRISONS
Germans Evacuating France and
Belgium, and Destroying Mu
nitions, Despite Armis-
ticc Terms.

Parie Nov u Geunany's troops
bcgan ~ cvncuafe Frame and Belgium
on Tuc-day The allied trODpe then
moved forward. tho Americans advanc-
ing IN the direction ~ Metz and 5tra
, burg
Marshal Focb, Commander 10 Chief II
the allied armies. who VIII make solemn
entries into those German fDrtTesses IN
Sunday IN fhe presence ~ Presidnnt
Poincaro md Premier Clemcncsau vii
ride INTO Tho ~itiea on lr'rsus, his faVorit'
I charger
II Il probable that he departments iY
! The rcreon territory wii resume tte~
Cd narnes, namely Bas-Rhin, Prcft-
/ ture If ~trassburg Haut- Rhin, PTefc
/ ture Of CoImar, and Moselle, Prefecture
/ . NcfI ] he govarumcnt .ready
! considering tie e-f3bii- hTncn, Df pro-
! vigioua administrative arrangements.
! Tho occupation of lhc 'err.tcrY pn tho
4 lcft bank of tte Rhue 4nd he bridge
heads VIII Dot be undo~akan yy tho
/ allied forces until later
/ The liberation ~ Belgium promises m
4 r.. rapidly accomplished On ire 0cca-
SION ii tho entry n tc Belgian sOv-
rroIgns intp BrIssoIs tho french Crov-
/ ,ruucat Ha- decidod ~ present. ~ 'hr
I Oueon tHr Grand (ordor ~ hc l<gio-
oi Honor and 70 he heir apparent th,
/ Cncy8Iier (roas and The Crgss n Var.
n conformity nth The agro ernsrt,t
! rearhed betreen Marshal Foch and tbot
German 5eleQa- m 8 g~roS1 ~ hva day71
has been allowed ~ 6e .nenY u Vhrn I
~ hand g2er 4li thr trynarncnt nn1feTis y
stipulated In thc 4r,osflcr
Tho French eomnaod ke1 tto Ger
mans i0r information - "a rhern roi1cs
had oecn aid and was 1forncd tbst
soue had bcer placed ~ Dstsn-s
station and war med - or.ota 7rUs-
day ho feTnar cornr1arf 1conrd-
uglv uas asko,i 70 ecnd ofTceTg - icraf-,
An ldditionsl day. making 6ftssn ,
rav- n IN from No 1atc + be- ayrois-icr,
has been granted - shc crrr1y " o2a,ri-
Hcluuro LrTennbrv, Alesee Fnd
lorraine
NTar-haI ch ~ directed M Cor
man. 3 send officers ~ inc King q .1e
Bnlgans ~ Briges - glvc TNforrr af7or
regarding no German and LvyeTnbrvg
railroad and can 5ysf~-rs and thy
navigation ~ he RhTne.
Ihc Germans are -s-,drr1 sn 1rre-
~ C'hInlav . arranre T-Th Tysnch.
officers for ne handing 0vpT ~ fhe arns'
and material rhch Germany - =.
surrender
finns concerning The EXAMINATION oI
Aisare-I .orraIne .uder inch oc-I-
Daucv Three High C'ommisslrners wers
appointed They are leorgFs 9iaunTer
commissioner General 81 narI0nsl SCI
cuntv fnr -tras<bnrr; Albert Tig-,an.
atat. councillor fnr Netz, AMI Henri
pnnlet state rornriior fur Coimar.
More nan J 800 American prisoners
IL German camps were released rnrne-
eiafelv IN Tho lgnlng 0f The German
\ a7nlzice. accordng 70 hyIres prepared
tr HE American Red Cross IN ST1tScr-
land
This number snciudes All me amer
ears captured n Nov. \. IL Is es1lnatfd
mat onlv 4 few hundred more Ameri-
cans we're aprured alter hat date.
III the total number y prisoners 70
be released 300 are army men. , are
from nc navy and 20 are I-liians
In me camps we're al .r1nv 7rflcer7
and 2 I39 uoncornnlSsloneu officers ami
DrIvat44, ana -hree laval officers .lu4
nlne sailors
4 majority b The 7rvates we're -U
the hast4tt amp there we're III l-
ftiesSen. Iii a3 III lImburg
There -scra tl3 officers at llengea.
81 karlsruhe % a. -4adshut. ana -
A4staty.
Nth he american ,rmy 'a rance.
Eov. Twenty americans recently
captured dv -De Germans Eere -re@-l
l,te yesterday and reached me Anerl-
aau llnes oppoeIJe me First Army Dur
ing the Iay more than 500 lrahans whom
rae .ermaus .lau -mployea as -oea
worker rrDgsea -Ae -tmercan irnnr.
Thes 4e~.rte,i THAT ne Germans toid
taem ina. acy laa better start south
nar4 immediately rhev iesired toOd.